The Making of Cabaret [Paperback]

A handy and engaging chronicle, this book is the most detailed production history to date of the original Broadway version of Cabaret, showing how the show evolved from Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories, into John van Druten's stage play, a British film adaptation, and then the Broadway musical, conceived and directed by Harold Prince as an early concept musical. With nearly 40 illustrations, full cast credits, and a bibliography,The Making of Cabaretwill appeal to musical theatre aficionados, theatre specialists, and students and performers of musical theatre.

A New Preface
1. Sally Bowles and Berlin
2. Prince of Broadway
3. Curtain of Light, Tilted Mirror
4. Cabaret Ambience
5. Kander and Ebb
6. Casting
7. Rehearsals and Boston
8. Broadway Opening
9. Reincarnations and Revisions
The Future: A Conclusion
Production Notes
Works Consulted
Index

These books by Keith Garebian are golden. Not only are they full of great insider anecdotes and hilarious stories, they also show you firsthand that musicals are an evolutionary art and 'classics' don't happen overnight. As they say, plays with music go into rehearsal and musicals come out of rehearsal. --Blogway Baby

A lively and impossible-to-put-down study of one of the most disturbing and entertaining musicals of the 20th century. This book captures the passion and ingenuity of artists who sought to expand musical theatre's conventions and to challenge U.S. politics. Garebian balances facts and details of the musical's creation and reception with insightful interpretation of the music, lyrics, script, staging, and design. A model for musical theatre history, an exemplary case study, and the most important source on Cabaret to date, the new and improvedThe Making of Cabaretupdates and expands its terrific predecessor. An indispensible resource on a show that changed musical theatre forever. --Stacy Wolf, author ofA Problem Like lS(