Cabaret

Cabaret on Broadway Background

CABARET features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff,

The show is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.

What’s Cabaret Like?

Cabaret takes place from 1929-1930, a time when Berlin, in the midst of a post-World War I economic depression, is transitioning from a center of underground, avant-garde cultural epicenter to the beginnings of Hitler’s totalitarian regime and the rise of the Nazi Party.

A struggling American writer is looking for inspiration for his next novel. wanders into the Kit Kat Klub on his very first night in the city. What finds there amazes and intrigues him.

Over time the situation in Berlin changes from the exciting and vital to ominous and violent. Unexpected events now determine the protagonists life in ways he could not have foretold.

Is Cabaret Good for Kids?

The show contains adult content and is thus only suitable for ages of 16 and above.