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
Cabaret du Néant audience was invited to participate in a magic trick, by entering a coffin. The volunteer was subsequently wrapped in a white shroud, and apparently transformed into a skeleton, and then back into human form. Once inside the drinking area, the customers were told to take "bières", a word meaning both a beer and a coffin ("bier") in French. In the "Salle d'Intoxication" (Intoxication Hall), which featured chandeliers made of human bones, customers drank alcoholic beverages served in cups shaped like human skulls, while sitting at coffin-shaped tables. The decor of the cabaret was redolent with skeletons and corpses. Magic tricks