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Cabaret FAQ : all that's left to know about the Broadway and cinema classic / June Skinner Sawyers.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.K163 S39 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sawyers, June Skinner, 1957- author.
- Series:
- FAQ series (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))
- The FAQ series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kander, John. Cabaret.
- Kander, John.
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Goodbye to Berlin.
- Isherwood, Christopher.
- Van Druten, John, 1901-1957. I am a camera.
- Van Druten, John.
- Ebb, Fred.
- Cabaret (Motion picture : 1972).
- Cabaret (Kander, John).
- Goodbye to Berlin (Isherwood, Christopher).
- I am a camera (Van Druten, John).
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--Germany--History.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.).
- History.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- History.
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard LLC, 2017.
- Summary:
- Cabaret FAQ takes a close look at the innovative show that introduced us to the world of the Kit Kat Club, featuring chapters on Jean Ross and Christopher Isherwood-the real people behind the singular characters of Sally Bowles and Clifford Bradshaw/Brian Roberts. It also includes chapters on the original source material, Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin stories; delves into the stories behind the figure of the outlandish Emcee as well as the actors who played him, from Joel Grey to Alan Cumming; studies the famous musical score by John Kander and Fred Ebb; and looks into the burlesque roots of director Bob Fosse in his native Chicago. Throughout the book, connections and associations to Cabaret are explored by looking at such diverse topics as the first cabarets in Paris, Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, the Dada movement, early Berlin cabarets during the Weimar Republic, German expressionism, the Bauhaus, Marlene Dietrich and The Blue Angel, David Bowie's many German influences, and the present and future of modern cabaret. Cabaret FAQ is the definitive guide for all fans of the Broadway musical and movie as well as for fans of the art form known as cabaret. Life is a cabaret, olds chum! Come read Cabaret FAQ! Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Roots of Cabaret: The First Cabarets 1
- 2 The Birth of German Cabaret: The Weimar Republic 13
- 3 Cabaret Voltaire and Dada: The Big Bang of Modernism 34
- 4 Early German Cabarets: French Yet German 44
- 5 Goodbye to Berlin: Back to the Source 70
- 6 "A Most Strange and Extraordinary Person": The Real Sally Bowles 88
- 7 I Am a Camera: Meet Julie Harris 96
- 8 Cabaret Goes to Broadway: Happy to See You 109
- 9 Cabaret: What the Critics Said 141
- 10 Tours and Revivals: Beyond the Great White Way 143
- 11 Cabaret, the Film: On the Big Screen 182
- 12 The Making of Cabaret: Gathering the Team 189
- 13 Caters Cast and Crew: Hello Stranger 194
- 14 What the Critics Said About the Movie: Beyond Ordinary 234
- 15 The Man Who Fell to Berlin: Bowie in Berlin 235
- 16 Modern Cabarets: Beyond the Margins 247
- 17 Why Cabaret Still Matters: Ongoing Influences 266.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1894 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781495051449
- 1495051447
- OCLC:
- 973907594
- Publisher Number:
- 99976573071
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