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 (British TV series) which they were involved are given in parentheses. Cabaret (British TV series) Cabaret was a live television variety programme series broadcast by BBC Television 193639 and 1946. It was devised by Dallas Bower, and later developed by Harry Pringle, who also produced 68 episodes. BBC Television began regularly scheduled broadcasts on 2 November 1936; the first episode of "Cabaret" was shown on 7 November 1936, and this television series was therefore one of the first ever. No episodes have survived. "Cabaret" yielded six spin-off series, among the very earliest of that kind: "Cabaret Cartoons" (193639, 1949), "Cabaret Cruise" (193739, 1946,