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
Keith Garebian is a widely-published, award-winning author of 17 books and over 1200 articles, reviews, features, and interviews in more than 100 newspapers, journals, magazines, and anthologies.
"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 improved The Making of Cabaret updates and
expands its terrific predecessor. An indispensible resource on a
show that
changed musical theatre forever."--Stacy Wolf, author of A Problem
Like Maria: Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical (2002) and
Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical
(2011)
"This book is simply a wonderful read. Keith Garebian investigates
the history of this extraordinary musical so elegantly and
completely, you might think you had been there yourself for every
production. The Making of Cabaret is smart, witty, insightful and
full of the spirit that has made this groundbreaking musical such
an enduring work of art." --Amanda Dehnert, Theatre Director
"Keith Garebian deftly explores how the landmark concept musical
'Cabaret' came to be and examines its metamorphosis in Bob Fosse's
Academy Award-winning film, the revelatory revision by Sam Mendes,
and other revivals, persuasively arguing the many reasons why this
disturbing musical has remained so popular."--Bud Coleman,
University of Colorado at Boulder
"A marvelous job." --Hal Prince
"Entertaining and knowledgeable, it adds usefully to our
understanding of creative processes... a thoroughly good
read."--University of Leeds
"The Making of Cabaret honors every artistic collaborator who has
shaped Cabaret's production history and makes good on Garebian's
promise to "capture the collaborative excitement" involved in
producing one of the greatest musicals of the twentieth century.
The book is enriched by Garebian's intricate research, which relies
on a wide variety of updated sources, including print, radio, and
video interviews, letters, biographies, reviews,
original drafts and designs, videotaped performances, academic
essays, photographs, and program notes. His jargon-free analysis of
the musical and its various productions make this 'compendious
reference' a resource suited to
dramaturgs, theatre historians, directors, and musical theatre
enthusiasts (xiii)."--Theatre History Studies
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