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When You Got It, Bump It: A Lost Showgirl’S Cabaret, Mary Claire King
When You Got It, Bump It: A Lost Showgirl’S Cabaret, Mary Claire King
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For my Capstone project, I developed an original cabaret entitled “When You Got It, Bump It: A Lost Showgirl’s Cabaret.” The story follows Mazeppa, the lost showgirl, as she travels the vaudeville “circuit” in an attempt to regain her fame. I portray this leading character, while two other women portray her friends and co-stars. All three characters are based on perhaps some of the most famous showgirls on Broadway, Mazeppa, Tessie Tura and Electra of the 1959 musical, Gypsy.
I performed the cabaret twice, on the evenings of April 2nd and 3rd, at the First Unitarian …