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
Dark cabaret described by reviewers as "cabaret "noir"" or "glam cabaret". Following her 1996 debut solo album "Quintessentially Unreal", San Francisco-based singer/pianist Jill Tracy released her second CD, "Diabolical Streak", in 1999. Canada's "Shift" magazine called the album one of the "Top 10 Neo-Cabaret albums of all time." The term "dark cabaret" appears to have become popularized with the release of a 2005 compilation album entitled "Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret" by Projekt Records, a label chiefly associated with the dark wave genre. The album included "Flowers" from "Dream Home Heartache" sung by Rozz Williams together with, among others, "Evil Night Together"