The Triumph Of The Human Spirit In John Kander's Cabaret
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In 1966, composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb and librettist Joe Masteroff work together to create the musical Cabaret. It is based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood and on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera. Cabaret is the first musical to against the rise of Nazism in Hitler’s Germany. Into this world, Clifford Bradshaw, a struggling American writer meet Sally Bowles, a vivacious, talented cabaret performer. Sally and Cliff begin a relationship, which blossoms unexpectedly into a dream-like romance. With characters and stories that show the audiences the different perspective on the search for love and triumph of the human spirit in a harsh world. All of them caught up in the swirling maelstrom of a changing society. In