Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit seller, woos Fräulein Schneider with the gift of a costly pineapple (“It Couldn't Please Me More”). The Emcee and two companions sing a bawdy number about cohabitation (“Two Ladies”). Max has thrown her out, and she convinces Cliff (and Fräulein Schneider) to let her move in (“Perfectly Marvelous”). The next day, as Cliff finishes teaching an English lesson to Ernst, Sally suddenly appears in Cliff's room with her baggage. As Cliff and Bobby kiss, Sally sings her final number at the club (“Mein Herr”). Sally leaves Cliff alone in her dressing room, and a young man named Bobby enters. After Sally’s number, Max, the proprietor of the club, fires her he says it’s “time for a new face.” When Cliff comes backstage, Sally flirts and attempts to shock him. On his first night in Berlin, Cliff visits the Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee introduces a young English singer named Sally Bowles (“Don’t Tell Mama”). When he hesitates, she accepts half the usual price years of oppression have left her weary but pragmatic (“So What?). Fräulein Schneider, the proprietress of the boarding house, offers Cliff a room for one hundred marks. When Cliff inadvertently helps him, Ernst recommends a boarding house in Berlin. Cliff meets Ernst Ludwig, a German who appears to be in the smuggling business. Meanwhile, in a railway car, an aspiring young American writer named Clifford Bradshaw heads towards Berlin in hopes of finding inspiration for a new novel. Germany, New Year’s Eve, 1929: The Master of Ceremonies, or Emcee, welcomes the audience to the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy Berlin nightspot (“Willkommen”). In the Revised 1987, version his bisexuality is implied, and in this 1998 version, he is clearly gay or bisexual.Īll three versions include “Willkommen,” “So What,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Perfectly Marvelous,” “Two Ladies,” “It Couldn’t Please Me More (The Pineapple Song),” “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” “Married,” “If You Could See Her” and “Cabaret.” History The three versions differ in their treatment of the character of Cliff: In the Original 1966 version, there is no suggestion that he may be gay or bisexual. The 19 versions include “The Money Song” and “I Don’t Care Much.” The Original 1966 version does not.The 19 versions include “The Telephone Song” and “Sitting Pretty.” This 1998 version does not.Only this 1998 version includes “Mein Herr” and “Maybe This Time.”.Only the Revised 1987 version includes “Don’t Go.”.Only the Original 1966 version includes “Why Should I Wake Up?” and “Meeskite.”.Though all three follow the same story and share most songs, there are some differences in the script and score for each: NOTE: Three Broadway versions of this show (1966, 1987, and 1998) are available for licensing. Promoting your show has never been easier! Learn more at Subplot Studio. Professional Artwork Available for Your Production of Cabaret!Ĭoncord Theatricals has collaborated with Subplot Studio to create high-quality artwork that complies with your license. Musical numbers include "Willkommen," "Cabaret," "Don't Tell Mama" and "Two Ladies." Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally's boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret.
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