Life might be a cabaret, old chums, but how to make that musical form appealing for young theatregoers? Sharron Matthews knows a little bit of Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars certainly doesn’t hurt. “Kids are the most challenging audience I’ve ever performed for, because you can’t stop for a second,” says Matthews, a pillar of the local cabaret scene and a 20-year veteran of the form. “What kids know is about a year and a half long, and then it all changes, but luckily with ‘Uptown Funk’ and Taylor Swift, those are evergreen songs for them. “I don’t have kids, so I talk to kids like I talk to an adult, mostly.

Source: thestar October 08, 2017 15:56 UTC