Cabaret

‘We were a little naive’: staging Cabaret, in the 60s and now

As a new staging of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley opens in London, director Rebecca Frecknall and 94-year-old original composer John Kander swap stories

Sarah Crompton

20, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM

From My Fair Lady to Grease 2: Guardian writers on their favourite movie musicals

To celebrate the release of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upbeat musical In the Heights, Guardian writers have picked their favourite examples of the genre

Pamela Hutchinson, Peter Bradshaw, Lisa Wong Macabasco, Catherine Shoard, Charles Bramesco, Radheyan Simonpillai, Adrian Horton, Benjamin Lee, Guy Lodge and Andrew Pulver

09, Jun, 2021 @2:18 PM

Eddie Redmayne to return to London theatre in Cabaret with Jessie Buckley

The actor’s first West End role in 10 years will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall in a bespoke recreated Kit Kat Club

Chris Wiegand

21, May, 2021 @10:02 AM

Cabaret's Joel Grey: 'Life is tough. But it's also beautiful'

From winning an Oscar to starring opposite Rock Hudson – and coming out at 82, the theatre legend has done it all. But he came close to giving up acting to work on a hotdog stand

Chris Wiegand

02, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM

Fosse/Verdon review – showbiz miniseries is stylish but scatterbrained

The new FX series, which boasts magnetic lead performances from Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, has highs and lows like its subjects’ partnership

Jake Nevins

08, Apr, 2019 @2:46 PM

The best shows at the Edinburgh festival 2018

Plan your fringe schedule with our roundup of the top comedy, theatre, dance, cabaret and kids’ shows, ordered by start time

Mark Fisher, Brian Logan, Alex Needham, Kate Wyver, Catherine Love, Chris Wiegand and Bridget Minamore

24, Aug, 2018 @11:38 AM

Weimar memories: walking Berlin … in a flâneur's footsteps

Armed with Franz Hessel’s cult guidebook, Walking in Berlin, published in 1929, Vanessa Thorpe is transported back to the city’s decadent period

Vanessa Thorpe

26, Mar, 2017 @6:00 AM

Marisa Berenson: ‘Being directed by Branagh is an amazing adventure’

As an actor for Kubrick and Visconti and a model feted by Yves Saint Laurent, she charmed the 70s. Now she’s making her Shakespearean debut

Kate Kellaway

24, Jul, 2016 @7:59 AM

Emma Stone in Cabaret review – a fragile Sally Bowles

While occasionally tentative, in her Broadway debut Stone delivers where it counts in a classic production of the Weimar-era musical

Alex Needham

12, Nov, 2014 @1:52 PM

Cabaret - a fun night out with added subversive glamour

Playwright Amy Rosenthal's love of the genre has led to her write a song lyric for a new cabaret show based on a Tennessee Williams play

Vanessa Thorpe

05, May, 2014 @8:00 AM

Alan Cumming to return to Cabaret for Broadway revival

Scottish actor to reprise Emcee role that won him a Tony award in 1998 - but not with Anne Hathaway as Sally Bowles

Matt Trueman

25, Apr, 2013 @2:00 PM

Anne Hathaway to perform Cabaret songs at benefit concert

Star of forthcoming Les Misérables movie to give sneak preview of her vocal ability at one-off gig in New York