March 13, 2:00 p.m.
March 11 – March 12, 7:30 p.m
Conceived, Directed and Musical Direction by Jonathan Mastro
You don’t need to wave a French flag on a barricade while singing at the top of your lungs to be a musical revolutionary. Next! A Cabaret From the Front Lines brings out the dangerous side of musical theater, taking the most thought-provoking work from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Steven Sondheim, Jacques Brel, and contemporary composers and lyricists out of the context of their original musicals and redeploying them in an original cabaret. Individually, these songs are powerful, striking, memorable. Beside one another, they’re comrades in arms, fighting social and political battles with the unconventional weapons of song and dance. Who would have thought a musical about strippers (Gypsy) could be feminist or a World War II classic (South Pacific) could attack racism? Next! will show you how.
Strider Theater
Colby’s premier theater and dance venue since 1976, Strider Theater is a proscenium-style theater that seats 262. It is the main performance space in the Runnals Building. Strider Theater is used for student theater and dance rehearsals and performances as well as professional touring companies’ performances that are part of the Theater and Dance at Colby series. Completed in 1976, the theater is named for Colby’s 16th president, Robert E.L. Stider II, and his wife, Helen.
Directions:
Follow directions to Colby’s campus. As you come onto campus on Mayflower Hill Drive, Runnals is on the left, at the head of the first quadrangle of buildings formed by Foss-Woodman and Mary Low-Coburn. To drop off passengers, turn left onto Runnals Drive after passing the President’s House.
Parking Information:
Parking is in the Mary Low lot, on the right as you enter the campus.
