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CABARET [musical show]

Title

CABARET [musical show]

Opening Date

November 20, 1966

Genre

musical show

Production and Recordings Information

Orig prod. MUSIC: John Kander. WORDS: Fred Ebb. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Harold Hastings. CAST: Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford, Bert Convy, Robert Sharp. (Col KOS-3040; CD/Col CK-3040; CD/Sony SK-60533 (ALB-1837), with addl material. Excerpts: Haworth: "Cabaret" (ALB-1120) Haworth, Grey: "Don't Tell Mama" Lenya: "What Would You Do?" (ALB-1590) Grey, company: "Willkommen" (ALB-1755, ALB-2181).)

1968 London prod. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Gareth Davies. CAST: Judi Dench, Lila Kedrova, Peter Sallis, Kevin Colson, Barry Dennen, David Wheldon Williams, Pamela Strong, Richard Owens. (CBS(E) 70039; CD/Sony(E) SMK-53494.)

1970 Vienna prod. WORDS: Fred Ebb, Robert Gilbert. COND: Johannes Fehring. CAST: Blanche Aubry, Lya Dulizkaya, Violetta Ferrari, Harry Fuss, Klaus Wildbolz. (Preiser(Austria) SPR-3220)

1972 film soundtrack, with new songs by Kander & Ebb. ORCH & COND: Ralph Burns. CAST: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Greta Keller, Mark Lambert. (ABC 752; CD/MCA(G) 250428-2. Excerpts: "Cabaret," "Maybe This Time" (ALB-2189).)

1973 records sung by the composers. PIANO: John Kander. Fred Ebb: "Cabaret," "Maybe This Time" Kander, Ebb: "Money, Money, Money" (ALB-659)

1986 London prod, incl two songs from the film score. ORCH: mostly Chris Walker. COND: Gareth Valentine. CAST: Wayne Sleep, Vivienne Martin, Kelly Hunter, Peter Land, Oscar Quitak, Grazina Frame, Rodney Cottam. (First Night(E) CAST-5; CD/Relativity/First Night 618259-2.

1994 studio prod. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Gregg Edelman of 1987 prod, Jonathan Pryce, Maria Friedman, Judi Dench, Fred Ebb (lyricist), Caroline O'Connor, Marcus Allen Cooper, John Mark Ainsley. (CD/TER 2-1210, with addl material (& orig orchestrations) from 1987 prod & 1972 film prod. Incomplete: CD/Showtime(E) 021)

1997 album. ORCH: Various. COND: Matthew Freeman. VOCALS: Toyah Willcox (who replaced Kelly Hunter in 1986 London prod), Nigel Planer. (CD/Carlton Sounds(E) 30362-00392)

1998 prod, rec live. ORCH: Michael Gibson. COND: Patrick Vaccariello. CAST: Natasha Richardson, Alan Cumming, Ron Rifkin, Mary Louise Wilson, John Benjamin Hickey, Denis O'Hare, Michele Pawk. (CD/RCA Victor 09026-63173-2. Excerpts on promo CD: "Willkommen," "Married," "I Don't Care Much" (CD/RCA Victor RCDJ-63481-2).)

1998 record by Marcia Lewis of 1988 touring prod. "So What" (ALB-2326)

2002 records by Susan Egan, a 2000 replacement in the 1998 prod. "Maybe This Time," "Cabaret" (ALB-2068)

2006 London prod. ORCH & COND: David Steadman. CAST: James Dreyfus, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sheila Hancock, Michael Hayden, Geoffrey Hutchings, Harriet Thorpe. (CD/BK Records(E) 003CD)

Contemp demo records by composer John Kander (piano & vocals) & lyricist Fred Ebb (vocals) of songs dropped from the show. "I Don't Care Much," "Roommates," "Good Time Charlie," "It'll All Blow Over" (ALB-1837)

Records by Liza Minnelli of 1972 film cast. "Cabaret Medley" (1972: ALB-258, ALB-1755) "Married" (1972: ALB-368) (1987: ALB-1089) "Cabaret" (1972: ALB-368) (1974: ALB-327) (1979: ALB-905) (1987: ALB-1089) (2008: ALB-2327) "Mein Herr," "Money, Money" (1987: ALB-1089) "Maybe This Time" (1987: ALB-1089) (2008: ALB-2327) "So What?" (1992: ALB-1467)

Records by members of orig prod. Joel Grey: "Willkommen" (1967: ALB-1047) Medley incl "Willkommen" & "The Money Song" (1973: ALB-440) Martin Ross (of orig prod in 1968), chorus: "Willkommen" Anita Gillette (of orig prod in 1968), chorus: "Cabaret" (1969, TV: ALB-1436)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.19661120

Last Updated: 08-23-2012