Presented by the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre
Based on the play by John van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
Fight direction by Thomas Schall
Music direction by Meghann Zervoulis Bate
Choreographed by Julia Cheng
Tickets are available now – March 2025
August Wilson Theatre
245 W. 52nd St.
New York, NY
2 hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission
Critique by Kitty Drexel
I was offered press tickets to “Cabaret” as part of the ATCA conference in New York.
NEW YORK — “I’ll be watching ‘Cabaret’ for survival tactics,” my friend Julia said when I confirmed her ticket for “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” on November 6. Julia and I are both gleefully queer on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and terrified by the national and state election results. It was cathartic to watch a musical about the rise and tragic fall of queer culture in Weimar Germany as the Nazis rose to power. It looks a lot like the U.S. today. If one needs proof, they should take to their local news sources. Continue reading
