Cabaret (musical) Cabaret (musical) Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff, based on John Van Druten's 1951 play "I Am a Camera", which was adapted from the short novel "Goodbye to Berlin" (1939) by Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, it focuses on the nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub, and revolves around young American writer Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A sub-plot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her
Eastern Cabaret (treating repeat performances as a single episode). Eastern Cabaret Eastern Cabaret was a live variety programme series broadcast in 193839 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series "Cabaret". Three episodes were broadcast; they were produced by Harry Pringle, and the first two were presented by Cyril Fletcher. The BBC television service was suspended on 1 September 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, and no further episodes were made. According to "Radio Times" (20 May 1938), "Harry Pringle, Reginald Smith's officemate, is having a busy time preparing for his "Eastern Cabaret", to be