Cabaret

As part of my assessments for one of my subjects, is to put on a class performance of an abridged version of the musical 'Cabaret'. I'm really excited about it, because it is such an incredible musical and the first ever concept musical too, which makes the storyline even more interesting to analyse and study. If you aren't aware of the story, it is set during the early 30's in Germany, where the rise in Nazism was occurring and this is constantly in the foreground of the musical. However, on top of the underlying politics of the time, there are coincidental character plots that take place, the main ones featuring the character of Sally Bowles and Clifford Bradshow.

Because our class presentation has to be kept short, we selected only a few scenes and a few songs from the musical, one of them being 'Cabaret' which happens to be the song that I, along with two of my other friends, will be singing. It's a great song, so I'm really happy to have the excuse to sing it again, because I remember when I was little loving the song so much, that I would perform it to my grandma. Imagine a seven year old singing 'Cabaret' to her grandmother? It was only years later that I realised I what I was actually singing about... I guess that can be added to my list of awkward moments.

Famously known by the 1972 movie with Liza Minnelli, this is her singing 'Cabaret':