Cabaret (1972)

In this groundbreaking musical, Bob Fosse uses a decadent cabaret as a mirror image of German society sliding toward Nazi-takeover. The film mingles entertainment with social history, which in its time marked a new step forward for the movie musical genre.

Michael York plays a British writer who comes to Berlin in the early 1930s in hopes of becoming a teacher. He makes the acquaintance of flamboyant American Sally Bowles, played by Liza Minnelli. Sally works at the Kit Kat Klub, a Berlin cabaret where each night the smirking, androgynous Master of Ceremonies (Joel Grey) introduces a jazz-driven "girlie show" to his debauched audience. Virtually all the film's musical numbers are staged in the Klub and comment on the plot and Germany's "progression" from hedonism to Hitlerism. Winner of eight Oscars, including awards to Minnelli, Grey, and Fosse.

Pre-show Wurlitzer Organ music provided by New York Theatre Organ Society (NYTOS)  beginning one-half hour prior to the film.

This presentation is sponsored by Marshall & Sterling.

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