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 (Cabaret song) Michelle Williams' interpretation of the song in the 2014 Broadway revival in relation to the musical's plot: AllMusic wrote that the 1972 film "contains some definitive Minnelli performances, particularly her rendition of the title song". Reviews of the 2014 Broadway revival included: "The Guardian" described the song as "the hardest scene in the show, so shopworn as to have long ago collapsed into kitsch". "Broadway World" wrote Michelle Williams' "version of the title song has a wrenching, dead-eyed quality that hauntingly undercuts its light lyrics." It has been described as "stirring", "devastating", and "jaunty". Cabaret (Cabaret song) "Cabaret" is the