Shows · Cabaret (1998 Revival)
Cabaret (1998 Revival)
Opened 1998
2,377 performances
Revival, Modern
In 1931 Berlin, American writer Cliff Bradshaw stumbles into the seedy Kit Kat Klub, where the androgynous Emcee presides over a world of decadent nightlife. Cliff falls for the club's British singer Sally Bowles, but as the Nazis rise to power around them, their fragile romance — and the lives of their Jewish neighbors — are consumed by the encroaching darkness of fascism.
- Music
- John Kander
- Lyrics
- Fred Ebb
- Book
- Joe Masteroff
Songs4 songs
Willkommen, Cabaret, Maybe This Time, Mein Herr
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals CABARET (1998 VERSION) listed in the licensor's own catalogue |
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. Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis rise to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Over…
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