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| − | Cabaret singer in pre-WWII Germany. Her many phased history includes: | + | Cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Klub in pre-WWII Berlin, Germany as the Nazi tide rises ominously around her. |
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*Christopher Isherwood's 1937 novella ''Sally Bowles''. | *Christopher Isherwood's 1937 novella ''Sally Bowles''. | ||
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*John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff turned ''I Am a Camera'' into the stage musical ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_(musical) Cabaret]''. | *John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff turned ''I Am a Camera'' into the stage musical ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_(musical) Cabaret]''. | ||
*Bob Fosse then directed the best known, classic, 1972 film version, ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068327/combined Cabaret]'', where Liza Minelli played Bowles. | *Bob Fosse then directed the best known, classic, 1972 film version, ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068327/combined Cabaret]'', where Liza Minelli played Bowles. | ||
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Phew. You've come a long way, baby. | Phew. You've come a long way, baby. | ||
Revision as of 11:15, 19 October 2017
Cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Klub in pre-WWII Berlin, Germany as the Nazi tide rises ominously around her.
Her many phased history includes:
- Christopher Isherwood's 1937 novella Sally Bowles.
- Isherwood then included or adapted the material into his 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin.
- John Van Druten then adapted that novel into his 1951 stage play I Am a Camera.
- Van Druten's play was adapted into a film of the same name in 1955.
- John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff turned I Am a Camera into the stage musical Cabaret.
- Bob Fosse then directed the best known, classic, 1972 film version, Cabaret, where Liza Minelli played Bowles.
Phew. You've come a long way, baby.
