What is Cabaret (musical)?
{{Infobox musical | name = Cabaret | image = | image_size = | caption = | music = [[John Kander]] | lyrics = [[Fred Ebb]] | book = [[Joe Masteroff]] | basis = 1939 novel, ''Goodbye to Berlin'' by [[Christopher Isherwood]]<br />1951 play, ''I Am a Camera'' by [[John Van Druten]] | productions = [[Broadway]] (1966)<br />[[West End theatre|West End]] (1968)<br />[[Movie]] (1972) | awards = [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] }} '''''Cabaret''''' is a [[musical]]. The book was written by [[Joe Masteroff]]. The lyrics were written by [[Fred Ebb]]. The music was written by [[John Kander]]. The musical was based on the 1939 novel, ''Goodbye to Berlin'' by [[Christopher Isherwood]], and the 1951 play, ''I Am a Camera'' by [[John Van Druten]]. The musical won the 1967 [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]. ''Cabaret'' premiered on 20 November 1966 at the Broadhurst Theatre on [[Broadway]]. It ran for 1,165 performances. It opened in the [[West End theatre|West End]] on 28 February 1968 at the Palace Theatre. It had 336 performances. A movie adaptation was released in 1972 starring [[Liza Minelli]], [[Michael York]], and [[Joel Grey]]. The musical is set in [[Berlin]] during the [[Nazi]] rise to power, and follows the life and loves of [[cabaret]] singer, Sally Bowles. A subplot involves a romance between a German woman and a Jewish man. {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:1960s musicals]] [[Category:Broadway musicals]] [[Category:West End musicals]] [[Category:Musicals based on books]] [[Category:Musicals based on plays]] [[Category:Musicals adapted to movies]] [[Category:Tony Award winning musicals]] [[Category:1966 works]]