Peter Bergmann of Berkshire Bright Focus  -   https://www.berkshirebrightfocus.com/cabaret/

 

"CABARET will delight you with its newness and its current though accidental references to the times we live in now ... which director Stephen Sanborn has taken advantage of in this new production.  …  What does it take to make this show work? Well played music and well-performed roles, both of which exist in the Two of Us production.”  

 

“Master of Ceremonies is now female - and probably Lesbian while the leading man Cliff is now bi-sexual  Constance Lopez is delivering this revised (MC) character with assurance and finesse.  Her singing is excellent and her acting is convincing. The sexuality of her crop-haired boyish cut and her costumes reinforce her interpretation and though some of the original is gone the role works in this new way. Bravo to Lopez for taking this on”

 

“.. the 10-person band, conducted very well by Sanborn …  play Kander's score to perfection.”  

 

“One more brilliant aspect of this production is the casting of Benita Zahn as Fraulein Schneider, the landlady, and Fred Sirois as the fruit-marketer Herr Schultz. Both actors bring experience and understanding to their roles and their acting adds resonance to their roles …  I would defy anyone who isn't moved by Zahn's "What Would You Do?" in Act Two. This is fine acting in song.  Sirois' final exit in that act is as touchingly human as anything I've seen this entire year.”

 

“Cliff is doomed from the start by Sally's wild indifference to his dreams for them. She has her own dreams and they need that Dietrich-like determination. Her sense of love, true love, is summed up in her insincere "Maybe This Time" well performed by Betsy Rees and Stephen Foust's Cliff whose indifference to his one-time pickup, Bobby, keeps re-emerging in the book scenes.”