Origin and Etymology of cabaret. French, from Medieval French dialect (Picard or Walloon), from Middle Dutch, alteration of cambret, cameret, from Medieval French dialect (Picard) camberete small room, ultimately from Late Latin camera â more at chamber.
The Stanley inspired horror novelist Stephen King to write The Shining. In 1974, King and his wife Tabitha spent one night in Room 217 while on vacation during their short residency in Boulder, Colorado.
Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discovered writer Gregory Maguire 's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West while on vacation and saw its potential for a dramatic adaptation.