“Broadway Melodies 2011” will mark the end of an era.
Pauper Players, who have performed in the Union Cabaret since the closure of the Historic Playmakers Theatre in 2006, will say goodbye to the unconventional space at the end of the production.
The upcoming annual “Broadway Melodies” show, which will be the last in the Cabaret, will feature a trio of well-known sets: Mean Girls, Glee and the films of Quentin Tarantino.
“‘Broadway Melodies’ is satirical,” said senior Olivia Myrick, who co-wrote and co-directed “Mean Girls: The Musical.”
“Basically, we create things to be a mockery of what already exists.”
Each show was chosen because of its influence on culture — and the writer’s ability to put it to music.
“(Glee) already uses songs and makes them fit what’s going on in each episode, and that’s what we do,” said Nick Culp, UNC alum and director of “Glee: the Musical.”
“We take songs and make them fit into a plot.”
Though Pauper has struggled with the constraints of the cabaret in the past, its members said they will miss it.