"the Tony Award-winning musical ""Cabaret"" (1966) and the film ""Cabaret"" (1972) for which Liza Minnelli won an Academy Award for playing Sally. Bob Fosse directed the movie and won the award for Best Director. Goodbye to Berlin Goodbye to Berlin is a 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood set in Weimar Germany. It is often published together with ""Mr Norris Changes Trains"" in a collection called ""The Berlin Stories"". The novel, a semiautobiographical account of Isherwood's time in 1930s Berlin, describes pre-Nazi Germany and the people he met. It is episodic, dealing with a large cast over a period of several"
"Goodbye to Berlin Goodbye to Berlin is a 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood set in Weimar Germany. It is often published together with ""Mr Norris Changes Trains"" in a collection called ""The Berlin Stories"". The novel, a semiautobiographical account of Isherwood's time in 1930s Berlin, describes pre-Nazi Germany and the people he met. It is episodic, dealing with a large cast over a period of several years from late 1930 to early 1933. It is written as a connected series of six short stories and novellas. These are: ""A Berlin Diary (Autumn 1930)"", ""Sally Bowles"", ""On Ruegen Island (Summer 1931)"","
"The Berlin Stories The Berlin Stories is a book consisting of two novellas by Christopher Isherwood: ""Goodbye to Berlin"" and ""Mr Norris Changes Trains"". It was published in 1945. ""The Berlin Stories"" was chosen as one of the ""Time"" 100 Best English-language novels of the 20th century. The two novellas are set in Berlin between 1930 and 1933, just as Adolf Hitler was moving into power. Berlin is portrayed by Isherwood during this transition period of cafes and quaint avenues, grotesque nightlife and dreamers, and powerful mobs and millionaires. ""The Berlin Stories"" was the inspiration for the John Van Druten"
"Isherwood's ""Goodbye to Berlin""). In the film version, she is American. The character of Cliff Bradshaw was renamed Brian Roberts and made British (as was Isherwood, upon whom the character was based) rather than American as in the stage version. The characters and plot lines involving Fritz, Natalia and Max were pulled from ""I Am a Camera"" and did not appear in the stage version of ""Cabaret"" (or in ""Goodbye to Berlin""), and a minor character named Max in the stage version, the owner of the Kit Kat Klub, bears no relation to the character in the film. In the"
"8 October 2005. The Broadway production closed on 18 May 2003, making it the third-longest-running Broadway musical, following ""Cats"" and ""The Phantom of the Opera"". Schönberg oversaw the production of ""Les Misérables"" that returned to Broadway for an intended six-month engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre on 9 November 2006, although it later extended its run. Schönberg's ""Marguerite"" includes music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Set during World War II in occupied Paris, and inspired by the romantic novel ""La Dame aux camélias"" by Alexandre Dumas, fils, ""Marguerite"" is about the mistress of a high-ranking German officer who"
"revue was designed to give Europeans a sampling of black entertainment from New York. Included in the cast were The Three Eddies, Lottie Gee, Rufus Greenlee and Thaddeus Drayton, Bobbie and Babe Goins, Charles Davis and Sam Wooding and his Orchestra. After the initial tour disbanded, Sam Wooding and his Orchestra continued touring the ""Chocolate Kiddies"" revue for several years later. During Hall’s visit to Germany she also sang at Berlin’s renowned transvestite Eldorado Café (club). The venue is immortalised in Christopher Isherwood's novel 'Goodbye to Berlin' and in the 1972 film 'Cabaret' and musical of the same name. In"
"Blues Away."" The second act's lesser known but crackling ""Fire Crackers/""Song of Freedom"" is also [a] show stopper."" The musical received one 2017 Tony Award nomination, for Best Choreography for Denis Jones. The musical was nominated for the 2017 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography. Holiday Inn (musical) Holiday Inn (also known as Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical) is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1942 film of the same name. The libretto is by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical opened on Broadway in 2016 after premiering at"
"stage adaptation of the musical, titled ""Irving Berlin's White Christmas"" premiered in San Francisco in 2004 and has played in various venues in the US, such as Boston, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Detroit and Louisville. The musical played a limited engagement on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre, from November 14, 2008 until January 4, 2009. The musical also toured the United Kingdom in 2006 - 2008. It headed to the Sunderland Empire in Sunderland from November 2010 to January 2011 after a successful earlier run in Manchester and has continued in various cities with a London West End run at the"
"was shown on television in 2011. Christopher and His Kind Christopher and His Kind is a memoir by Christopher Isherwood, published in 1976 by Sylvester & Orphanos, in which he expounded events in his life from 1929 to 1939, including his years in Berlin which were the inspiration for his popular novel ""Goodbye to Berlin."" Isherwood decided late in his life that he had a moral obligation to renounce the self-censorship that marked his early novels, specifically the excision of any hint of his homosexuality. Accordingly, in ""Christopher and His Kind"" he recounts his experiences as a young gay man"
"shows which had proven to be successful on Broadway. Originally rehearsed in English, then retaught in German, the musical opened on June 5, 1999, for the opening of a theater named Berlin (now Theater am Potsdamer Platz). After a successful run - where 1.4 million visitors saw the play over 1204 performances - it closed in June 2002. Directed by Lapine, the German translation was by Michael Kunze, choreography by Lar Lubovitch, set design by Heidi Ettinger, costume design by Sue Blane, lighting by Rick Fisher, sound by Tony Meola and projections by Jerome Sirlin. The production cost 45 million"
"Holiday Inn (musical) Holiday Inn (also known as Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical) is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1942 film of the same name. The libretto is by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical opened on Broadway in 2016 after premiering at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2014. Chris Herzberger, executive at Live Theatricals at Universal Stage Productions, who developed the musical, said that, ""I ask, 'Is it a great story, one that will move me, make me laugh or cry? And will it benefit from what"
"in turn, was based on the writing of Christopher Isherwood), the musical starred Jill Haworth as Sally Bowles, Bert Convy as Clifford Bradshaw, Lotte Lenya as Fräulein Schneider and Joel Grey as the emcee. The original Broadway production opened on November 20, 1966 and won eight of the 11 Tony Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Musical and Best Score. Adapted into a film by Bob Fosse, it won eight Academy Awards, though not Best Picture. It was revived three times, first in 1987 with Grey reprising his role and again in 1998 in a long-running revival, originally"
"the 1955 film adaptation of the same name; Jill Haworth in the original 1966 Broadway production of ""Cabaret""; Judi Dench in the original 1968 West End stage version of ""Cabaret""; Liza Minnelli in Bob Fosse's 1972 film adaptation of the musical, and Natasha Richardson in the 1998 Broadway Revival of ""Cabaret"". Jean Ross Jean Iris Ross Cockburn (7 May 1911 – 27 April 1973) was a British cabaret singer, fashion model, political activist, and writer. Ross partly served as the model for the fictional character Sally Bowles in Christopher Isherwood's ""The Berlin Stories"" (1935–39), later adapted into the play, then"
"adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film ""Scenes from a Marriage"" starring Imogen Stubbs and Iain Glen. His musical adaptation of ""Gone with the Wind"" opened at the New London Theatre in April 2008 and, after poor reviews, closed on 14 June 2008 after 79 performances. In December 2008, he directed a revival of ""A Little Night Music"" at the Menier Chocolate Factory, which transferred to the West End at the Garrick Theatre in 2009. The production transferred to Broadway, opening in November 2009, with Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree Armfeldt and Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt. Other members of the original London"
"in Oberhausen where it is still playing in 2018. In 2017 Josh Strickland who played Tarzan in the original broadway run, reprised his role as Tarzan in the Oberhausen production. Strickland reprised his role as Tarzan from May to July 2017, he was then replaced by Anton Zetterholm who played Tarzan in the Hamburg production. In 2018 the musical celebrated 10 years of production in Germany. In 2018 for the third time in a row, the musical was voted most popular long run musical in the German Language by musical1 readers. A German recording of the musical performed by the"
"Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin () – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five. He published his first song, ""Marie from Sunny Italy"", in 1907, receiving 33 cents for the publishing rights, and had his first major international hit, ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"" in 1911. He also was an owner of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. It is commonly believed"
"1959 with Julie Harris, June Havoc, Farley Granger, and Larry Hagman in the lead roles. In 1963 he wrote the book for the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock musical ""She Loves Me"", which garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Author of a Musical. The musical, directed by Hal Prince, ran on Broadway for 301 performances. Three years later, when Hal Prince gained control of the rights to John Van Druten's play ""I Am a Camera"" and ""The Berlin Stories"" by Christopher Isherwood, he discarded the book for a musical adaptation already written by Sandy Wilson and hired Masteroff to fashion"
"to the influential movement called German Expressionism. ""Talkies"", the sound films, were also becoming more popular with the general public across Europe, and Berlin was producing very many of them. The so-called ""mystical arts"" also experienced a revival during this time-period in Berlin, with astrology, the occult, and esoteric religions and off-beat religious practices becoming more mainstream and acceptable to the masses as they entered popular culture. Berlin in the 1920s also proved to be a haven for English writers such as W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood, who wrote a series of 'Berlin novels', inspiring the play"
"at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre. In October 2016, Broadway is also where Bleu currently hangs his hat. The actor originated the leading role in ""Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical"" (originally titled ""Holiday Inn""), a musical based on the 1942 Academy Award-winning film of the same name. Returning to his tap dancing roots was ""like riding a bike"". His former Disney co-stars appear to be big fans of Bleu's new endeavor Lucas Grabeel and Zac Efron sent '90s kids' hearts aflutter when they stopped by a performance in October 2016. The Broadway alum and ""High School Musical"" favorite is"
"Grady McLeod Bowman, Barry Busby, Leslie Donna Flesner, Gaelen Gilliland, Albert Guerzon, Raymond J. Lee, George Merrick, Jessica Naimy, Zachary Prince, Catherine Ricafort, Jonalyn Saxer, Brendon Stimson, Erica Sweany, Cary Tedder, and Katie Webber. On March 31, the producers announced its closing on Broadway due to poor sales at the box office. According to ""Playbill"", ""The musical was praised by critics, but failed to catch on at the box office.""The show closed on Broadway on April 5, 2015. On March 12, 2017, the London premiere was given by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra conducted by Jason Robert Brown in a"
"discovered that producer David Black's option on both the 1951 Van Druten play and its source material by Christopher Isherwood had lapsed and been acquired by Harold Prince. Prince commissioned Joe Masteroff to work on the book. When Prince and Masteroff agreed that Wilson's score failed to capture the essence of late-1920s Berlin, John Kander and Fred Ebb were invited to join the project. The new version was initially a dramatic play preceded by a prologue of songs describing the Berlin atmosphere from various points of view. As the composers began to distribute the songs between scenes, they realized the"
"I Am a Camera I Am a Camera is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's novel ""Goodbye to Berlin"", which is part of ""The Berlin Stories"". The title is a quote taken from the novel's first page: """"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking""."" The original production was staged by John Van Druten, with scenic and lighting design by Boris Aronson and costumes by Ellen Goldsborough. It opened at the Empire Theatre in New York City on November 28, 1951 and ran for 214 performances before closing on"
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical based on the 1831 novel of the same name written by Victor Hugo with songs from the 1996 Walt Disney Animation Studios film adaptation. The musical premiered in 1999 in Berlin, Germany as Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (""""The Bellringer of Notre Dame""""). It was produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, the company's first musical to premiere outside the U.S. It ran for three years, becoming one of Berlin's longest-running musicals. The English-language musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame had its debut at La Jolla Playhouse in"
"you want to let the feelings show"" (""I Am a Camera""). The line ""taken in tranquillity"" is also absent from the Buggles song, but reappears on the ""12"" Mix"", which was added as a bonus song for ZTT's (Trevor Horn's own label) 2010 re-release of ""Adventures in Modern Recording"". The line ""I am a camera"" is a quote from Christopher Isherwood's ""Goodbye to Berlin"" (1939). The full sentence reads, ""I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking."" There was also a play (1951) and subsequent film (1955) based on the novel under the name ""I"
"Weimar Berlin into a quest for sexual and intellectual emancipation, and argues that his homosexuality, far from a marginal private shame to be suppressed, was a central element in his human and creative development, an identity he cherished and shared with many others (""my tribe"", ""my kind""), with whom he felt a special kinship. This remarkably candid autobiography was, in Isherwood's view, the way to discharge the obligation he felt due to ""his kind"", and thus make his own contribution to the cause of gay liberation. ""Christopher and His Kind"", directed by Geoffrey Sax, and starring Matt Smith as Isherwood,"
"the musical closed having lost money. A US National tour began on February 20, 2000, through April 1, 2001, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom with Douglas Sills re-creating his role and with Amy Bodnar as Marguerite and William Paul Michals as Chauvelin. Sills was replaced by Robert Patteri and finally Ron Bohmer. The musical has had numerous regional US productions and has been produced in Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, Malta, and Norway, among others. It has also been produced by the Japanese Takarazuka Revue, which had previously commissioned ""Never Say Goodbye"" from Frank"
"to be careful about is the word hunchback, which we have to use in the title."" The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The film was adapted into a darker, more Gothic musical production, re-written and directed by James Lapine and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, in Berlin, Germany. The musical ""Der Glöckner von Notre Dame"" (translated in English as ""The Bellringer of Notre Dame"") was very successful and played from 1999 to 2002, before closing. A cast recording was also recorded in German. An English-language revival of the musical premiered in San Diego on October"
"previews and 69 performances. It was nominated for 3 Tony Awards and 6 Drama Desk Awards. With new direction and production design, the musical transferred to London and opened at the Playhouse Theatre in January 2015, where it received mixed to positive reviews and 2 Laurence Olivier Award nominations. It closed in May of that year. In October 2009, a workshop reading for the Lincoln Center Theater production of the musical was held, featuring Salma Hayek, Jessica Biel, Matthew Morrison and Paulo Szot. Patti LuPone, Tom Hewitt, and Sherie Rene Scott were in workshop readings of the musical in March"
"Christopher and His Kind (film) Christopher and His Kind is a 2011 BBC television film. It tells the story of Christopher Isherwood's life in Berlin in the early 1930s. The film, adapted by Kevin Elyot from Isherwood's autobiography ""Christopher and His Kind"", was produced by Mammoth Screen and directed by Geoffrey Sax. Isherwood is played by Matt Smith, whilst the cast also includes Douglas Booth, Imogen Poots, Pip Carter, Toby Jones and Alexander Dreymon. In Los Angeles in 1976, Christopher Isherwood begins writing his memoir. The film flashes back to 1931 as Christopher prepares to leave England for Germany, against"
"Music Man, The Robe, Hello, Dolly!, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Phantom Of The Opera, RENT, Anne of Green Gables, Annie, The Pink Panther, Titanic, The Miracle Worker, The Fiddler on the Roof, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney’s Mary Poppins and Disney’s Tarzan. The NRCA SQUIRE THEATRE is excited to announce our 2016-2017 season of excellence on the stage! We have entitled this year as THE YEAR OF THE CLASSICS. From Irving Berlin’s holiday favorite, WHITE CHRISTMAS, to one of Broadway’s most celebrated musicals, WEST SIDE STORY, this year will be a memorable one! The dance department"
"in Berlin. On Motzstraße #6 the American Church was located between 1903 and 1944, when an Allied air raid destroyed it many other buildings in the area. Even hundred years ago, from the Teens to the Thirties of the 20th century, the area around Motzstraße was recognised as a gay-friendly neighbourhood. The famous Piscator Theatre (later Metropol Theatre), Metropol cinema, Metropol discothek, now Goya club), the infamous Eldorado bar, and countless other gay venues attracted big crowds of open-minded followers. The renowned British-American author Christopher Isherwood lived just around the corner in Nollendorfstraße, where he was remarkably inspired to write"
"teamed up again to write a musical version of the film ""Rocky"", titled ""Rocky the Musical"". The show premiered in Hamburg, Germany in October 2012. The musical has a book by Thomas Meehan. ""Rocky the Musical"" premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on February 11, 2014 (previews), officially opening on March 13, 2014. The musical is directed by Alex Timbers, with boxing choreography by Steven Hoggett and choreography by Kelly Devine. The former occupant of the Winter Garden Theatre, the musical ""Mamma Mia!"", transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre in late 2013. He wrote the music for a new"
"Christopher and His Kind Christopher and His Kind is a memoir by Christopher Isherwood, published in 1976 by Sylvester & Orphanos, in which he expounded events in his life from 1929 to 1939, including his years in Berlin which were the inspiration for his popular novel ""Goodbye to Berlin."" Isherwood decided late in his life that he had a moral obligation to renounce the self-censorship that marked his early novels, specifically the excision of any hint of his homosexuality. Accordingly, in ""Christopher and His Kind"" he recounts his experiences as a young gay man enticed by the liberated atmosphere of"