Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Broadway production directed by Harold Prince
Produced for the Broadway Stage by Harold Prince
Creative Team
Director and Choreographer: Leo Mujić
Conductor and Song Adaptation: Ivan Josip Skender
Dramaturge and Dialogue Translator: Dino Pešut
Dramaturgical Concept, Assistant Director and Choreographer: Bálint Rauscher
Set Designer: Stefano Katunar
Costume Designer: Manuela Paladin Šabanović
Lighting Designer: Aleksandar Čavlek
Language Consultant: Ines Carović
Preliminary Song Adaptation: Roko Crnić
Vocal Coach: Sofia Ameli Gojić
Ballet Master: Andrej Barbanov
Assistant Conductors and Répétiteurs: Stjepan Vuger, Darijan Ivezić
Assistant Set Designer: Aleksandra Vukićević
Assistant Costume Designer: Mirjam Krajina
Master Sound Techicians: Stipe Smokrović, Ivan Benc, Davor Ljubešić i Branimir Njikoš
Orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
1st Violin: Mojca Ramušćak / Zvonimir Krpan / Ivan Jakšeković
2nd Violin: Viktorija Gubo / Ivana Penić Defar / Dunja Delač
Viola: Danko Burić / Natalia Anikeeva
Cello: Adam Chelfi / Tonka Javorović
Double Bass: Žorž Draušnik / Jurica Štelma / Ivan Gazibara
Oboe / English Horn: Jelena Ilčić / Iva Ledenko
French Horn: Ksenija Reljić / Antonio Pirrotta
1st Trumpet: Luka Buljan / Daniel Majbaum
2nd Trumpet: Ivan Perković / Ante Bubić
1st Trombone: Alan Bošnjak / Ivan Bošnjak
2nd Trombone: Tin Štefanić / Filip Šeremet
Percussion / Timpani: Marko Mihajlović / Mario Čavlek
Drums: Stanislav Muškinja / Davor Marinac
Piano / Celeste: Nina Cossetto / Helena Borović
Guitar / Banjo: Alan Dović / Juraj Majstorović
Accordion: Josipa Vukelić / Neven Pavelić
Alto & Soprano Saxophone / Clarinet / Flute: Mihael Györek / Klara Lavriša
Alto, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone / Clarinet / Flute & Piccolo: Miro Kadoić / Bruno Bišćan
Tenor & Soprano Saxophone / Clarinet: Vojkan Jocić / Zdenko Ivanušić
Baritone Saxophone / Clarinet / Bass Clarinet: Damir Horvat / Andrej Henigman
Stage Managers: Roko Grbin, Aleksandra Ćorluka, Zrinka Petrušanec
Prompter: Danijela Zobunđija
Concert Masters: Mojca Ramušćak, Zvonimir Krpan
Artistic Leader of the Opera Studio: Darijan Ivezić
Artistic Leader of the Répétiteurs: Nina Cossetto
Répétiteurs: Helena Borović, Hui Won Lee
At the edge of a collapsing civilisation, on the cusp of 1929 and 1930, a young, aspiring author arrives in Berlin searching for a creative spark. Amid political upheaval, hunger, poverty, and the looming threat of Nazism, Clifford Bradshaw finds small oases of freedom hidden in the shadows, basement clubs, and crumbling rooms.
Taking up residence with the once prosperous but now street-smart Fräulein Schneider, Clifford becomes part of a small urban family of individuals striving to endure and navigate an increasingly challenging future that looms over them. In the concrete maze surrounding Nollendorfplatz, Cliff discovers how much love and hidden beauty can be found even in the darkest times, especially when he encounters Sally Bowles, his muse, his sister, and, perhaps, his soulmate.
The musical Cabaret premiered on Broadway in 1966. It was directed by Harold Prince, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. The musical is based on John Van Druten’s I Am a Camera, an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s cult (and partly autobiographical) novel Goodbye to Berlin from 1939.
In Cabaret, Masteroff weaves Van Druten’s play and Isherwood’s novel to bring to the stage a world on the verge of collapse, just before the eruption of a volcano or a great flood. In such a world, some choose death and destruction in the name of the future, while others, pioneers of freedom, greet the coming catastrophe with open arms. These latter ones, the despised, led by Sally Bowles (unforgettably portrayed by Liza Minnelli in Bob Fosse’s film adaptation), would rather face the end dancing or dying of laughter than of politics, boredom, or despair.
Despite the darkness, the filth, and fascism, Clifford and Sally, urban counterparts to Romeo and Juliet, a homosexual man and his Frau, managed to create a fleeting haven of hope in the icy Berlin nights, together dreaming the dreams that were never meant to be fulfilled.
This production of Cabaret, a joint project of the Drama, Opera, and Ballet ensemble, is directed by the beloved choreographer and director Leo Mujić, with Ivan Josip Skender as the conductor.
Cabaret is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
