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Friday, March 9, 2018 Vol. 12 No. 16
Cabaret at The McCallum
By Desert Star Staff Palm Desert, CA. The McCallum Theatre presents Cabaret for seven performances, Wednesday, March 28, through Sunday, April 1. The Saturday March 31 performance at 2:00pm is presented through the generosity of Robert and Sharlene Britz. Based on Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony Award-winning production,
Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall’s (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Cabaret comes to the McCallum Theatre. Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd and leave their troubles outside. But as life in pre-WWII Germany grows more and more uncertain, will
Story and Photos by Pat Krause The 8th Annual Warburton Golf Tournament and galas, Four Days of Fun, was held on March 1st thru March 4th. The Warburton as everyone calls it is one of the best ways to spend four days of golf and parties and help a great cause. The event raises money for St. Judes children’s hospital. They have raised over 7 million dollars since it started and they raised over 2.2 Million dollars last year. The hope was to increase even more this year, and they accomplished that goal. The event starts with a Songwriters night where top songwriters play the songs they have written that are the songs everyone knows. This is one
night where guests get to know the men that have written the songs they know and love. The next day is golf on two courses as the event has grown where two sessions are needed for all the people playing. The classes are performed at the Marriott Desert Springs course and the Classic Club course. The golfers play both courses on Sat. and Sun. There is an awards ceremony on Sunday after play at the Classic Club Golf Course. Each foursome has one celebrity playing with them. The second night is the much anticipated Jam Session Actor-Phillip Keene, Keith Fox and Host and actor-Patrick Warburton. Photo by Pat Krause by famous musicians. The night starts with a pairings party and band that accompanies all the the musicians that played were and Skunk Baxter from the dinner. The doors opened at 8 artists and have been a part of Mike Mills, Mickey Thomas for fun to begin. Sixwire is the the event for years. Some of from Starship, Tom Johnston Continues on Page 3
the decadent allure of Berlin nightlife be enough to get them through their dangerous times? Cabaret features some of the most memorable songs in theatre history, including “Cabaret,” “Willkommen,” and “Maybe This Time.” Creative Bios Joe Masteroff (Book). Born in 1919 in Philadelphia, he had only one dream from infancy: to write for the theatre. After the
essential lonely childhood and four-year stint in the Air Force, he came to New York to face his future: book writer or book seller? Happily, luck intervened. Before long he had three shows on Broadway bearing his name: The Warm Peninsula starring Julie Harris, and two musicals She Loves Me and Cabaret, for which he was the book writer. Thanks to indulgent parents, the New Dramatists, Hal Prince and
Warburton Golf and Galas 2018
many others, he is now retired and living in subdued luxury. John Kander (Music) and Fred Ebb (Lyrics). The Kander and Ebb collaboration of four decades created many Broadway standards and contemporary classics. Their first collaboration, “My Coloring Book,” became a hit song for Barbra Streisand, earning John Continues on Page 4