Cabaret (musical) seedy Kit Kat Klub; the second, a story set in the society of the club. After seeing one of the last rehearsals before the company headed to Boston for the pre-Broadway run, Jerome Robbins suggested the musical sequences outside the cabaret be eliminated. Prince ignored his advice. In Boston, Jill Haworth struggled with her characterization of cabaret performer Sally Bowles; critics thought the blonde dressed in a white dress suggested senior prom more than tawdry nightclub so Sally was changed to brunette before the show opened on Broadway. Prince's staging was unusual for the time. As the audience filled the
Club Seven (Australian TV series) series "Cafe Continental" was more successful at creating such an atmosphere. In fact, the use of such a setting was a somewhat common one on early television, having also been used by the 1957-1959 HSV-7 series "The Late Show", which was the predecessor of "Club Seven". "Rendezvous at Romano's" (1957, TCN-9) may have also featured such a setting. Additionally, the setting (or a similar restaurant cabaret setting) was also used by American series "The Morey Amsterdam Show" (1948-1950), "The Ilona Massey Show" (1954-1955, DuMont), "Hold That Camera" (1950, DuMont), "Café de Paris" (1949, DuMont), and the unrelated series "Club Seven"