Asbury Park Theater Company To Present ‘Kabaret Kaput’

Written By Mike Greenblatt

PHOTO: Remember Jones

To kick off its 2024 season, the Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove will host Kabaret Kaput April 5, 6 and 7 as presented by the Asbury Park Theater Company. Directed by the eccentric and eclectic soul/pop singer-songwriter-bandleader Remember Jones (Anthony D’Amato, also from Asbury Park), it stars Ellen Foley and Robert I. Rubinsky. He was on Broadway in Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair. She has also appeared on the Broadway stage in Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods, was on TV in Night Court, and sang the female part of Meat Loaf’s “Paradise By The Dashboard Light.” The two stars reportedly co-conceived the project. 

“With an implicit theme of ageism, two ancient vaudevillians hang in a surreal Dada world, somewhere outside time and space. This duo is lost and trapped by memories of past glory, and by outside forces, they must continue to belt out classic tunes of hoofing into eternity as they try to break free and find themselves in spacetime. The cabaret concert features music made popular by Queen, Blondie, Radiohead, Broadway favorites, and many surprises,” according to a press release from the Asbury Park Theater Company.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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