Cabaret
Host Summer Shapiro
Summer started us off with her slow, intense and very funny entrance. She wasted very little time getting right to the acts:
Barb and Helen--Aimee German and Anna Zastrow as a Country Western dancing duo. They start out having a great time with each other. They are both enthusiastic to perform; Amy seems to know what she is up to, but Anna looks like there is nothing but wood between her ears. The dance devolves into a competition and then a knock-down, drag out fight. It is great to see this kind of big slapstick.
Adina Ballerina--does the entire Nutcracker Suite in 7 minutes. I love how she uses actual choreographic quotes from the Christmas classic.
Mary and Harry--play a short bit from their full length show. There is a great deal of risque behavior here that encourages the same from the audience. Their physical work is strong and clear.
Mik Kuhlman--Dressed in her huge black coat and "elegant" crown, Mik is clearly the King. She subtly encouraged someone to take her arm, properly!, and guide her to the center of the stage. there she proceeded to melt to almost a flat puddle of coat, and then rise again. Very fun and funny.
Angela--Ishah Jansen-Faith as Angela, a mop-haired enthusiastic country girl who has taken a break from nursing her three babies to come and "paint our souls." Charming.
Zero Boy--his verbal acrobatics are legendary. He took us on a journey that including many explosions and fast cars .
Hilary Chaplain as a very pregnant opera singer who tries to maintain her arias as she goes into labor.
Amy G--gave us beautiful three part harmony on the kazoo. I leave it to your imagination how she manages to play three kazoos at the same time.
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