Goldstar

• Rated 3.0
• Written on Jun 22 2009

The show was excellent and the actors quite accomplished and in character.

However, someone needs to tell them that the homosexual scenes, constant fawnings, mauling and simulated sex acts were TOO MUCH.

Someone next to me brought an 8/9 year old boy and when the above happened he was almost scared and he put his head under the table.

Gay is quite ok with me but they really overdid it.
I prefer the subtle gay references found in the movie.

• Rated 4.0
• Written on Jun 22 2009

This was one of the best theatre I've been to. Small theatre. Sat at a cocktail table, which I recomend if you wat to enjoy a fantastic evening. the performers interact with you. I plan on taking friends and family a few times before it closes. This is a must see.

• Rated 4.0
• Written on Jul 05 2009

Not one to proselytize, I find myself amazed at how many people I have encouraged to catch this performance while it's still on. It is truly an excellent evening of theater, one I'll not soon forget . . . and I see a lot of theater in both large and small houses. The actors are all well cast. They sing and dance just well enough to be at the Kit Kat Club, unlike Liza whose prodigious talent made her continued employment in this seedy dive a bit questionable, although granted, fabulous to watch. Annalisa Erickson and Jayson Kraid as Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz are simply wonderful, Kraid so certain that all will be well and Erickson fully capturing the fear that if she strays from the straight and narrow, chaos could result. Erickson makes the most of a great part and measures up fully to its demands. Among several strong actors, she dominates the evening, in my opinion. Kalinda Gray brings the vapid quality Sally requires with just the right voice to make her Kit Kat tenure believable and Sally's situation touching. At first I was a bit jarred by Michael Bernardi as Clifford Bradshaw. His physical appearance strongly hinted at Jewishness, and I have always though of the character as a typical WASP. Still, as preconceived notions were cast aside, it worked. Youthful Danielle Soibelman and Craig Bachmann as Ernst Ludwig and his daughter give strong performances. "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" is chilling. Josie Yount's Fraulein Kost is a bit manic, but she has her moments. However, the evening belongs to the Kit Kat dancers and singers and Eduardo Enrikez's unique turn as the emcee (What's with that odd chest hair?) Whether on stage performing as well as any Broadway ensemble or mingling with the audience, titillating, flirting, and sometimes being downright naughty (always in character), they serve to take the play off the stage and into the theater itself before the play begins, during intermission, and after Clifford's departure from Berlin. Zaftig gals and emaciated boys (with the exception of Bobby of the beautiful body), none are Hollywood beauties waiting for their big chance. They ARE the boys and girls of the Kit Kat Club leading desperate lives and trying to tease a few more marks out of the drinking members of the audience. An inspired move, well carried out. The orchestra/band was excellent and all technical aspects such as lighting, sound, make-up, costuming are carried out superbly. One note: at first I was bothered by the set, but when I noted in the program that the set was influenced by the work of Paul Klee I recognized what an inspired choice this had been. What a terrific job. Don't miss it.