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 Voltaire (Zurich) refugees coming to Zürich were artists from all over Europe. Ball and Hennings approached Ephraim Jan, patron of the "Holländische Meierei" at Spiegelgasse 1, which had already hosted Zürich's first literary cabaret, the "Pantagruel" in 1915. Jan permitted them to use the back room for events. The press release on 2 February 1916 announcing the opening of the club reads: The Cabaret Voltaire. Under this name a group of young artists and writers has formed with the object of becoming a center for artistic entertainment. In principle, the Cabaret will be run by artists, permanent guests, who, following their daily