FEBRUARY 5-11, 2015 ----------------------- Cover Story • Cabaret --------------------- Dancing on the Edge By Steve Penhollow Beauchamp said she played Bowles and cho- reographed some of the show’s numbers at IPFW in It is not known how many times this has happened 1985. "If you ain't ‘Shiggin,’ you're either losing or lying" in Fort Wayne theater history, but a good guess would But this is the first time she’s choreographed the be not too many. entire show. A show that is about to open here is concurrently In preparation, Beauchamp studied all adaptations the toast of a much larger town. and revivals, but she knew her own work would favor Cabaret, which begins a run at the Civic Theatre Fosse’s. A LOCALLY OWNED BBQ COMPANY on Valentine’s Day, One thing she is also in revival on noticed about the Broadway. revivals is that the Given that the movements therein show has retained are more explicitly much of its edge, it is sexual. amazing to consider This is under- that it will be 50 years standable, she said, old in 2016. but these modifica- To fully appreci- tions come at the ex- ate Cabaret, accord- pense of some of the ing to the director show’s vaudeville and of the Civic version, burlesque underpin- Philip Colglazier, one nings. must go back even “The revivals are Book further to Christopher much more explicit Pulled Pork Your next event Isherwood’s novel with their gestures,” SpeCial Goodbye to Berlin. she said. “I’m just not Call us It was first pub- sure our audiences * 260-387-5903 lished in 1939. here would enjoy the The book – which show as much. 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Apple Pie Baked Beans The Kit Kat Klub – where the aforementioned “The music has to come out of a place of sincer- 3 Meats, 2 Sides Creamy Cole Slaw showgirl named Sally Bowles performs – provides ity,” he said. “It must be handled with a more subtle Buns & Sauce Macaroni Salad Green Chile Mac ‘n Cheese escape, refuge and delusion. approach than might be employed in standard musical * Tomato & Cucumber Salad Cabaret is often thought of as a quintessential Bob theater.” $12.99 Potato Casserole Fosse vehicle, but he was not involved in the original Even though the Civic version of Cabaret eschews Corn “Spoon Bread” Southern Green Beans Broadway production at all. some of the contemporary flourishes of the revivals, The original choreography won a Tony Award Colglazier said it is still an adult show. *per guest plus tax for Ron Field, according to Leslie Beauchamp who “It is not for young kids,” he said, “The show is 10 guest min. Delivery Extra. handles the choreography for the Civic edition. set in pre-war Berlin, so the material deals with life Fosse put his stamp on the 1972 film version and and death issues and with sexuality in a humorous- ORder online www.shigsinpit.com anything Fosse stamped tended to stay stamped. yet-serious way. It is intended for mature audiences.” Beauchamp is a big fan of Fosse. Western society has become more accepting of 2008 Fairfield Avenue “I think his choreographic style is awkward, spe- sexuality as practiced and embodied by the characters, fort wayne, in 46802 cific, smart, humorous and wry,” she said. “And it but the show remains edgy, Colglazier said. lends itself well to work in an actor’s subtext with the The world may just be catching up to Isherwood’s movement. 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GRATEFUL GROOVE APQ-HARMONIC PERFORMING PERFORMING inside the issue GRATEFUL DEAD TRANS SIBERIAN • features FLIX ................................................16 American Sniper JAMES & THE DRIFTERS ORCHESTRA CABARET ......................................................2 SCREEN TIME ...............................16 PERFORMING Dancing on the Edge American Sniper Setting Box Office Records FORT WAYNE FUNK ORCHESTRA RICHARD TUCK .............................................4 FARE WARNING ............................17 U2 PERFORMING The Artist’s Work Endures Fort Wayne Ballet: Love Dances EARTH, WIND & FIRE BRIAN REGAN ..............................................5 DIRECTOR’S NOTES ...................... 18 SIRFACE The Comic’s Comedian The Kid from Kokomo PERFORMING OWEN YONCE ...............................................6 THE GREEN ROOM ........................ 19 KAT BOWSER Lighting a Bonfire BILLY IDOL PERFORMING ON BOOKS ..................................... 19 KELLY UPDIKE ...............................................6 We Are Not Ourselves QUEEN Guiding Big Changes STACI STORK PERFORMING • calendars GOOD NIGHT GRACIE • columns & reviews KATY PERRY PERFORMING LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ................10 SPINS ...............................................9 MICHAEL JACKSON Smashing Pumpkins, My Drunken Haze MUSIC/ON THE ROAD ...................14 BACKTRACKS ..................................9 ROAD TRIPZ ..................................15 Billy Idol, Billy Idol (1982) THINGS TO DO ..............................17 OUT & ABOUT ................................ 10 STAGE & DANCE ...........................18 Locke Finds His Way to San Jose ART & ARTIFACTS .........................19 WHAT DAG’S ABOUT .................... 13 Skeletunes ROAD NOTEZ ................................. 14 Cover design by Greg Locke TICKETS: $20/VIP PER NIGHT (ADVANCE SEATING) $15 PER NIGHT | $25 TWO-DAY PASS PURCHASE AT TICKETMASTER.COM/EMBASSY OR THE EMBASSY BOX OFFICE February 5, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ------------------------------- Feature • Richard Tuck ------------------------------ 3 Rivers