2008 Woodie Awards
Marist Theatre Program brings a new 'Cabaret' to Marist
Bridget Sullivan
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Entertainment
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Come to the Cabaret, old chum! The Marist Theatre Program will be presenting the musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb, a traditional yet dark show starring a highly talented cast from Feb. 15 to Feb. 18 in the Nelly Goletti Theatre. Dr. Missy Alexander and Prof. Jeff Bass join seventeen students in the cast. There are also at least ten crew members working behind the scenes to pull the show together. "It is a special show to do because it has intense dancing and great music, such as the well known title song," said Matt Andrews, the director for the show as well as Associate Professor of English/Theatre here at Marist College. The show is also historical because it is set in Berlin at the time of Hitler's rise to power. Topher Ziobro, one of the leads in Cabaret, said that the show is "about romance, desire, and the tribulations during the rise of Nazism in Germany… it has very expertly choreographed dances that dazzle the eye and make the audience feel like they're at a real Cabaret in Germany."
All of the cast and crew members have been working very hard for the past two months to get the show ready. They were all required to come back twelve days early from winter break for rehearsals, and were expected to be off book by the time they got back to campus. During the time when they were back on campus, according to Kurtis McManus who plays the Emcee, they had eight to ten hour rehearsals. One of the freshmen in the cast, Aforme Agawu, expressed his feelings about the show by stating "It's much harder than I expected. When you watch a dancer who's smiling you never really know just how much work he's doing. When I finish one of the dance numbers in rehearsal I feel like I just ran a hundred meter race! Everything is fast paced." Another freshman, Stephen Echeverri, seconded Agawu's feelings regarding all the work they put into the show. He feels that he's made the show a part of his daily life. When asked if all of the work was worth it he said, "Oh yes, it's worth it. It's going to be a really great show."
All of the cast and crew members have been working very hard for the past two months to get the show ready. They were all required to come back twelve days early from winter break for rehearsals, and were expected to be off book by the time they got back to campus. During the time when they were back on campus, according to Kurtis McManus who plays the Emcee, they had eight to ten hour rehearsals. One of the freshmen in the cast, Aforme Agawu, expressed his feelings about the show by stating "It's much harder than I expected. When you watch a dancer who's smiling you never really know just how much work he's doing. When I finish one of the dance numbers in rehearsal I feel like I just ran a hundred meter race! Everything is fast paced." Another freshman, Stephen Echeverri, seconded Agawu's feelings regarding all the work they put into the show. He feels that he's made the show a part of his daily life. When asked if all of the work was worth it he said, "Oh yes, it's worth it. It's going to be a really great show."
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