Cabaret

Lauren Molina as Sally Bowles

Bristol Riverside Theatre, located at 120 Radcliffe Street in Bristol, Pa. is producing a dazzling rendition of the challenging musical, Cabaret through April 12. Set in Berlin, Germany in 1929-1930, Cabaret offers a glimpse of some lives before the war breaks out.  Robb Sapp is a talented and engaging Emcee.  The ensemble cast is brilliant. Many of them have come to the BRT stage from Broadway or from Broadway touring companies. While Sally Bowles (Lauren Molina) belts, “Don’t Tell Mama,” each Kit Kat girl attains high kicks and maintains her spot as she moves dizzyingly around in a formatted circle. There is excellent choreography maintained on the chairs as the girls engage their hands, feet and their entire bodies while Sally once more has a chance to illustrate her talent as she sings “Mein Herr.”  The set design is done to perfection. There is an easy transition from The Kit Kat Club to Fraulein Schneider’s Rooming House and back again. Frequently, while the transition is being made, there are projections on the walls showing the time period - dates, dancing girls, etc., so it is easy to miss the young men and women moving chairs and props off stage to reset the scene. Bristol Riverside favorite, Jo Twiss, shows everyone why she has such a reputation as she portrays Fraulein Schneider flawlessly. I have seen several iterations of Cabaret and I have never seen this character portrayed with more feeling. This is an excellent rendition of an amazing musical. For more information or tickets, call 215- 785- 0100 or visit brtstage.org