'Cabaret' as a history lesson

From: Washington Jewish Week | Date: September 21, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

'Cabaret' as a history lesson

Musical shows decadence of pre-Nazi Berlin

Theater Review

When Cabaret strutted onto Broadway in 1966, it was barely two decades after the Nazis decimated Europe of Jews, of gypsies, of political dissidents, of homosexuals and of anyone deemed impure. That original Harold Prince production relished sex appeal, sequins and insinuation, and the brave and brilliant songwriting partnership of John Kander and Fred Ebb made the show a certified hit and Tony winner.

The musical's undercurrents - decadence and frenzy in the shadow of the growing power of the Third Reich ...

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