University of Michigan Dance Company 2027

In a Berlin nightclub in 1929, with the Emcee’s bawdy songs as commentary, a young American writer is immediately taken with English nightclub singer Sally Bowles. Featuring the classic musical numbers “Willkommen,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Maybe This Time,” and “Cabaret.”

Playwright Moisés Kaufman, the Tony- and Emmy-nominated playwright behind The Laramie Project, uses trial transcripts, personal correspondence, interviews, and other source materials to tell the story of the downfall of Oscar Wilde, whose artistic genius has long been overshadowed by the scandal surrounding his imprisonment.

In a Berlin nightclub in 1929, with the Emcee’s bawdy songs as commentary, a young American writer is immediately taken with English nightclub singer Sally Bowles. Featuring the classic musical numbers “Willkommen,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Maybe This Time,” and “Cabaret.”