The Footlight Club’s members have sustained the organization’s mission: To present the best in non-professional theater to a broad based audience, and to preserve and maintain Eliot Hall as a community resource”.įor further information, contact the theater at (617) 524-3200, or by email at: address is 7 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain. One must also note that the production is under the Musical Direction of David Wright, and he is certainly deserving of particular mention.Īnd continuing in its 142 season, The Footlight Club Theatre will be staging The Importance of Being Earnest beginning June 1.Īs the theater states in its literature: “The Footlight Club is America’s oldest community theater and has produced performances every year since 1877. Ratsavong transforms the Footlight proscenium to a credible Kit Kat Klub setting, and it’s leads, as well as ensemble, present a lively, entertaining and often, provocative story in “America’s oldest community theater” with book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Freed Ebb. Matthew Finn is also convincing in his role of Ernest Ludwig.ĭirector Vincent S. Susan Picillo as Fraulein Schneider and Jim Foster as Herr Schultz give admirable performances as would be spouses, only having their pending nuptial arrangements abandoned due to the agenda of the encroaching Nazi’s. The story revolves around both Bowles and Bradshaw as they try to not only make it in the world of entertainment, hers with performance and his in letters, but with a backdrop surrounding a prevalent tone of tension due to anxiety resulting from the uncertainty of a stealthy yet formidable political movement. However, this review would be remiss if accolades were not afforded to David Rodrigues, who delivered a remarkable performance as the Emcee. Its leading cast members are Cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles, native of England, well-played by Perry Albert and suiter Clifford Bradshaw, an aspiring writer from the United States, also offering an impressive performance. The setting revolves around the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin in 1931 – as the Nazi Party is advancing its influence in the German political system. Eliot Hall is now fully accessible.Scheduled until Saturday, April 13, the Footlight Club Theatre in Jamaica Plain is the venue for the musical production Cabaret. 7A shows are presented on the first floor of Eliot Hall in the Parker Room. The 7A program at The Footlight Club is a wonderful opportunity for members to work in intimate settings and make creative decisions with limited tools. Tickets available at the door, cash only. Tickets (Available at the door, cash only): Stage Managers: Coco Coviello & Gianna Gifford The play won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. Michael Colford directs this award-winning play from 2000, which revolves around Catherine, the daughter of Robert, a recently deceased mathematical genius in his fifties and professor at the University of Chicago, and her struggle with mathematical genius and mental illness. Show Dates: Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3 at 8pmĪbout: Running Friday and Saturday, June 2 & 3 at 8 pm, the 7A Series returns with PROOF by David Auburn.
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