Forbidden Cabaret
Written & Performed by Melanie Gall		Melanie Gall Presents - St. Albert, AB
 http://melaniegall.com		V.21 - MTYP - Mainstage 
Hidden in the back alleys of Broadway is the grittiest, most decadent club in New York. The year is 1934. Unlicensed musical entertainment is illegal and the Dirty Blues are banned. But not at Club Perroquet: when the midnight hour strikes, the forbidden cabaret begins.
Featuring (real!) banned hits: Pin in Your Cushion, What Can You Buy a Nudist on His Birthday? and Never Hit Your Grandma With a Shovel (Use an Axe Instead).
Melanie Gall is the award-winning performer of Ingenue (5 STARS) and American Songbook Experience (5 STARS).

    		Show Info:
60 minutes
Genre:
Musical

Audience:
Parental Guidance



Wed July 17 8:00 PM
Fri July 19 9:30 PM
Mon July 22 6:15 PM
Tue July 23 4:15 PM
Thu July 25 8:30 PM
Sat July 27 5:15 PM

Forbidden Cabaret

Melanie Gall Presents—MTYP – Mainstage

Melanie Gall opens with a Verdi opera aria “Addio del Passato” to set the stage for a tale about a young Canadian Opera singer who is a newcomer to New York City in the 1930s. She discovers the forbidden cabaret, a byproduct of the harsh Cabaret Laws that tried to ban unsanctioned entertainment, where she creates a second hidden life singing banned songs.

It had been a while since I had heard her belt out an actual opera piece, and it was nice to hear her in full opera voice. She then starts to get into the story, and begins regaling us with some of the banned songs. They are full of double entendre and are great fun, and very well sung. There is another opera piece and a couple other well known songs that are less raunchy.

As long as you are not very easily offended, this is a great offering highlighting Melanie’s great voice and a great story.

Murray Hunter