Cabaret

I do think we are perhaps set to hear an awful lot of Pasek and Paul.

I'm also intrigued about the older musical theatre songs that will now take on a new life because maybe this time from Cabaret wasn't exactly this forgotten musical theatre ballad, however, it was inarguably resuscitated when Kristen Chenoweth and Lea Michele performed it together on the show.

And so often now, when I hear especially younger actresses in musical theatre singing, maybe this time, they are making those specific Lea Michele choices at the end that indicate where they first heard it.

And you know what? There are few among us who were watching at the time who can say that they weren't exposed to a song of certain significance by hearing the Glee version first.

And I got confused because I thought Liza Minnelli was in it.

Oh, Cabaret.

But it's not Cabaret because I thought I got confused.

Which did I say instead? Answer's on a postcard.

I can't remember.

Jane landed a recurring role on Murphy Brown as Audrey Cohn.

In addition to Frasier, she has starred in the Emmy Award-winning TV Land series Hot in Cleveland and graced the world of theater by starring as Sally Bowles in Cabaret on Broadway.

Jane also lent her voice to various animated TV series characters, including in The Penguins of Madagascar, Phineas and Ferb, and The Simpsons, as well as the major motion picture James and the Giant Peach.

In 2018, She joined the Fox medical drama, The Resident.

Bienvenue.

And welcome to Cabaret.

Yeah, like I said, this is week three of Oktoberama.

If you're just joining us, I don't, again, don't know why you're starting with this episode instead of going back and listening to the first one, because then at least you'd be in the loop.

PJ Casbar is a singer, songwriter, actor, director, producer, and longtime lover of the performing arts.

whose career has taken him from regional theater stages and international cathedrals to the fashion industry, national television, contemporary cabaret, and most recently, the world of drag.

He's performed in Pippin, Grease, Cabaret, Can-Can, and West Side Story.

He had a highly successful career in the fashion industry, ultimately becoming a director of stores and director of retail for major fashion companies throughout North America.

and he found that his theatrical training helped him in the corporate world, because really, we're all just storytellers, right? PJ has returned to the stage now, which is what we're going to talk about today.

He is the co-creator, performer, and producer of The Light Between Cabaret, a contemporary LGBTQ+, affirming cabaret, exploring transformation, resilience, love, loss, joy, and the many ways people find their way towards the light.

Welcome.

I can't wait to chat with all your stuff.

My guest today is the Jill Kargman.

She's written 12 books, wrote and starred in the Bravo series Odd Mom Out, co-produced a Tony-nominated revival of Cabaret, and her new movie Influence is streaming now.

It's a satire of Upper East Side momfluencers, and there's a star-studded cast, including Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Matt Damon.

She raised three kids on the Upper East Side, inside the exact world she spent her career poking fun at.

And yet, that isn't the only way that the internet can find out about mistakes made on stage.

Because last summer, when Billy Porter took over as the MC in Cabaret, people were taking to social media with verbal accounts of a mistake that he had made during the show at the end of the number, if you could see her.

And I don't want to rehash the entire conversation about Billy Porter as the MC in Cabaret.

I spoke about it more than enough at the time.

You can go back and check out my thoughts in those videos.