Show Plot Cabaret

Author / Creators: Joe Masteroff (book), John Kander (music), and Fred Ebb (lyrics)

Time Period: 1929 – 1930 (between post-WWI decadence and the ascent of Hitler's totalitarian regime)

Setting: The seedy, underground Kit Kat Klub and a modest German boarding house in Berlin, Germany

Summary: Cabaret is a provocative stage musical exploring the hedonistic, bohemian nightlife of Berlin and the creeping rise of fascism in late Weimar Germany. It holds a dark mirror to societal apathy and the dangers of escapism while the Nazi party gains political traction.