When she hit on the idea for a cabaret last October, she took it to The Players' Ring, and to her surprise, the board approved it on the spot. Although Vento has done a lot of the legwork, she is quick to give credit to The Players' Ring and performers and to everyone else who has helped out along the way. Mass. According to Vento, their cabaret characters also embark on their own journeys, depending on the songs they've selected. The poems as well as the scenes and monologues serve as segues into songs and acts. The poems, especially, provide a nice transition.
Poems try to do what songs do in their own way.
They're very lyrical. They're very pretty. And, it's a way to introduce poetry to a theater-going audience that may not otherwise have the opportunity to hear it. What makes cabaret so different is that it's all about stripping down the theatrical element. It's just you being you.