Book by Joe Masteroff In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany descends into fascism. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don't Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.”
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz
| Year | Category | |
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| 1967 | Best Musical | Winner |
| 1988 | Best Revival | |
| 1998 | Best Revival of a Musical | Winner |
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The Nutcracker
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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Campfire
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Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
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Mamma Mia!
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Peril in the Alps
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