Shows · Cabaret

Cabaret

Opened 1966

1,165 performances

Musical, Revolution

Tony Award for Best Musical, 1967

Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, premiered in 1951, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.

Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Joe Masteroff

FascismDecadenceWillful IgnoranceThe Weimar Republic

Productions9 productions: 6 on Broadway, 3 in the West End

1966

Broadhurst TheatreBroadway Original, opened November 20, 1966, directed by Harold Prince

1,165 performances, 8 Tony wins

1968

Palace TheatreBroadway Opened February 28, 1968

1986

Novello TheatreLondon Original

1987

Imperial TheatreBroadway Revival, opened October 22, 1987, directed by Harold Prince

261 performances

1998

Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54Broadway Revival, opened March 19, 1998, directed by Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall

2,377 performances, 4 Tony wins

2012

Savoy TheatreLondon

2014

Studio 54Broadway Return-Engagement, opened April 24, 2014, directed by The Donmar Warehouse (Sam Mendes, Artistic Director)

388 performances

2024

August Wilson TheatreBroadway Revival, opened April 21, 2024

592 performances, 1 Tony wins

2024

ProductionLondon

Songs12 songs

Cabaret, Willkommen, Maybe This Time, Money Money, Don’t Tell Mama, Perfectly Marvelous, Two Ladies, It Couldn’t Please Me More, Tomorrow Belongs to Me, The Money Song, Married, If You Could See Her

Recordings 25 recordings

Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording RCA Victor

Cabaret (1972 film cast) MCA Records MCA 37125

Canada

Life Is a Cabaret Daily Mirror FHED1444M; Freemantle Media FHED1444M

United Kingdom

Life Is a Cabaret The Times

United Kingdom

Cabaret (1966 original Broadway cast) CBS CDCBS 70273

Netherlands

Cabaret (1966 original Broadway cast) Columbia CK 3040

United States

1966

Cabaret (1966 original Broadway cast) Columbia KOS 3040, released 1966

United States

1968

Cabaret (1968 original London cast) CBS 70039, released 1968

United Kingdom

1972

Cabaret: Original Sound Track Recording MCA Records MCA 01664, released 1972

Germany

1986

Cabaret (1966 original Broadway cast) Columbia CK 3040, released October 1986

United States

1989

Cabaret MCA Records 250 428-2 YG, released 1989

Germany

1993

Cabaret (Original London Cast Album) Sony West End SMK 53494, released 1993

United Kingdom

1994

The Musicals Collection 8: Cabaret Orbis MUS C 008; TER MUS C 008, released 1994

United Kingdom

1996

Cabaret (1972 film cast) Hip‐O Records HIPD-40027, released November 19, 1996

United States

1997

Cabaret TER CDTER2 1210, released 1997

United Kingdom

1997

Cabaret (Theater an der Wien) (1970 Vienna cast) Spectrum Music 521 577-2, released August 18, 1997

Germany

1998

Cabaret (1966 original Broadway cast) Columbia SMK 60533; Legacy SMK 60533; Sony Classical SMK 60533, released 1998

1998

Cabaret (New Broadway Cast Recording) RCA Victor, released 1998

1998

Cabaret (1966 original Broadway cast) Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 60533; Sony Classical SK 60533;…, released June 2, 1998

United States

1998

Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording RCA Victor 09026-63173-2, released June 30, 1998

United States

1999

Cabaret (1972 film cast) MCA Records MCLD 19088, released March 20, 1999

United Kingdom

2002

Life Is a Cabaret Fremantle Media FHED1444, released 2002

United Kingdom

2005

Cabaret Fabulous FABCD 261, released 2005

United Kingdom

2007

Cabaret (2006 original London cast) BK Records BK003CD, released April 16, 2007

United Kingdom

2023

Cabaret (2021 London Cast Recording) Universal Music Operations Ltd., released January 20, 2023

Worldwide

Licensing 5 entries

US	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available
US	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available
US	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available
UK	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	withdrawn
UK	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	withdrawn

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