Come hear the music play — and more — in Porchlight’s sizzling ‘Cabaret’

Josh Walker as The Emcee (front row, center) and members of the ensemble are shown in Porchlight Music Theater’s production of “Cabaret.” (Liz Lauren)

When the musical “Cabaret” premiered in 1966, the horrors of Nazi Germany were still within living memory for millions of survivors. Yet almost 60 years on (and more than 90 years from its Weimar-Era Germany setting), “Cabaret” is no period piece.

Set in Berlin shortly before Hitler’s ascension to power, “Cabaret” is the story of a wild party raging obliviously on the edge of a genocidal abyss.