<center><b>’How do the cabaret songs and routines comment on the social issues which are the background for the story of Cabaret?’</b></center> <br> <br>Satirical on every level‚ Bob Fosse’s 1972 film Cabaret redefines the previously accepted genre of the musical. Using the songs and routines as cunning tools of social commentary the musical numbers both predict and interpret the world of Berlin in 1931. <br> <br>The opening routine‚ ’Wilkommen’‚ is a powerful introduction to the opposing worlds
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“Oklahoma! Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.” These iconic song lyrics are from the chart-topping musical Oklahoma!. This musical introduced‚ the now idolized‚ Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein (Brockett pg. 462). Rogers and Hammerstein wrote the musical‚ in hopes of making it on Broadway. Instead‚ they wrote a musical that started the next great era to sweep through Broadway. The Golden Age of Broadway was the beginning of a transformation that would later lead to one of the most
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Cabaret is based off a book written by Christopher Isherwood. The music is composed by John Kander and the lyrics by Fred Ebb. Directed by Chase Bringardner‚ Cabaret’s cast includes 25 performers. The play is set in 1931 Berlin when the Nazi regime is coming into power. It focuses on the bustling nightlife at the Kit Kat Klub that serves as an as escape from the growing turmoil that grips the country. The play is a risqué take on the terror that the Nazi regime puts on the nightlife community before
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Stephanie Miller COM 130 10/7/10 Cabaret Cabaret takes place in the years 1929 to 1930 Berlin before Hitler’s appointment as chancellor. The play follows Cliff Bradshaw‚ an aspiring American writer‚ and Sally Bowles‚ a performer at the Kit Kat Klub and their friends through the trying times before the Nazis. The story shows the struggles of those torn between what they want‚ and what is acceptable and how blind some were to the problems staring them right in the face. In the words of the
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About a decade after West Side Story‚ Cabaret hit the screen. Set in 1931 Berlin‚ Cabaret explores the nightlife of Germany as well as political tensions of the time. Written by Fred Ebb and Joe Master off and composed by John Kander‚ this musical marks the beginning of the “concept musical” era‚ with the entire film being one extended metaphor. The songs offer commentary in counterpoint to the action of Cabaret and amplify the impact of show’s complicated‚ controversial themes‚ such as survival
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I directed Cabaret in 1971 and my main aim was to explore the nature of humans and how they behave in certain circumstances. Set in Berlin‚ 1931‚ the movie follows the lives of Sally Bowles and Brian Roberts through the struggles of living in Nazi Germany. Through the use of film techniques such as camera shot and angles‚ musical numbers‚ and repeated symbols‚ the viewer perceives how what contributes to the decisions people make‚ and how this affects their lives. The use of camera shots and angles
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Chicago Launched in 1975‚ the musical Chicago‚ created by a talented pair of composers and producers that included both John Kander and Fred Ebb later known as Kander and Ebb. Kander was born on March 18‚ 1927 in Kansas City‚ Missouri. His exposure to music began at an early age as a result of having had tuberculosis as a baby. During this time‚ Kander was cut off and not allowed to be around other people‚ that separation developed his ability for sound. Kander started piano lessons at the
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What is Musical theatre and what makes it different than any other theatre with music forms‚ especially Opera? Musical Theatre The art of music‚ dance and drama have been linked together since the dawn of time and are still really connected with one another that it is inadvisable to try to tell the difference between them too definitely. Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 It is rare a production has no music in it whatsoever. Most plays either call
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the music as it gave life and justice to the Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor. Personally speaking‚ the performance of Fischer and the COE was successful because they powerfully and enthusiastically played a sophisticated and complicated musical piece that required the skills and passion of an orchestra and an individual musician. However‚ it was puzzling to see Fischer stopped at some point of the performance. It may be part of the music‚ but it brought discomfort to
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bottomless sea‚ devoid of any boundaries. Every single musical instrument‚ right from the African djembe to the Indonesian gamelan angklung‚ and the Arabic shababa to the Indian sitar‚ is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language having multiple dialects. The tongue twisters that some of these musical instrument names are‚ it took me a while just to get their names right! Anyway‚ the sheer magnitude of the different musical instruments that I was exposed to‚ from all over the world
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