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Marcus Stern
“I think for anyone who just has
a passion for making theatre, you
know it’s not just about the work
that you’re doing in the rehearsal
room, it’s about the family you create
around you.”
—Amanda Palmer
perfect for the show because I don’t think I’d want to do it as a proscenium
piece. To feel like a cabaret you really want tables and chairs
and an environment around you that you’re in. You enter this space
that completely surrounds you, you’re not just watching it.
Tamara Hickey,
one of the Kit Kat Dancers
with Amanda Palmer.
Amanda Palmer has called
the feeling around this production
of Cabaret as a “homecoming.”
You worked with the A.R.T. previously on The Onion Cellar. What
was that experience like and how did that compare with Cabaret?
The Onion Cellar was kind of a disaster for me, but that didn’t have
so much to do with the A.R.T. as the fact that the director and I just
did not see eye to eye. The only director I had worked together with
on a workshop piece, which is what The Onion Cellar was supposed to
be, was Bogart. I didn’t realize that Bogart has a really incredible gift
in workshopping a show from scratch. So the director of The Onion