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 were performed in which patrons appeared to dissolve into skeletons and ghosts would enter the rooms of the cabaret. It was a place that provided entertainment for the patrons, while at the same time, the mock-gothic theme could also cause worry and distress. The "Cabaret du Néant" is credited with producing "one of the most original adaptations" of Pepper's ghost. "Scientific American" called the New York performance of the Cabaret "[A] most interesting performance based upon the principles of the well known 'Pepper's ghost'". The following are illustrations by W. C. Morrow in his 1899 book "Bohemian Paris of To-day".