Cabaret

This weekend Marblehead High School is putting on the musical Cabaret. Dylan has a handful of small parts - among them a waiter and a Nazi that beats up one of the main characters. The show was fantastic, and for those that saw last year's play Annie, Ariana Conte again played the lead - filling Liza Minelli's shoes incredibly well for a girl her age.

Here's the write up in the paper.

The play is a powerful statement about the rise of Nazism in pre-war Berlin and was artfully played by the students, many of whom are Jewish. In fact, Jamie Hark's great grandfather and his five sisters were all killed in Nazi concentration camps. Jamie played the lead Nazi. The director, Henry Dembowski did an amazing job bringing these teens through a very intense subject.

The show walked the line well given the adult themes. The girls were amazing...much to the delight of Dylan who enjoyed lots of rehearsals with the Kit Kat girls. Somehow Dylan managed to dodge dressing in drag - the guys that did so as part of the Cabaret show were hysterical. Everyone did great.

Dylan is already looking forward to trying out for the Drama Festival.