Thursday is opening night for the Ballard High School spring musical. This year students will be doing Cabaret, which is rated PG-13.
The scene is a night club in Berlin, as the 1920’s are drawing to a close. The Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience to the show and assures them that, whatever their troubles, they will forget them at the Cabaret. His songs provide wry commentary throughout the show. On the train to Berlin we find Cliff, a young American writer, and Ernst, a German who surprises Cliff by putting his briefcase among Cliff’s luggage at the German border. History is in the process of being made. Musical numbers include It Couldn’t Please Me More, Willkommen, Cabaret, Don’t Tell Mama and Two Ladies. In the end of the show we find Cliff on the train again, now leaving Berlin alone. He writes about Sally and the people of Berlin leading up to the Third Reich. It has been a tumultuous and heartbreaking era.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and can be purchased here. Curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well as March 31, April 1 and 2.
Looking forward to the first uptight comment about the image of a woman holding a cigarette…