Musical theater magically transports its audience to an idealized time and place where endings are all happy and legs are all broken. Enjoy all the joyful resolutions and metaphorical bone trauma of the stage with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get a gourmet dinner and one ticket to Cabaret at Stars Theatre Restaurant (up to a $50 value). This Groupon is valid for performances starting January 14, running every weekend through February 4.

Restored from a renowned former bank building, Stars Theatre Restaurant intimately entertains groups and couples with gourmet feasts and songful spectacles in its 175-seat theater. Cabaret is the hit Broadway musical that heartbreakingly showcases an affair between an English cabaret performer and an American writer as their world of satirical songs and late nights is jeopardized by the rise of the Third Reich. Patrons can relish the tuneful show-stoppers while noshing on their choice of gourmet entrees including veal oscar, lemon-pepper chicken, vegetable lasagna, or a trio of chicken, tuna, and egg salad served over lush greens. Most of the theater’s performances sport local Bakersfield-area talent, giving audiences the chance to hear their neighbors’ singing voices outside of the context of supermarket checkout lines and secretly watching them shower.

Reviews

Four Yahoo! Locals give the Stars Theatre Restaurant a 4.5-star average, and the affiliated Bakersfield Music Theatre has more than 500 Facebook fans:

• We bought season tickets this year and haven't regretted it. Each show displays such wonderful talent! The productions are absolutely wonderful! – Patricia, Yahoo! Local
• How such a small town can produce such big winners ... – nickybkrsfld, Yahoo! Local