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Cabaret by Reboot Theatre Company

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I hear the first few notes of Wilkommen , so iconic and thrilling. I know I’m in for a treat. Reboot Theatre Company’s Cabaret pulls it off. The score is loaded with can’t-miss songs. The cast comes through on one after another. Heather Refvem as Sally Bowles delivers on the big numbers, Maybe This Time and Cabaret . June Apollo Johns as the Emcee is delightfully silly, particularly on Two Ladies and If You Could See Her . But two other songs featuring Fraulein Schneider (Michelle Blackmon) and Herr Schultz (Ellen Dessler-Smith) bring the show home, with their mixture of beauty and sadness. It Couldn't Please Me More is the one where the humble fruit vendor, Herr Schultz woos equally humble boarding house manager Fraulein Schneider by giving her a gift of a pineapple. It’s rare, exotic and represents pure delight. They never enjoy it, though. Schneider sings, Then we shall leave it here Not to eat, but see On Married , Blackmon and Dessler-Smith are joined by Alexei C