Squeeze My CABARET

cabaret & variety · cathy schenkelberg inc · Ages 13+ · United States of America

world premiere
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Review by JOE LUIS CEDILLO

June 25, 2019
IMPORTANT NOTE: We cannot certify this reviewer attended a performances of this show because no ticket was purchased through this website or the producer has not verified they attended.

What I liked

She found the humor in her situation, and even if reccounting some of the events brought tears, she found a way to pull out the silver lining. I really loved her summation of all the ingenue parts she missed out on with a rousing number highlighting parts from musical theater classics like Rizzo from GREASE. Plus she was so skillful with her puppets in getting them to do the most tasteful, raunchy gyrations. Glad I got to experience it.

What I didn't like

Tom Cruise and the Alien should have gotten it on.

My overall impression

Cathy had a fierce bawdiness, humor, and great voice for belting out cabaret songs while illuminating and throwing shade on her plight with Scientology. Puppets, costumes, and songs serve as totems for her reckoning with the cult, but one realizes her performance is an artistic ritual of atonement with herself through blissful song and dance.

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