CABARET
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Cabaret is a landmark, powerful dance-driven musical set in 1930s Berlin in the shadow of the Nazi rise to power. focusing on the Kit Kat Klub and the lives of American writer Cliff Bradshaw and English performer Sally Bowles. The club’s master of ceremonies delivers ribald songs that explore the dark, intoxicating, and turbulent life of Berlin’s citizens and expatriates under an emerging Third Reich. Cabaret originally opened in 1966 and ran for 1,165 performances, winning the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best musical and eight Tony awards.