Cabaret (musical)

References

1. Paul Bowles was an American writer who wrote the novel The Sheltering Sky. After meeting the author in Berlin, Isherwood
2. Jean Ross later claimed the political indifference of the Sally Bowles character more closely resembled Isherwood and hi
3. Isherwood claimed he and Ross "had a relationship which was asexual but more truly intimate than the relationships betwe
4. Many of Berlin's seedy cabarets located along the Kurfürstendamm avenue, an entertainment-vice district, had been marked
5. The character of Ernst Ludwig shares similarities with Isherwood's acquaintance, Gerald Hamilton, an unscrupulous smuggl
6. The phonetic term "Emcee" is specifically used by playwright Joe Masteroff in the musical's script.
7. Isherwood insisted Sally be depicted as a mediocre singer to reflect Jean Ross' lack of vocal talent: "She sang badly, w
8. According to Isherwood, Sally Bowles should not be interpreted as a tart. Sally "is a little girl who has listened to wh
9. "Telephone Song" was cut in the 1993, 1998, 2012, 2014 and 2021 revivals, replaced by "Mein Herr".
10. In the 1998 and 2014 revivals, "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" was changed from an ensemble number with the cabaret waiters to
11. "Maybe This Time", popularized by the 1972 film, was added to stage revivals in 1998, 2012, 2014, and 2021.
12. "Meeskite" was cut in the 1993 1987, 1998, 2012, 2014 and 2021 revivals.
13. "Married" (reprise) was cut in the 2012 revival.
14. The line "if you could see her through my eyes... she wouldn't look Jewish at all" was intended to illustrate how easily
15. "I Don't Care Much" was added for the 1987, 1993, 1998, 2012, 2014 and 2021 revivals.
16. Although the musical depicts Clifford Bradshaw as staunchly anti-racist, Christopher Isherwood was alleged to be an anti
17. In some versions of the show, Herr Schultz, Fräulein Schneider, and Sally repeat lines from earlier in the show espousin
18. In the 1998 revival, the Emcee strips off his overcoat to reveal a concentration camp prisoner's uniform marked with a y
19. Several productions feature a finale with a white space flashing with a strobe effect, implying the cabaret performers –
20. The character Bobby replaced one of the ladies in "Two Ladies" for the 1998 and 2014 revivals.
21. Typically they are "Rosie" and "Frenchie".
22. "Don't Go" replaced "Why Should I Wake Up?" in the 1987 revival but was removed from the score afterwards.
23. "Money, Money", a song from the 1972 film, was blended with "Sitting Pretty" in the 1987 revival. It replaced "Sitting P
24. In the 1998 revival, Fräulein Kost sang the film's German translation of "Married" after two English verses.
25. Garebian 2011, p. 3; Gray 2016.
26. Bloom & Vlastnik 2004, p. 46.
27. Isherwood 1976, pp. 3–8: In March 1929, Isherwood joined W. H. Auden in Berlin. Impressed by the city, Isherwood returne
28. Moss 1979: Isherwood frequented "the boy-bars in Berlin in the late years of the Weimar Republic.... [He] discovered a w
29. Isherwood 1976, Chapter 1: "To Christopher, Berlin meant Boys... Christopher was suffering from an inhibition, then not
30. Garebian 2011, pp. 6–7.
31. Izzo 2005, p. 144: "Isherwood himself admitted that he named the character of [Sally Bowles] for Paul Bowles, whose 'loo
32. Garebian 2011, pp. 6–7; Spender 1977; Spender 1966, pp. 125–130.
33. Firchow 2008, p. 120; Caudwell 1986, pp. 28–29.
34. Isherwood 1976, pp. 124–125; Doyle 2013.
35. Allen 2004: "The real Isherwood... [was] the least political of the so-called Auden group, [and] Isherwood was always gu
36. Stansky 1976: Isherwood was a "self-indulgent upper middle-class foreign tourist" who was "a good deal less dedicated to
37. Isherwood 1976, p. 63.
38. Parker 2004; Parker 2005, p. 205.
39. Lehmann 1987, p. 18: "Jean Ross, whom [Isherwood] had met in Berlin as one of his fellow-lodgers in the Nollendorfstrass
40. Isherwood 1976, p. 63: "Jean moved into a room in the Nollendorfstrasse flat after she met Christopher, early in 1931."
41. Parker 2005, pp. 205–206: "...a sixteen-year-old Berliner named Heinz Neddermeyer... Isherwood realized that he 'had fou
42. Izzo 2005, p. 6; Vidal 1976.
43. Isherwood 1976, pp. 244–245; Parker 2005, p. 205.
44. Parker 2004: "An affair with a Jewish musician called Götz von Eick, who subsequently became an actor in Hollywood under
45. Parker 2005, p. 220.
46. Isherwood 1976, pp. 244–245; Spender 1966, p. 127; Spender 1974, pp. 138–139; Thomson 2005.
47. Lehmann 1987, pp. 28–9; Gallagher 2014; Spender 1974, pp. 138–139; Thomson 2005.
48. Izzo 2005, p. 144: "The abortion is a turning point in the narrator's relationship with Sally and also in his relationsh
49. Spender 1966, p. 129.
50. Parker 2005, p. 219: In contrast to Stephen Spender's prescient realization of impending doom, Isherwood near the end of
51. Spender 1977.
52. Spender 1966, p. 129; Parker 2005, p. 254.
53. Parker 2005, p. 221: "Isherwood recognized that he could not remain in Berlin much longer and on April 5, the day measur
54. Parker 2005, p. 220: Commenting on these dramatic change of events in Germany, Isherwood wrote to a friend that roving N
55. Farina 2013, p. 79.
56. Isherwood 1976, pp. 164–166; Isherwood 1976, pp. 150, 297; Farina 2013, pp. 74–81.
57. Lehmann 1987, pp. 28–29; Izzo 2001, pp. 97, 144.
58. Garebian 2011, pp. 15–16.
59. Garebian 2011, p. 16: "David Black, a producer, had commissioned the show and sparked the interest of Julie Andrews, but
60. Garebian 2011, p. 16.
61. Garebian 2011, pp. 15–16, 25, 28.
62. Garebian 2011, p. 24.
63. Mordden 2001, p. 154.
64. Izzo 2001, pp. 115–116.
65. Mordden 2001, p. 154; Masteroff 1967, p. 7.
66. Garebian 2011, p. 26.
67. Mordden 2001, pp. 152–54.
68. "The Untold History of Cabaret: Revived and Kicking"
    https://www.vanityfair.com/style/cabaret-revival
69. Garebian 2011, p. 111.
70. Bloom & Vlastnik 2004, pp. 47–49.
71. Lewis 1969.
72. Garebian 2011, pp. 39–42.
73. Gray 2016.
74. Garebian 2011, p. 49: "There was no question that the single greatest element in the design was the giant mirror."
75. Mordden 2001, pp. 156–57.
76. Isherwood 1992, p. 25; Parker 2005, p. 220; Lehmann 1987, p. 18.
77. Van Druten 1983, p. 6.
78. Jones 2003, p. 243; Garebian 2011, pp. 85, 126.
79. Hensher 2005.
80. Masteroff 1967, p. 113.
81. Garebian 2011, p. 175.
82. Garebian 2011, pp. 174–175.
83. Masteroff 1967, Musical Numbers.
84. Bloom & Vlastnik 2004, p. 48; Kander & Ebb 1999, pp. 3–4.
85. Garebian 2011, pp. 167, 200.
86. Garebian 2011, p. 71.
87. Kander & Ebb 1999, pp. 3–4, 136–8.
88. Kander & Ebb 1999, pp. 3–4.
89. Garebian 2011, p. 29.
90. Kander & Ebb 1999, p. 150.
91. Kander & Ebb 1999, pp. 50, 162.
92. Garebian 2011, p. 141.
93. Kander & Ebb 1999, pp. 3–4, 129, 136–8.
94. Garebian 2011, p. 187.
95. Garebian 2011, p. 197; Gray 2016.
96. Garebian 2011, p. 197.
97. Bloom & Vlastnik 2004, p. 49.
98. Playbill
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99. Royce 2014.
100. Kerr 1966.
101. Hart 1967; Leonard 1968.
102. Leonard 1968; Smith 1968; Oakland Tribune 1968.
103. Green 1980, p. 53.
104. MasterworksBroadway
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105. Mandelbaum 1998.
106. Garebian 2011, p. 199.
107. Playbill
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108. Bloom & Vlastnik 2004, p. 47.
109. Royce 2014; Lyman 1997.
110. Ovrtur
     https://ovrtur.com/production/2896094
111. Reice 1998; Gray 2016.
112. Brantley 1998.
113. Mendes 1993.
114. Lyman 1997.
115. Playbill
     https://playbill.com/production/cabaret-kit-kat-klub-vault-0000004928
116. Simonson 2006.
117. Official London Theater
     https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2007/
118. BBC News 2012.
119. Michelle Ryan 2012.
120. Bannister 2013.
121. Bowie-Sell 2017.
122. Darvill 2019.
123. Gioia 2013.
124. Healy 2013.
125. BroadwayWorld 2013.
126. BroadwayWorld 2014.
127. Feldberg 2014; Jue 2015; Dziemianowicz 2014; Holcomb-Holland 2015.
128. Brantley 2014.
129. Healy 2015.
130. Snetiker 2015.
131. Dziemianowicz 2014.
132. Holcomb-Holland 2015.
133. Cabaret
     https://playbill.com/article/cabaret-national-tour-introduces-new-sally-bowles-and-emcee
134. Brethauer-Hamling 2021.
135. Franklin 2021.
136. Vogue
     https://www.vogue.com/article/cabaret-broadway-revival-april-2024
137. Kit Kat Club 2022.
138. Wiegand 2021.
139. Yossman 2022.
140. Wood 2022.
141. Wiegand 2023.
142. The Guardian
     https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/feb/05/cara-delevingne-to-star-as-sally-bowles-in-hit-west-end-show-cabaret
143. Playbill
     https://playbill.com/article/west-end-cabaret-starring-eddie-redmayne-will-release-a-cast-album
144. Playbill
     https://playbill.com/article/rhea-norwood-and-layton-williams-are-new-stars-of-london-cabaret-revival-beginning-june-3
145. West End Theatre
     https://www.westendtheatre.com/252129/news/show-photos/cabaret-new-cast-photos-videos-including-katherine-langford-adam-gillen/
146. Gans, Andrew. Photos: Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace Join Cast of London Cabaret Revival January 28, Playbill, January
     https://playbill.com/article/photos-billy-porter-and-marisha-wallace-join-cast-of-london-cabaret-revival-january-28
147. Cabaret
     https://playbill.com/article/photos-olivier-nominee-rob-madge-and-bridgertons-hannah-dodd-in-london-cabaret
148. Gans, Andrew. "Get a 1st Look at Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Ruthie Henshall, More in London Cabaret", Playbill, Septem
     https://playbill.com/article/get-a-1st-look-at-reeve-carney-eva-noblezada-ruthie-henshall-more-in-london-cabaret
149. Cabaret
     https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Eddie-Redmayne-Will-Reprise-Role-in-CABARET-on-Broadway-Alongside-Gayle-Rankin-20231023
150. Paulson 2023; Culwell-Block 2023.
151. Cabaret
     https://www.playbill.com/article/ato-blankson-wood-joins-upcoming-broadway-cabaret
152. Cabaret
     https://www.playbill.com/article/bebe-neuwirth-and-steven-skybell-join-upcoming-broadway-cabaret-revival
153. Playbill
     https://www.playbill.com/article/natascia-diaz-and-henry-gottfried-board-upcoming-broadway-cabaret
154. Cabaret
     https://playbill.com/production/cabaret-broadway-august-wilson-theatre-2024
155. BBC News Online
     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c043550nm81o
156. "Tony Awards 2024: The complete list of winners"
     https://www.npr.org/2024/06/14/nx-s1-5006566/tony-award-winners
157. Cabaret
     https://playbill.com/article/adam-lambert-aulii-cravalho-to-join-cabaret-on-broadway
158. Cabaret
     https://playbill.com/article/orville-peck-eva-noblezada-take-over-broadways-cabaret-march-31
159. Cabaret
     https://playbill.com/article/broadway-says-auf-wiedersehn-to-cabaret-september-21
160. Godfrey 2008.
161. Shaw Festival 2014.
162. 2017 Australian Production.
163. The Productions section above displays citations to sources verifying all performers mentioned in the table.
164. Norbert Leo Butz Into Cabaret Tour w/ Teri Hatcher, Feb. 23
     https://playbill.com/article/norbert-leo-butz-into-cabaret-tour-w-teri-hatcher-feb-23-com-79454
165. Masteroff 1967, pp. 1–10, 44–42.
166. Randy Harrison Says "Willkommen" in New Cabaret Tour; First Pics Here!
     https://playbill.com/article/randy-harrison-says-willkommen-in-new-cabaret-tour-first-pics-here-com-383096
167. New York Drama Critics' Circle
     https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html
168. New York Drama Critics' Circle
     https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html