Cabaret is the Broadway musical set largely in a Berlin nightclub during the early 1930s.
The show centers on the Kit Kat Klub, an entertainment venue where the Emcee presents performances while political tensions rise outside. The plot follows American writer Cliff Bradshaw, English singer Sally Bowles, and their acquaintances as the Nazi movement gains power in Germany.
Cabaret has a book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was based on John Van Druten’s play I Am a Camera, which in turn drew on Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin stories. The original Broadway production opened in 1966 and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical’s nightclub setting is fictionalized, but its historical background reflects the changing political climate of late Weimar-era Berlin.