Clearly, Liza Minnelli (whom I've met several times-really) owns that role-always has and always will (well, I admit that "always" is a very long time), so it takes a courageous soul to take on that part at all (which was performed by a blonde-but even with the change in hair color, I couldn't forget Liza in the role-the actress could have had purple hair with pink polka dots, and I'd still think of Liza, or the actress could have been bald, and I'd STILL think of Liza). Otherwise, why not just go see some high-school production that's just a shadow of the movie, or better yet, just watch the movie itself? And I have to say that playing down the Sally Bowles character was the best thing-the ONLY thing, really-for the Freefall Theatre (or any theater, for that matter) to do. (I wanted razamatazz at the very beginning the way that Joel Grey did it and how I'd seen it done previously at the Showplace Dinner Theater in Hudson, and I was disappointed to be greeted by a very old creaky man who opened the show.) Okay, I admit, it took me a while to understand that the Freefall Theatre was taking the basic storyline and creating something new from it, and that's what the Freefall Theatre does and does extremely well. I've seen "Cabaret" live previously (not to mention having watched the movie numerous times), and it took me a while to get into the unique production of it by the Freefall Theatre. So far, I've seen two productions at the Freefall Theatre: "Cabaret" (2012) and "Into the Woods" (2014).
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