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
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