Shane Center stage transforms into ‘20s-era Berlin for Cabaret this month
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts in Livingston is pleased to present its summer Community Theatre production, Cabaret, playing in the Dulcie Theatre through July 22nd.
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately captivated by English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boardinghouse, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.
Cabaret runs weekends through July 22nd. Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $18 for adults, $14 for seniors and college students, and $10 for youth 17 and under. www.theshanecenter.org or by calling the box office at (406) 222-1420. The Shane Center is located at 415 E Lewis St. Note: this production contains adult language and content.
Cabaret is generously sponsored by Paula & Scott Coleman, Joanne & David Gibson, and Yellowstone Valley Lodge & Grill. •
