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Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy, Jack Gilford, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, and Joel Grey. The musical is set in Berlin in 1929-30 during the run-up to the coming to power of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler.
Its original New York run was from 1966-1969, winning Tony Awards in 1967 for Best Musical, Best Composer and Lyricist, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Choreography, and Best Direction of a Musical. The musical has been revived twice to date, in 1987 and 1998.
The 1998 revival directed by Sam Mendes, which was the second longest-running revival in Broadway musical history, closed in January 2004.
Cabaret is also a 1972 film based on the musical.
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