Cabaret (musical) seedy Kit Kat Klub; the second, a story set in the society of the club. After seeing one of the last rehearsals before the company headed to Boston for the pre-Broadway run, Jerome Robbins suggested the musical sequences outside the cabaret be eliminated. Prince ignored his advice. In Boston, Jill Haworth struggled with her characterization of cabaret performer Sally Bowles; critics thought the blonde dressed in a white dress suggested senior prom more than tawdry nightclub so Sally was changed to brunette before the show opened on Broadway. Prince's staging was unusual for the time. As the audience filled the
Cabaret Fontaine, Moliere and Jean Racine were known to frequent a cabaret called the "Mouton Blanc" on rue du Vieux-Colombier, and later the "Croix de Lorraine" on the modern rue Bourg-Tibourg. In 1773 French poets, painters, musicians and writers began to meet in a cabaret called "Le Caveau" on rue de Buci, where they composed and sang songs. The Caveau continued until 1816, when it was forced to close because its clients wrote songs mocking the royal government. In the 18th century the "café-concert" or "café-chantant" appeared, which offered food along with music, singers, or magicians. The most famous was the