The opening number sets the scene in this almost completely sung-through monodrama. Palmer sings of a young Englishman named Werner who, in the 1920’s leaves a repressive family and society to move to fun-loving, debauched, gay-friendly Berlin where he finds a home-away-from-home at a gay club, Silhouette in the free-wheeling Schönberg section of Berlin where drag acts are the thing. (Comparisons to "Cabaret" are unavoidable, the main difference being that Palmer takes the implications at the end of that show to their tragic conclusion.)
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Donning at times a showgirl headdress, a bowler hat, a choice wig, and a variety of often gender-bending period costumes, the dynamic Alan Palmer commands the stage for 70 minutes during his riveting self-written musical exploration of a gay male cabaret performer’s existence in Nazi Germany.
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“...Palmer delivers a heart-felt nuanced performance that illuminates the tragedy in haunting detail. Although his singing voice is not powerful, it nonetheless conveys an extraordinary depth of feeling that suits the material beautifully.”
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