13 November| 20:30 – Odeon Theater, Majestic Hall
Based on the -life experiences of writer Christopher Isherwood, who lived in Berlin between 1925-1933, this musical tells the story of the singer Sally Bowles from the Kit Kat night club, a story fill of glamour and vice, dreams and despair, in a cosmopolitan Berlin, a city of both pleasure and decadence.
[same_day_events_link]
After a play by John Van Druten and the stories of Christopher Isherwood
Libretto by: Joe Masteroff
Translation of the text by: Carmen Stanciu
Translation of the songs by: Alex Ștefănescu
Cast:
Sally Bowles: Ioana Mărcoiu
Master of ceremonies: Mihai Smarandache
Clifford Bradshaw: Silvian Vâlcu
Fraulein Schneider: Gabriela Popescu
Herr Schultz: Ionel Mihăilescu
Fraulein Kost: Antoaneta Zaharia
Ernst Ludwig: Eduard Trifa
The Kit Kat Club Band
Rozi – Meda Victor
Frenchie – Maria Alexievici
Lulu – Cristina Danu
Texas – Anca Florescu
Bobby – Vlad Bîrzanu
Viktor – Cezar Antal
Max – Marian Lepădatu
The Sailor, The Nazi – Relu Poalelungi
Moment of Two Ladies: Meda Victor / Maria Alexievici, Vlad Bîrzanu / Cezar Antal
Solo Married (Wedding): Cristina Danu / Anca Florescu
Monkey Solo: Cristina Danu / Anca Florescu
Orchestra:
Mihai Murariu, piano; Andreea Archip, piano; Robert Magheti, drums; Florian Nicolau, bass; Alex Avramovici, clarinet; Robert Preduț, saxophone; Alexandru Moraru, trombone; Silviu Groaza, trumpet
Direction, costumes and choreography by: Răzvan Mazilu
Set: Sabina Spatariu
Lyrics: John Kander, Fred Ebb
Light design: Costi Baciu, Ștefan Ioșca
Producer: Odeon Theatre Bucharest
Duration: 2h 30min
Not suitable under 16 years of age
Performance in Romanian with English subtitles
“I imagined the Kit Kat club like a big decadent masquerade ball, led by a Master of Ceremonies who is also a Guardian at the gates of a seductive inferno (far away from the classical image of Joel Grey’s Fosse movie, my MC is rather a punk bully who, under layers of rebellion and cynism, hides all the tenderness in the world. Femmes fatales and drag queens, clowns and Josephine Bakers, they all fit well in this bedazzling carnival.” (Răzvan Mazilu)
Photo credit: Andrei Gîndac
