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Backstage a production of CABARET with THIS Kit Kat Girl!

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I'm in a wonderful production of CABARET  - I'm a KIT KAT GIRL and LOVING IT.  Here's a little Q and A about the production and my experience with it. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SHOW, CAN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW YORK ACCENT.   Yeah. CABARET TAKES PLACE IN BERLIN.  Yeah. HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THE SHOW?  Well, honestly I  was interested in creating a character from Europe and I was leaning towards Italy because all the other Kit Kat Girls were from Germany, Russia, France etc... but before I even had a chance to go in that direction our Director told me he wanted to incorporate my being from New York into the show. I did some research and at that time - 1929 - the atmosphere in NEW YORK was not a happy one - the Stock Market had crashed in October and so it wasn't a stretch to think that a sassy broad from New York would move to Berlin to try to make a better life for herself. I am a Native New Yorker. Born and raised on the Lower East Side of