Cabaret
by University of Texas Theatre & Dance
Oct. 30 - Nov. 09
Thursdays-Sundays
Texas Theatre and Dance presents Cabaret, a bold and compelling musical about the dangers of complacency. In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany descends into fascism.
Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don't Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.”
Directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz.
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Cabaret
by Kander and Ebb, based on Christopher Isherwood's stories
University of Texas Theatre & Dance
October 30 - November 09, 2025
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. (PREVIEW)
October 31 at 7:30 p.m.
November 2, 5, 7-8 at 7:30 p.m.
November 2, 9 at 2:00 p.m.
B. Iden Payne Theatre, Winship Drama Bldg, University of Texas, Austin
