"Cabaret," which wrapped up a brief run Sunday April 15 as part of the "Broadway Comes to Reno" series, left me unsettled.
It took all night to figure out why.
The cast is strong, led by Erik Schneider, Bailey McCall Thomas, and Carl Pariso.
The show ends with Sally alone, drinking and using drugs. Her "Cabaret" solo is born out of desperation.
The only other stage production (also "Broadway Comes to Reno") that I saw, with Andrea McArdle in 2001-ish, made that song a celebration.
Sally is back in her fantasy. The outside world falls into hell but she's safely away. So is Liza's cinematic Sally.
This Sally loses her fantasy. And the show kicks the audience out of the fantasy, too.
Then comes the gut-punch ending with the Emcee in concentration-camp garb, branded with yellow and pink symbols.
The outside world, for real.
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