KC Rep's CABARET Plays 3/18-4/10

CABARET will run March 18-April 10, 2011 at Spencer Theatre.
Set in a seedy nightclub in 1931 Berlin, as the Nazis are rising to power, CABARET focuses on the complicated relationship between a young English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and an American writer Clifford Bradshaw.

Written in 1966, CABARET is considered by many to be one of the best musicals written by Kander and Ebb. The original Broadway production, directed by their frequent collaborator Harold Prince, was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning 8, including for best musical, best composer and lyricist, and best director.

Additional Kander and Ebb musicals include ZORBA (1958), CHICAGO (1975), KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (1992), FOSSE (1999), CURTAINS (2006) and THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (2010). The show tunes "Cabaret", "New York, New York", "Maybe This Time" and "All That Jazz" are among their most well-known songs.

In addition to being awarded numerous Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys, Kander and Ebb were honored in 1998 by the Kennedy Center for their contributions to theatre and music. As Kander stated in a February 1997 article with Marilyn Stasio in American Theatre, "if you're going to write on a canvas of some size, the Broadway theatre is still the only place that offers you that opportunity."

Kansas City Rep's complete 2010-11 season included:

SAVED

Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman, Book and Lyrics by John Dempsey and Rinne Groff

Directed by Gary Griffin

September 10-October 3, 2010 at Spencer Theatre

Harriet Jacobs
Adapted by Lydia Diamond from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Directed by Jessica Thebus

October 22-November 21, 2010 at Copaken Stage

A CHRISTMAS CAROL - 30TH Anniversary Production

By Charles Dickens

Directed by Kyle Hatley

November 19-December 26, 2010 at Spencer Theatre

ANOTHER AMERICAN: ASKING AND TELLING

Written and Performed by Marc Wolf

January 14-February 6, 2011 at Spencer Theatre

CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION - Midwest Premiere

By Annie Baker

Directed by Kyle Hatley

February 18-March 20, 2011 at Copaken Stage

CABARET

Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Book by Joe Masteroff

Directed by Eric Rosen

March 18-April 10, 2011 at Spencer Theatre

PEER GYNT

By Henrik Ibsen

Adapted and Directed by David Schweizer

April 22-May 22, 2011 at Copaken Stage

ABOUT KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE
Now in its 46th season, Kansas City Repertory Theatre is its region's only member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and serves as the professional theatre in residence at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). The Rep produces mainstage plays and special events at Spencer Theatre On the UMKC campus and Copaken Stage located in downtown Kansas City. Kansas City Rep employs more than 250 professional artists, technicians and administrators, and serves more than 100,000 patrons annually.