theater
Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main Street. John Osborne’s sharply funny, fiercely honest exploration of political disillusionment and basic human yearning. Directed by John Heckel. $15/$13 students and seniors. ferndale-rep.org. 800-838-3006.
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Wednesday, 6-8 p.m. Access Humboldt Community Media Center, Eureka High School, Eureka. Two-hour workshop offers insight on how to create different moods with light, including using backgrounds, understanding color temperature, and using different gear to create different effects. With cinematographer Landy Hardy. $20. www.accesshumboldt.net. 476-1798.
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Thursday, 9 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Presenting a vaudevillian showcase of the county’s finest dancers, musicians, circus performers. Night ends with a dance party led by Arcata’s Small Axe Ensemble. Benefit for Six Rivers Planned Parenthood’s Spare Change. $7. E-mail humboldtvarietyville@yahoo.com. 408-515-2801.
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Saturday, 7 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Annual shindig features Pom Pom Queens of Bat N’ Rouge fame, Rutabaga Queens, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Dell’Arte, Shea Freelove, the Eye Rockestra, live and silent auction and is hosted by Bob Ornelas. Bring a donation for Food for People. $15/$25 a pair. www.arcatatheater.com. 822-1220.
What:
Winner of 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical (1967) and Best Revival (1998)
“Wikommen!, Bienvenue!, Welcome! To the Cabaret,” sings the emcee of Berlin’s Kit Kat Club through painted lips, its 1929 pre-war Germany and the decadent Kit Kat Club mirrors life in the doomed city. “Cabaret” develops as two stories in one; first, the revue centered on the decadence of the seedy club and, second in the lives that intersect in the real world outside the club. The social commentary about backroom deals, sly racial remarks, and promiscuous behavior of the time are place as the subject of songs and juxtaposition of scenes was a shocking and novel concept when “Cabaret” opened on Broadway in 1966 and is still striking and thought provoking today.
Songs include: “It Couldn’t Please Me More,” “Wikommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don’t Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.”
When/where:
| Dates | |
| Time | 8 p.m. |
| Phone | 707-442-1956 |
| Venue | Arkley Center for the Performing Arts |
| Cost | $50.00 |
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STAFF PICK / events, theater, music, dance, art, Comedy, sports, spoken word, lecture, etc. / 9 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Presenting a vaudevillian showcase of the county’s finest dancers, musicians, circus performers. Night ends with a dance party led by Arcata’s Small Axe Ensemble. Benefit for Six Rivers Planned Parenthood’s Spare Change. $7. E-mail humboldtvarietyville@yahoo.com. 408-515-2801.
