Butler & Hopkins Star in Williamstown Cabaret, 8/10-8/12

The Williamstown Theatre Festival's "Late-Night Cabaret" will return from August 10-12 on the Nikos Stage of the Williamstown Theatre Festival. 

Scheduled to appear are stars of the Festival's productions of The Opposite of Sex:  Kerry Butler (Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, Bat Boy), Kaitlin Hopkins (Bat Boy), David Burtka (Gypsy), Ian Scott McGregor, Lance Rubin and writer Doug Cohen; and Romeo and Juliet:  Austin Lysy (The Water's Edge), Benjamin Walker, Paul O'Brien, Sandra Shipley, Ian Unterman and Danny Mefford.  The "Cabaret" will also feature performances from members of the Act One and Apprentice companies and interns of the Festival.    Performers are subject to change.

The "Cabaret" "features singing, stand-up comedy and spontaneous performances," according to Williamstown notes.  The show is directed by Sam Breslin Wright, who emcees the evening as "Sammy Cabaret," with musical direction by Kris Kukul, who appears as "Fingers." 

The song list for the evening is:

The Spring Street Boys--"Oh, What a Night"
Act One Company--"Incantation"
Sammy Cabaret, Fingers, Future Sammy, Future Fingers--"King of the Road"
The Apprentices--"Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk"
Kaitlin Hopkins--"Will the Sun Ever Shine Again"
Kaitlin Hopkins--"Baby I Love You"
Paul O'Brien and Joe Tippet--"Father and Son"
Kerry Butler and Kaitlin Hopkins--"Three Bedroom House"
Sarah Turner--"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Austin Lysy--"Second Avenue"
Act One Company--"Streets On Fire"
Doug Cohen--"Glimmerglass"
David Burtka--"Cold"
Benjamin Walker, Ian Scott McGregor, Danny Mefford,  Lance Rubin, and Joe Tippet--"Brown Eyed Girl"
Ian Unterman, Ryan Karlels, and Alex Timbers--"Hurt"
Sandra Shipley--"Suffragette Song"
Melissa Bartley--"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
Kerry Butler and Apprentices--"Let the River Run"

The "Cabaret" plays Thursday, August 10 and Friday, August 11 at 11 pm and Saturday, August 12 at 11:30 pm.  Tickets are $25 and available by phone at 413.597.3400, at the Festival Box Office and at www.wtfestival.org. 

Williamstown Theatre Festival performances are held at The '62 Center for Theatre and Dance of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Photo by Allison Leger--Sam Breslin Wright