Review of cabaret

Due Date: October 16th via email/MS Document

When writing a review, please utilize the following guidelines regarding content:

1. Attend the final dress rehearsal of the OUMT production of CABARET. You may attend this

night’s performance for free. If you are unable to attend on this day, you will be

required to attend one of the performances; ticket price = $10.00

2. Please write a brief description of the story line (if attending a play, musical

opera and/or if a choreographed piece merits such a response).

3. Please indicate if this is a “new work” or a production based on an established

play, musical, opera, etc. If it is a new work, would more work/focus on re-

writing (cuts, new songs, new lines) be appropriate? IF THIS IS A REVIVAL

PRODUCTION, please give a very brief history on its origin.

4. Please write about the following items if pertinent:

A. What style of dance (jazz, ballet, tap, modern, folk, etc.). Who

choreographed the work?

B. What type of music (jazz, opera, classical, contemporary, post tonal,

etc., etc.) and who are the composer(s)? Who was the music

director?

C. If the production contains a script/libretto/spoken dialogue, what

is it’s style? (similar to modern theatre, classical theatre, little

dialogue, etc.). Who wrote the script? Who directed the pro-

duction?

D. What did you like most within the aforementioned areas? Please also

include your thoughts on the set, costume and lighting design

elements (if a musical, did the music work seamlessly with

dialogue, etc., etc.).

E. What did you like least? (Could you understand the actors? Was the

music sung well or danced with accuracy and grace? Comment

on these areas in both a positive and critical bent if appropriate).

5. Please allow for up to four to six pages of written review (no less than 4 FULL pages. Please

make sure that the lines are double spaced so that I may read it more easily and

make corrections/suggestions within that spacing.