Revolution at the Cabaret
The Yale Cabaret’s mission statement this year is “a gauntlet thrown in the face of our future.” But its current production, “The Surrender Tree,” more aptly portrays the gauntlet thrown in the face of our past. The play is a staged-adaptation of a Spanish and English children’s book by Margarita Engle about the Cuban War of Independence.
It begins with a monologue over atmospheric, psychedelic music, which transitions into an intricately choreographed dance routine punctuated by castanets, wind chimes and the rattlesnakey vibraslap. The dance features each actor in turn receiving his...
