Tag: Cabaret

  • Nation & World

    Come to the cabaret

    “Truth Hurts: A Transformational Cabaret,” designed and performed by Harvard students in Theater, Dance & Media, embraces the anything-goes form in a dramatic satire of campus life.

    7 minutes
    Allie Jeffay wears a large, white sun hat and sunglasses.
  • Nation & World

    The dark corners of ‘Cabaret’

    In a panel discussion, Harvard scholars and performer Amanda Palmer examined the sinister sides and social significance of the American Repertory Theater’s new production of “Cabaret.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hot, hot, hot

    The American Repertory Theater presents a rollicking fall lineup, with surprises at every turn.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Cabaret lecture, satirical chansons

    Robert Darnton describes the political power of street songs, the “newspapers” of 18th century France, while French mezzo-soprano Helene Delavault sings her heart out.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    French history is taught, sung in ‘cabaret lecture’

    In 18th century Paris, political gossip and courtly intrigue swirled through the city as smoothly and deliciously as well-aged wine. To stay current, most citizens turned not to newspapers but to street songs, popular tunes that were improvised and modified as affairs developed.

    4 minutes