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Cabaret Continues Broadway Re-Imagined at Pantages Theatre
Sep 4, 2013


Cabaret Cabaret, a provocative staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, continues the critically acclaimed Broadway Re-Imagined series, a collaboration between Theater Latte Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust. Cabaret will be imaginatively directed by Latte Da's acclaimed artistic director Peter Rothstein and features a stellar cast with such local talent as Sally Wingert, Jim Detmar, Tyler Michaels and Kira Lace Hawkins. The production runs January 15-February 9, 2014 at the historic Pantages Theatre, 710 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at HennepinTheatreTrust.org or by calling 1.800.982.2787.

With a dynamic new staging of Cabaret, Broadway Re-Imagined celebrates one of the greatest musicals of all time. Cabaret takes you inside the heart of 1930's Berlin to experience the free-spirited decadence and heartbreaking desire that marked the turbulent era when the Nazi party rose to power. Delving into the seedy nightlife of the Kit Kat Klub and its star performer Sally Bowles, Cabaret is based on the play I Am a Camera adapted from Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories. The musical became a 1966 Broadway hit directed by Hal Prince and, later, a 1972 film starring Liza Minnelli. The famed teamwork of music by John Kander and lyrics by Frank Ebb resulted in such memorable songs as "Money," "Willkommen," "Maybe this Time" and, of course, "Cabaret."

The Broadway Re-Imagined collaboration between Theater Latte Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust began last year with the popular and critically acclaimed production of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. The series takes a fresh look at Broadway musicals and taps both organizations' strengths to craft innovative stagings from the musical theater canon.

This Minneapolis production stars some of the area's best stage talent with the renowned Sally Wingert as Fräulein Schneider, Jim Detmar as Herr Schultz, Kira Lace Hawkins as Sally Bowles, Sean Dooley as Cliff Bradshaw, Tyler Michaels as the Emcee, Ayesha Kinnunen as Fräulein Kost, Adam Qualls as Ernst Ludwig; and Jemar Michaels, Ed Williams; Krysti McKayla, Marso Wiita, Danielle Nelson, Emily Madigan, James Rodriguez and Jeffrey Nelson in the Kit Kat Klub ensemble.

Tom Hoch, President/CEO of Hennepin Theatre Trust, commented, "It's a joy to be working again with Theater Latte Da and Peter Rothstein through Cabaret and Broadway Re-Imagined. The series opens new doors for both organizations and contributes to the vitality of our newly launched Hennepin Cultural District."

"Cabaret is, without question, musical theater at its best-smart, sexy, wildly entertaining and profound. It's a thrill to tackle this masterpiece with an outstanding cast and an inventive design team," said Artistic Director Peter Rothstein. "Our continued collaboration with the Trust at the historic Pantages Theatre greatly enhances Theater Latte Da's commitment to expanding the art of adventurous musical theater."

The impetus for Broadway Re-Imagined builds from Theater Latte Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust's successful work together in January 2013 on the acclaimed co-production of Aida and, since 2008, with All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, co-presented with Cantus and running this year December 19-22 at the Pantages Theatre. Broadway Re-Imagined expands the Trust's continuum of work with such Minnesota talent as Wendy Knox and Frank Theatre, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, 2 Sugars, Room for Cream and Standing on Ceremony, all local productions presented at the Trust's New Century Theatre.


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