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The musical Cabaret is probably the most famous show to have been penned by John Kander and the late Fred Ebb z”l. Set in the dying days of Weimar Germany, the show opened on Broadway in 1966, before crossing the Atlantic two years later where Dame (as she was to become) Judi Dench became the UK’s first ever Sally Bowles. Hollywood beckoned and in 1972 Bob Fosse’s movie version of the show hit the world’s screens, going on to win eight Oscars and cementing Liza Minelli’s reputation as a star.

Over the last 50 or so years, numerous revivals of the musical have been staged – none more successful, or as long running, as that which opened at London’s Playhouse Theatre in December 2021 and which continues to play to packed houses, the Playhouse having been re-named for the duration of this production as........

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