“A Disney Cabaret” ACT ONE

This is more of a news article than a review, theater or cabaret ( in spite of the title). The Highland Park Players, one of the top Community Theater Companies in our area, to help get through the pandemic we all faced, went to the drawing boards and found a way to both keep their talent busy and entertain the myriad of followers they have built over the years. To do this, with the help of video and u-tube, they are in production of two episodes ( they refer to them as acts) of a cabaret type production called “A Disney cabaret”.

ACT ONE- is open and ready for viewing. You can view on their youTube, Facebook, Instagram and twitter pages. It is FREE ( but as they have suffered their last year’s loss of income, they are asking for donations (via Venmo@HPPLAYERS or you can send money via Quickpay/Zelle at info@highlandparkplayers.com.

The show is a combination of current performers and alumni directed by Peter Ramsey. Every performer has been a part of their production history with some amazing video editing ( Larry Aaronson and Holly Weis) that will show the creativity that came out of this pandemic. Recently, we watched this type of magic with some of the other local companies as they did a shorter “Les Miz” by The Performers School in Highwood. Technology has grown from the pandemic, for sure.

I watched ACT ONE last night and was quite impressed with the technique used to bring these numbers to life. The selction of songs from Disney favorites was a nice mix and I am anxious to see what they do for the second part.

To learn more and watch this one, visit www.highlandparkplayers.com.