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- Brazilian band Cabaret hails from Rio de Janeiro, formed after the demise of a previous underground hit called Glamourama. Their sound is heavily influenced by glam rock, also incorporating some Brazilian rock elements. Currently (as of February 2007) the band is comprised of Marvel (vocals), Myself Deluxe (bass), Peter Glitter (guitar) and De la Foca (drums).

Cabaret has somewhat of a cult status after their first album, "Cabaret", received a wide span of good reviews from both the alternative and mainstream Brazilian music press. The band is also known for their theatrical live performances, often gaining new fans after energetic performances, specially of underground hits "Messias Pessoal", "Dama da Noite" and "Cadáver no Palco". The band's website is http://www.radiocabaret.com.br .

- The Polish Cabaret was formed in 1997 by two friends: Jarosław Pawlik and Mariusz Radecki. But it is the year 2000, when a new musician - Michał ‘IA’ Bieniek (ex-Noise Gate) - joins CABARET, that can actually be considered the initial date of the band’s conscious artistic activity. It is also then that the band first starts achieving minor triumphs.
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Cabaret Lyrics

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Cabaret What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the…
Don't Tell Mama [EMCEE] And now, meine Damen und Herren... Mesdames et Mes…
Dont Tell Mama [EMCEE] And now, meine Damen und Herren... Mesdames et Mess…
I Don't Care Much I don't care much, Go or stay, I don't care very much Either…
If You Could See Her I know what you're thinking: You wondered why I chose her …
Kis ember Kis ember hát itt a vége, látod kár volt sírni…
Maybe This Time Maybe this time, I'll be lucky Maybe this time he'll stay …
Mein Herr [EMCEE] Meine Damen und Herren. Mesdames et Messieurs, Lad…
Money Money makes the world go around The world go around The worl…

Money Money Money makes the world go around The world go around The worl…
So What [FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER] You say fifty marks. I say one hundred…
Szabadíts fel Néha úgy tűnik, lehetnek álmaink, S végre jövőbe vezet…
Tomorrow Belongs To Me [FRAULEIN KOST (spoken)] Herr Ludwig! You are not leaving so…
Two Ladies [EMCEE (spoken)] So, you see, everybody in Berlin has a per…

Willkommen [EMCEE] Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! Fremde, etranger, …

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@heather8374

13w↑1

so many little moments where Alan says so much without actual words.
his grin when he steps up behind Bradshaw.
the paranoid quick glance around when Fraulein Schneider says '...if the Nazis come...'
the sardonic chuckle when Herr Schultz insists 'what am i? a German.'
the way he drops the 'fun-time-guy' facade at '...no troubles *here*, the air quotes when he says '...happy to see you...', and of course when he drops the coat. and thus the whole act.
and the others get their moment:
Cliff has become so disillusioned that the novel he was so excited to write is now a bleak shadow of itself.
Fraulein Schneider being resigned to her fate.
Sally's bit of mania that fades with her death
the orchestra being a discordant mess after the EmCee just said it's beautiful.

All comments from YouTube:

@theoryfruit

10y↑203

The yellow star symbolized Jewish people, the pink triangle symbolized homosexuals, and the red star symbolized political prisoners/dissenters.

@naturelover9716

6y↑1.3K

“It’ll all work out. It’s only politics, and what has that got to do with us?”
And here we see where those thoughts lead.

@glennvader8853

4y↑54

Unfortunately, we have it happening again right now with Trump.

@lizzychrome7630

4y↑26

The cabaret this time is the internet.

@9volt65

3y↑5

@@glennvader8853 We pulled through.

We did it.

@SRLovesPandas1

3y↑6

@@9volt65 the work is only just beginning

@diatplay

3y↑3

@@glennvader8853 Yes, but why are we seeing it and who is staging the Spectacle so we can all grow a bit, or a lot, perhaps? Major Arcana. Trumps. Trumpkin. Trumpington Cross. And so on. We're living Moliere, basically, and In Living Color

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@rebekahfaithkerr

7y↑1.7K

He utilizes every centimeter of his face. His expressions are haunting and bone-chilling. So glad he won the tony.

@Frantasticfranziska

7y↑34

He's brilliant, isn't he.

@esoniaknight6614

5y↑22

haunting...absolutely

@janeminwell4395

5y↑17

Mesmerising.

@stephaniegabrielsen8048

3y↑14

Alan Cummings was perfect! I love Joel greys version but Alan’s is hauntingly brilliant.

@susancullimore5643

1y↑4

You nailed it with bone chilling!

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@laurelleaves

7y↑1.4K

It's amazing how quickly Alan's expression changes when he takes off his coat. One second he's the same sexy, flirtatious Emcee we all know then as soon as the coat opens his expression drops. It's a little thing, but most other Emcees I've seen stay serious through that whole bit and I think Alan's choice (or the director's) of the Emcee having one last little moment of himself makes the whole thing much sadder.

@crowteeth420

4y↑122

it also tricks the audience into thinking its gonna be another typical mc moment, revealing some risqué outfit and then it feels like a slap in the face. it’s made even more sudden and shocking because of the juxtaposition

@cassieosbourne7666

33w↑7

@@crowteeth420in Brechtian terms it’s called the Verfremdungseffekt or the distancing effect. The more popularised term is ‘the tickle-tickle-slap’

@StarSnowGhost

6y↑712

starts stripping
Audience: giggles*
takes off coat
Audience: Crap.

@UlangtahunRandu

can you explain what that part means?

@weavilefrost7034

4y↑69

@@UlangtahunRandu late reply, but the stripped suit and the star is based on the real life suits that the prisoners in concentration camps would wear. So it's referring how the characters, such as the MC, are likely going to be persecuted, tortured and killed by the Nazis.

@UlangtahunRandu

4y↑2

Weavile Frost omg 🤭 thankyou for the explanation

@AEE341

4y↑2

@@weavilefrost7034 Do you know if Alan C. started that (the holocaust outfit) or was it in the original?

@weavilefrost7034

4y↑8

@@AEE341 Ive not seen a recording of the original, but there is an even older play compared to this one that also has the MC in the stripped suit, so odds are that it was in the original as well.

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@PhantomFandoms

7y↑1.8K

Okay, but at the end when he starts to remove the trench coat you get a laugh from the audience, thinking he's about to reveal some other traditional emcee style outfit, as soon as he drops it it goes dead silent and honestly when I experienced that live for the first time I was speechless myself.

@cannibalisticrequiem

5y↑19

Perhaps, but then maybe the audience knows what's coming.

@UlangtahunRandu

4y↑9

can someone etell me what that means? Idont understand the part when he took of the coat

@cosmicsins6226

4y↑55

bro the first time i saw cabaret, i had NO CONTEXT so as soon as that happened i was soo beyond shocked

@Cotton_Candy.__

4y↑113

Pedro Sorana it’s what the prisoners wore when they were in concentration camps. The Emcee has 3 badges; yellow star for Jew, pink triangle for homosexual, red star for (I think) communist. Three things the Nazis and Hitler were against. Anyway, he was sent to a concentration camp and died.

@kerrijansson2919

3y↑11

@@Cotton_Candy.__ Yes, a red star is for Communist.

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@frostyguy1989

8y↑1.4K

The play reflects eerily accurately what actually happened in real life. Weimar Germany was once famous for its cabarets, which tended to be deeply satirical of modern life, full of gallows humour, and many were openly critical of the Nazis. Naturally, once Hitler gained power, the Nazis utterly destroyed Germany's unique cabaret scene, with many of the actors sent into concentration camps.

@JeffFreemanPresents

7y↑85

The play is based on the works of Christopher Isherwood who lived in Weimar Germany. Check out his "Berlin Stories," which inspired "I Am a Camera," and, ultimately, "Cabaret."

@esoniaknight6614

5y↑28

I didn't know that. WW2 is so sad and fascinating. I pray it never repeats itself in any country.

@AEE341

4y↑46

@@esoniaknight6614 And after Hitler there was Stalin who killed millions, Sadam Hussain who killed Kurds, The takeover of Sudan, and right now it is on the internet that China has people in camps (Muslims, and others).

@gwenc1371

4y↑77

This is what I love about it. It highlights an aspect of Weimar Germany that has been forgotten by so many: the vibrant, thriving underground queer culture there.

It's bone-chilling to realize how quickly it was all snuffed out, where we might today be had it not been, and how effective the Nazi book-burning campaigns were in helping erase that history from most people's knowledge.

@holdon4992

4y↑14

Don’t look now but it’s now America. The pink triangle on transgender soldiers, the white supremacy murderers as “heroes”, the destruction of the American economy and all its values. A descendant of German immigrants. Fabulous. Oh, Cabaret!

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@jaimejewer6185

9y↑1K

That was actually significantly less terrifying than the one I saw in theatre. After he's done with the "life is beautiful" he shows the orchestra which is empty, sings the last part on his own, takes off his coat, and walks into a giant room with everyone else where a bright light comes on and you know what happens

@markbadolato6362

9y↑7

+Jamie Jewer Did you see the 2012 London revival???

@Wubbledaddy

9y↑21

Mark Badolato That's the ending of the 98/2014 version

@tymiller2903

7y↑2

Jaime Jewer was this a production at Marshall University?

@BabyBoomerChannel

6y↑70

Yes - you are correct. The pace of the story accelerates so fast at the end - you don't quite get what's happening until after it happens. The disjointed music.... perfect. I saw in about 1998, right after it moved to Studio 54, with Cummings. The end was strikingly scary - and I knew I had just witnessed history.

@jnvlogs1831

6y↑12

My school did it like that except later in the song after he shows the orchestra the wall with the doors fam down and you see the ensemble

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@karol.5729

8y↑770

I love the fact that I know what's going to happen. I know they die, I know the Nazis find a way into the cabaret. But no matter how many times I see or hear the play/ movie/soundtrack I always sob because of how in love you fall with the Emcee and everyone else just for them to die. This play is truly incredible.

@JeffFreemanPresents

7y↑9

Ah, but the nudity is so much more efficient! If you make them think they are taking showers not only do you calm them, you relieve yourself of the need to strip those clothes off their dead bodies. The Nazis were nothing if not efficient.

@stanochocki8984

6y↑39

So the Emcee turns out to be a : Communist, a Jew and Gay. Gee, a triple play for the Nazis.

@easybake8420

5y↑14

@@stanochocki8984 I had forgotten about the communist red star until seeing it now. I had remembered the gold star and the pink triangle. Wow, three strikes, according to those evil retarded Nazi monsters.

@drakawinkle584

5y↑20

The nudity shows how everything was ripped away from them. They had no home, no family, no friends, no life, but the worse part was no hope. They were forced into everything they weren't. The nudity exposes that perfectly.

@madnessends2477

47w↑1

@@drakawinkle584 wait what nudity? Im confused

@kennadelacruz8726

5y↑333

what i find chilling is how quickly Alan changes his expression before and after he takes off his coat to reveal the uniform. how can one have such a playful demeanor and make the crowd laugh but a split second later have such a serious change that leaves the audience speechless.

@goatspaghetti

5y↑212

I don't know why, but when I first watched Cabaret, I got it in my head that the Kit Kat Club was actually all a metaphor for a Nazi camp and the Emcee and performers were already in there and the audience were Nazis almost watching what actually happened as entertainment. I don't know if I looked a bit deep into it, but I think it came from the idea of how simply he revealed he was wearing the striped pyjamas as if he had always been wearing them and then a lot of people in the cast also join him... Also in the film how when it pans at the end and shows all the red bands

@morgancloutier5908

2y↑57

I want to see a production WITH THIS mentality. This is dark and ugly. You’re a genius

@eileenmunson3647

42w↑4

I think your perspective is quite correct..

@riveringstuff4935

2y↑134

That little smirk he gives after "after all what am I? A German" kills me. I've watched this a few times now and that smirk always almost convinces me there's going to be a nazi uniform under the coat, it's just so full of knowing spite. Alan Cumming is truly a gift to the theater world, and this ending haunts me like nothing else does.

@carsonpolipenguin1142

5y↑343

Truly amazing. The bitterness at the end of "We have no troubles HERE." I gasp every time.

@bahhumbug9824

13w↑1

Part of it makes me think he's in on it and is glad for it. We have no troubles HERE (or else!), the girls and the orchestra are beautiful (agree or else!) ..until he takes off the coat.

@Sophie-nz9fz

7y↑426

Alan is so incredible. this ending breaks my heart every single time I see it. he has such an emotional range and watching him embody a character is nothing short of electrifying.

@janeminwell4395

5y↑5

So true, he is utterly compelling.

@Sugarwater522

10y↑381

I love all the versions he's performed for this musical, but this is my favorite. Here he appears to represent all people- female, male, predator, victim. ... it's a genius portrayal. Alan Cumming fan fuheva!

@morganalabeille5004

2y↑7

He is Berlin

@Loki_K

33w↑12

I absolutely love this ending, but the one change I would happily embrace is when Emcee says "Even the orchestra is BEAUTIFUL", a local theatre had th background unlit until that line, and suddenly lights revealed emptiness. We had been listening to a recording of music controlled by those we couldn't see or influence. Loved that touch.

@bezzybecks123

4y↑320

I went to see a performance of Cabaret when it came to my town (the west end version was touring) and so I already knew this ending but still... In the version I saw it was haunting in a different way. The word 'Kabaret' was backwards on stage with Emcee and the others dancing disjointedly behind the letters as Sally left to safety. Emcee stepped out and the soldier walked by and lightly pushed the letters down. Each one with a loud thud and the Emcee winced each time. Then the Emcee took off his coat and he, and the other dancers, faced the back of the stage. They'd removed all their clothes and hugged each other, the lights dimmed as a smoke effect came down from the ceiling, implying the gas chambers. I was shook.

@daisythorogood8731

3y↑7

I think I saw this one too!!

@bezzybecks123

3y↑5

@@daisythorogood8731 That's so cool! It was the UK tour!

@dmstewart66

WOW!

@lucycossavella4902

3y↑4

This is how it was when I saw it, John Partridge was the Emcee and he was absolutely electric

@lucycossavella4902

3y↑10

Also, the moment of the older gent taking his coat off at the party and the audience fell dead silent when they saw the nazi armband he was wearing

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@classiclover123

7y↑201

I was so unprepared for this ending when I saw the stage production- I wept.

@bobbimouzon6272

7y↑13

classiclover123 So did I....I sobbed! My daughter said well, Mommie, how did you think it was going to end?

@palepurple1969

7y↑28

It totally punches you in the gut. I had only seen the movie version which is not so blunt. when he dropped that coat, it was just such a punch. You're just horrified at the end. But it's good because they do not back off of it - it is about the atrocities of war putting an end to a carefree life - it's supposed to be blunt.

@MrCrowebobby

6y↑17

Then you can understand why Isherwood absolutely hated Liza's performance. Sally was a loser, in his words, you could never picture Liza as a loser. Julie Harris's "Sally" was more than perfect, according to Isherwood, she was more Sally than the real Sally. See "I Am a Camera."

@mialeakahn9015

4y↑248

I like this ending so much, it has a much more sinister feel to it especially after being so campy for so long. I wonder why they don’t do this ending more often.

@fluffypuppy1641

3y↑5

Just curious what other ending do they sometimes do?

@FletcherWolfe

3y↑37

@@fluffypuppy1641 there have been a few. Some endings the audience is forced to leave the room, others have the characters sent into a chamber “naked” full of smoke, some end like this. It really depends on the directors decision.

@reneekujawskibauernfeind4523

2y↑24

The last touring company revival that I saw was absolutely chilling. The Emcee turns around and walks upstage, the back curtain rises, revealing a line of people in silhouette as all the downstage lights go out, leaving nothing but painfully bright spots at eye level aimed at the audience as a projection of box cars moves across the lights from house right to house left. Words can never describe it, but seeing it in person induces goosebumps and tears. The last sound you hear before the blackout is a shot - and believe me, you feel it in your chest.

@MoonPhantom

2y↑23

@@reneekujawskibauernfeind4523 I just watched a version where they lowered a huge mirror to cover the stage so when the lights when out, what the audience saw was themselves.

Geesh! THANKS!

@reneekujawskibauernfeind4523

2y↑10

@@MoonPhantom WOW, now THAT is brilliant! If I were still directing, that's what I would do, instead of lowering the curtain on the silhouette of the boxcars, etc.

@sreganb

7y↑58

when I first saw the show I didnt realize that the ending meant that all the kit kat klub dancers got sent to the concentration camp, this show really makes you think

@HobbitForming

9y↑208

The switch to a minor key is really interesting....

@BabyBoomerChannel

6y↑15

Listen to the Revival Cast Album - it's much more pronounced and dramatic - representing the change from Freedom to repression. In the original revival production - when the curtain opens to show the orchestra - there's no one playing the instruments only the sound of the dissonant orchestra (playing in the pit). The audience is all, like - "what the heck's going on?" - only to be lead into the Concentration Camps with the actors.

@hahaohno329

6y↑3

Sarah LaPidus And absolutely terrifying

@jamsguitars24

29w↑1

I agree. Songs in major key signatures often sound happy and bright, like a warm and sunny day. Comparatively, songs in minor keys sound uncertain, like a dark, and cold night.

@CarolanIvey

10y↑206

He has the most amazing face. I sense channeling of a tiny bit of Tim Curry, but with so much more complexity.

@aeonflux3864

9y↑5

Absolutely

@jeniferjoseph9200

7y↑5

Carolan Ivey On a good day Tim Curry can also be pretty moving. He never gets roles for it though.

@JeffFreemanPresents

7y↑9

I had the privilege of seeing Tim Curry play Mozart in Amadeus opposite Ian McKellan and Jane Seymour. Believe me, there is no more complexity than the face, and talent, of Tim Curry.

Years later, I worked on an independent film in Louisiana that he was in. When he got to the office, I was to take him to the grocery, then to his apartment. We started talking, and I ended up telling him I loved him in the play. He gasped and said, "Oh! I'm glad you said that show. The other stuff is fun, but that is the work that really matters."

He was nominated for a Tony for Amadeus, and lost to Sir Ian, whose performance is seared into my memory for all time.

@idadudenmanner

Jeff Freeman I bet that was FABULOUS!!!

@idadudenmanner

6y↑1

Jenifer Joseph Tim curry's also been recovering from a stroke that put him in a wheelchair for like 5 years now and he's rather frail I hear.

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@maddieadams3413

9y↑94

alan is probably the most beautiful man to walk the earth

@mrbungeealwaysrhymes9023

I’ve gotta be honest I agree

@thecgirl333

9y↑173

I was lucky enough to see Alan this weekend, had no idea this was coming. I have never sobbed that much in public. What. A. Performer.

@calamityjai99

26w↑4

You can almost physically see the sarcasm dripping when the MC says “beeeuuutiful”

@U2QuoZepplin

3y↑75

This is an entirely creepier version of The Master of Ceremonies character. A whole lot more ghoulish! And I love it that Jane Horrocks’ version of Sally Bowles is totally unlike the famous Liza Minnelli version. This is how each successive musical production should be. Similar because it’s the same story and framework, but different enough to make it a new experience for the punter.

@aylaeh

44w

Jane Horrocks is amazing. I would have loved to have seen her in this but I loved her in the movie little voice. She blew me away in that movie.

@jackieshaw9256

43w↑15

I saw this production at the Donmar Warehouse in London. It was deeply moving and took a great emotional toll on both Alan Cumming and Jane Horrocks (Sally Bowles). I don’t know how he managed to play the role for so long on Broadway, but I’m very glad he did. A theatrical milestone, for sure. ❤

@johnjeromson3471

9y↑81

Heartbreaking to watch isnt it? Youve seen the film you know how it is going to finish yet still... Bam. Brilliant performance.

@veergauba

9y↑3

***** well ya they do. Not those specific Nazis and not right then. But in time.

@jennaheaney1255

4y↑41

I love how the ending is made for the director to be free to do whatever they want with it. It’s always different. I’ve seen shocking endings, terribly sad endings, and even more light hearted. This one is so magical

@rubbermannequin6595

44w↑8

Anyone who has worked in theater in any capacity, at any level, knows Cabaret. And if you think of Alan Cumming and Cabaret, one's mind instantly goes to the Emcee.

@abydosianchulac2

48w↑7

First production I saw was a community theater production in a rural area. During this final scene, as the Emcee is giving his lines, the rest of the Kit Kat Klub performers stumbled onto stage, costumes torn, faces cut and bruised, limping, crying. On his last two lines, the Emcee rolled out a drum and hit it in a sudden, fast roll as the line of dancers were mowed down by the implied machine gun fire. Then, looking sadly from them to the audience, he gave one more hit on the drum and fell down dead. Lights out. Not bad for community theater.

@stephaniemccullough7725

2y↑14

Alan IS the Emcee. There will be other great actors who have played and will play this role, but none come close to Alan’s portrayal. It’s like Gene Wilder as as Willy Wonka; just iconic.

@Angelicwings1

10y↑65

What an amazing actor! I adore him completely.
Our local theatre group did this last night and they used this remarkable performance as inspiration for theirs. The cabaret girls and mc all went into a gas chamber together. I was so close to crying.

@tiredalot5012

1y↑15

No matter how many times I watch it, the ending always gets me. Truly an amazing performance from all of them.

@alchemist4evr

8y↑155

Anybody found the ending for the 2012 London revival? I heard the cast huddles together naked at the end and it's implied they're in a gas chamber

@irisw7163

7y↑35

Julia Day they did that at the production I recently saw but I haven't seen the revival version anywhere, if I were you I'd keep looking it is truely one of the creepiest, most harrowing things I have ever seen

@PhantomFandoms

7y↑7

Iris Warren it really was, I saw it today in San Jose and I was so out of breath with how powerful it was.

@sarahx6225

7y↑2

Iris W were they actually naked? Thats harrowing

@bubblellama-gq8rj

7y↑2

Where they seriously naked ?!

@artemisredican8757

6y↑51

Late but. I've just came back from the UK Tour which I think is based on the London revival and yes. The KABARET letters were knocked over and the Emcee stood in front of the A. He sang the ladies are beautiful, even the men are beautiful in a broken whisper and could barely say even the orchestra. He then knocked the A down and went to the back of the stage. There, the ensemble had their backs turned, after we'd seen them crouching on the floor, fully clothed when the letters were knocked. They were fully naked and the Emcee dropped his coat, naked also, linking arms in a goose step way almost, them all huddling together. The back of the stage, that they were against, a dirty white wall with a copper pipe running across. A hiss. Like a gas chamber. The most harrowing sight to imagine live.

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@hannahfarnhill8154

11y↑29

This is so powerful.... It gives me shivers: Alan Cumming you are remarkable. Your characterisation couldn't be better. This is such a incredible performance BRAVO!!!! I wish....so much that I could've seen this in person.

@Fuhehua

5y↑87

In the version I saw, the apartments were transformed into gas chambers with everyone walking into them and I've never seen another performance quite so impactful as that one. It was truly a fantastic piece and remains to be a top favorite of mine. Also Alan is just a treat ❤️

@smnoy23

3y↑23

“And it was the end of the world.” is the line that always gets me.

@howtubeable

But it wasn't the end of the world. It was the end of their tiny narcissistic pleasuredome.

@Loki_K

32w

@@howtubeableno. The end of the world doesn't always mean "the end of the world", like "happy [quotes] to see you" doesn't mean happy. But it was the end of that world. Stormtroopers. Nazis. Gender conformity that wouldn't break molds for another century, only to face hate again. The atom bomb. The end of samurai and the Japanese Emperor. Fck, all of AUSTRIA.

@prahslra

44w↑7

This Donmar Warehouse production by Sam Mendes was groundbreaking and breathtaking. The entire cast was sensational but in particular Jane Horrocks gave a very brave and touching performance. In one fell swoop she obliterated the until-then supposedly definitive Fosse-directed Minelli performance, which had dominated the landscape for more than 20 years, and paved the way for the many truer Sally Bowles interpretations which followed.

@Griffologee

10y↑77

Alan Cumming. Just... his face. He's amazing.

@Dbdbe1

1y↑15

This gives you an absolute punch in the gut even if you’ve seen it 100 times. Brilliant but chilling.

@alisonclark9571

6y↑40

Saw the UK tour of this the other day and the end of it was truly harrowing. Cabaret has such an art at being both eccentric and fun while still being so heartbreaking.

@SymphonyBrahms

6y↑55

What an incredibly powerful ending. Our regional theater group put on this version recently, and when the master of ceremonies took off his coat and revealed the concentration camp uniform underneath, there was an audible gasp from the audience.

@kyndallthompson3453

4y↑18

So I just watched CSU’s rendition of this and it was so eerie- when they said the orchestra is beautiful, the orchestra was gone, and a recording was instead being played at that time. Then all the people just came up and started taking of their coats instead of singing and there wasn’t the star and prison wear but there was this ominous rumbling sound and they just lined up at the exit of the stage and stood still for a bit. Very eerie ending, very different than this!!

@BabyBoomerChannel

6y↑21

I saw this play right after the move to Studio 54 with Cummings and Mary McCormick. I guess is was around 1999. The ending was different then. Where the curtain opens to show the orchestra - there's no one there - just the music playing, and rising to a disjointed cacophony. And the volume kept rising - with very harsh lighting - and the players stood there - with Cummings making a final spin - ripping off his coat - to the striped prisoners outfit and reaching his hands to the harsh spot light - somehow changing his expression into one of a Concentration Camp victim. All at the same time - it was almost like a magic trick - It scared the crap out of me - but was stirring and impactful and beautiful, all at the same time. (listen to the cast album - it's played out there - audio only) It changed my life. I don;'t know why they changed the ending into the one showed in this video. This was much less dramatic.

@JohnDoe-gk7ok

3y↑11

Even the Emcee could not hang on to the fantasy world that lived within the confines of the cabaret.

@howtubeable

3y↑1

Yes, the cabaret was a fantasy world, cut off from objective reality.

@OreadNYC

2y↑2

Exactly. Germany was a very grim place even before the Nazis took control. The Cabaret (much like the films of the period) offers a brief respite from the harsh world outside and a faint semblance of glamour but it's all an illusion and a pretence which can't last.

@JohnDoe-gk7ok

2y↑1

@@OreadNYC I’ve also been fascinated by the nature of the Emcee’s presence in the show. Is he actually a physical character in the same universe as the others, or is he like an outside narrator who simply embodies the internal struggles of the characters within the narrative? For example, in I Don’t Care Much, he dresses like Sally and narrates her internal dialogue. So maybe this ending is geared towards representing not that there was an Emcee killed in a concentration camp, but rather the false sense of security that many Germans had?

@poisonedivysaur

8y↑31

I saw this in an independent theater it was amazing. The ending depresses me to no end. And I will never look at Alan Cumming the same way again. Haha he's awesome.

@herrschultz7413

7y↑39

I absolutely love this alternate ending, much more powerful than the original one.

@stephenholmes5362

33w↑1

Mr. Alan Cummings is brilliant!! The whole cast is beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful!!

@lukalukalukarr

1y↑6

It's powerful how everything gets more sad as it goes on. Everyone hates eachother and loses hope. Even the orchestra becomes broken. Even the emcee becomes sad

@noramulvehill9750

4y↑10

Sam Mendes is an absolute genius and I would watch anything he directed. The Ferryman has a similarly terrifying, abrupt ending as this version of Cabaret, and it works brilliantly.

@aleksandrastockhold2131

I saw The Ferryman and I saw this Cabaret production with Natasha Richardson as Sally. Sam Mendes has not only made some of my favorite films, 1917 and Road to Perdition, but also my favorite broadway shows! Bravo, Sam!

@brynnanashton2865

3y↑18

I know that the ending is supposed to be chilling no matter which version you’re watching given that we all know what’s coming next but that moment Alan Cumming takes his coat off and sheds the last of himself and is wearing a CC uniform is fucking bone chilling.

@stahppls2293

6y↑18

Alan's face at 3:17 saying like, "... it'll be ok, let's have fun."

@julieporter7805

45w↑19

One could interpret that they are in the concentration camp this whole time and singing to cheer themselves up. The Emcee taking off his coat shows the reality of the situation that they are in. His final moments is courageous showing that he'd rather die being himself and mocking the world around him, getting the last laugh against those that overpowered him rather than conform to being something that he is not.

@iDontShareMyData

45w↑3

I saw this at Studio 54 in 2000, it was one of the best things I ever saw on a stage.

@kathybuhler360

44w↑1

I too saw it at studio 54 but Neil Patrick Harris play the MC and Mr Cunningham from Happy Days was also in it it was great at that venue wasn't it

@ellieperforms15

2y↑4

Just watched this as a class project. The ending was absolutely haunting, I looked up and everyone’s mouths were hanging open. Bravo 👏👏

@peternighswander9629

2y↑5

I am particularly haunted by this- totally breathtaking. Alan and the cast are brilliant. I had just finished Ken Burns US and the Holocaust. I guess this is appropriate

@carmenmichaels7186

38w↑1

My daughter and I got to see this when it was at 54 in New York City. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house at the end it was a standing ovation. It was amazing and I had chills. He’s an excellent actor

@playlistnation423

1y↑8

I knew what was going to happen and it still broke me.

@flyinghow

2y↑3

Cabaret is so haunting. My favorite musical of all time. Alan Cumming is amazing!

@maybethistime6813

7y↑31

I'm finding this video incredibly relevant here on Inauguration Day.

@Moreorlesss996

7y↑1

Maybe This Time And How?

@meowmeowflappyhands2525

7y↑4

Maybe This Time its interesting because my school actually produced this play a couple months ago and I really think it was picked because of the election.

@williamkunga4672

7y↑5

I only think so because we were all laughing at trump until because we didn't think he'd win and when he did it was a huge shock like when the emcee took his coat off

@currentresident3775

5y↑1

Maybe This Time 🍷Cheers. 😣😞

@JH-kw8zy

He put babies in cages because America is moral exhausted, greedy, and/ or filled with displaced hate. He is a prophet of doom ad history repeats itself.

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@rayrae204

51w↑2

I saw this at Studio 54...! Wow! What a show!

@nigelbilsby3826

33w↑2

I once went to a stage performance of cabaret in Blackpool grand theatre, with Wayne sleep, thay sang the end song and at the end they slipped off stage, then you saw the curtain rise up and the cast was in a pile on top of each other naked, and someone dressed as a German soldier came on with a gas mask and had tins of cyclon b in a small trolly, as you can guess, the audience was silent except for some people took a sharp intake of breath!

@MrDavey2010

34w↑1

Alan Cummings is spell-binding. Amazing performance!

@therookieyoutubers9373

9y↑5

I love cabaret so much
My school performed it this year and it was really good
It's a great musical

@heather8374

13w↑1

@oldhamegg

8y↑11

Jane Horrocks. is amazing. Alan Cumming makes me jealous.

@MegDoesStuff0

7y↑15

oh my god i did not know that was how it ended.. crying my eyes out

@glennvader8853

4y↑7

I saw the show. When I saw it at the end was silence, and in the background all you heard was the Furnaces burning where the nazis burned the bodies. It chilled you to the bone.

@davidyoung5114

2y↑3

If one of the TV networks decides to bring CABARET LIVE to audiences, I really hope they offer the part of Emcee to Alan Cummings first.

@lydiahenderson2436

4y↑7

ive watched this like six times today and cried every time

@lydiahenderson2436

4y↑2

now eleven

@nickg5341

3y↑59

I first saw this show the day after Trump was inaugurated. Needless to say, the entire 2nd act had the audience breathless. No laughter, just the occasional gasp and stunned silence. At the end of the show, hardly anyone was clapping because we were all so shocked and moved.

That’s the moment I fell in love with musical theater and the power the art form can hold. Cabaret is the best musical of all time.

@chazarcola7639

1y↑1

CABARET REMAINS RELEVANT IN 2023.
1930S BERLIN IS AMERICA UNDER BIDEN.
CONGRATULATIONS.

@Casey5693

6y↑5

I saw this musical for the first time today. It’s truly about the tragedy of cowardice and how by ignoring the world’s problems in favor of fun people end up in tragedy.

@reynadejesus9349

3y↑5

This literally kept me awake at night.

@jellyrollnorton

42w↑2

Breaks my heart, the ending. Be wary, very wary.

@oldaccount6152

7y↑7

Alan is goals in every way

@kristin7121

2y↑1

Saw him in this with Jennifer Jason Leigh at Studio 54. He was outstanding

@novelsaul6691

3y↑9

So I just saw the show on YouTube for the first time, and I honestly thought I knew what was coming. The emcee went to unbutton his jacket and I thought to myself, ‘It’s going to be a uniform, a Nazi uniform. With everything that I’d seen so far it would’ve made sense.
I was proved wrong pretty quickly.

@annflynt4773

3y↑3

I would have loved to seen this. Alan Cumming is a genius.

@candacehurst4385

43w↑2

I love this guy he’s so talented

@ameliajohnson5006

6y↑22

Though this is not my favorite cast, it is my favorite ending. The 1998 ending is very abrupt and leaves to much on the mind of the listener, this ending produces closure.

@jnvlogs1831

6y↑1

Millie J really? I preferred the 1998 ending but I’d love to see Alan in that one

@MrMartybearass

7y↑9

he does have that incredible creepy look!!!

@synthsation

5y↑6

ohmygod...i just watched the liza minnelli version and it made me want to watch the play and this ending literally made me bawl when he dropped the coat

@nedraleggett9088

2y↑1

I had forgotten the ending. It's been years since I have seen the movie or any productions Cabaret. I was overwhelmed very fast.

@Gobear1

3y↑3

When I saw Cabaret in DC in 2002, there was a blackout after Sally's reprise, then a scrim rose to show Auschwitz and you could hear the roar of the crematoria as the Emcee reveals himself as a gay, Jewish prisoner. That broke me.

@nancymoore8037

1y↑3

Alan is amazing!!!

@allanmiller4972

42w↑2

So captures the profound DarkNESS & UNspeakABLE malevolence imminently 'on the horizon's in Nazi Germany @ that time!
Cummings, as ALWAYs, is superlative & Incandescent!
He literally OUT-does Grey's interpretation in this inspired REvival!!! Thank you 4 sharing it!!! ♥️🎊🥰🎉👍!!!!

@joycegagliardi9283

32w

I couldn't agree more. Cummings is phenomenal!!! 🌹

@paysonterhune290

4y↑5

Alan Cumming is so sad and sexy in this role...very different than Greys interpretation but both are great in very different ways.

@suzannejones3414

4y↑3

Oh my God wow I’ve never seen this I’ve only seen the movie and this made me cry!

@bunnygarden215

40w↑1

Sends chills down Yr spine 😢

@alyssasvlogs6022

2y↑3

Never seen this play, I didn’t even know what it was about, I only really loved and heard the songs Don’t tell mama and willkommen and then I seen it was about nazis and I was like holy crap but I seen this for the first time and I was smiling expecting to see his outfit the way my mouth dropped… holy fuck what an amazing performance.

@williampelto6095

4y↑4

That solo SAX at 3:30 is so haunting.

@ginettesos

45w↑1

Powerful. Powerful!

@enchanter5

39w↑1

Fabulous!

@GeoStrum3

5y↑7

A much better ending than the original. We all assume that all the main characters end up dead in the war's aftermath.

@magicmimiag

9y↑27

which production is this? from what i've read, the '98 revival was the darkest (sally takes cocaine, emcee + other club workers are in concentration camp, emcee has an implied suicide?)

@lewisyoung4531

8y↑5

I believe it is 1993, because Jane Horrocks is Sally Bowles. So it could be at the DonMar theatre in London.

@lewisyoung4531

8y↑17

+Lewis Young 1998 was in New York, and Alan Cumming came along. Sam Mendes and Alan Cumming really changed the show a LOT with Cumming's character, the Emcee, having a central role instead of a supporting role for an ensemble cast.

I liked the 1972 film, with Joel Grey and Liza Minelli, but times were different. In live theater the players could be more risque' than in the film, depending on the market.
But Alan Cummings emcee would have been too outrageous for mainstream theatre in 1972. The Stonewall riots in New York were only as recent as 1969.