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Cabaret

Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Joe Masteroff
French adaptation: Jérôme Savary

  • Original production

Opened 18 February 1987 at the Théâtre Mogador, Paris. The show had previously had its French premiere on 13 May 1986 at the Carrefour Européen du Théâtre/Théâtre du Huitième in Lyon.
Closed 25 July 1987, then opened again 11 September 1987 for another limited engagement till 21 February 1988. Altogether, this production ran for 270 performances. It was reportedly seen by nearly 400,000 people in Paris and by 600,000 more when it went on tour to Germany, Spain and Israel.
Cast: Ute Lemper (Sally Bowles), Magali Noël, Yann Babilée, Michel Dussarat
Director: Jérôme Savary

  • Other productions

This same production was revived 8 years later.

Opened 24 January 1995 at the Théâtre Mogador, Paris.
Cast: Dee Dee Bridgewater (Sally Bowles), Michel Dussarrat (Le Maître de cérémonie), Marc Lavoine (Clifford Bradshaw), Jacqueline Danno (Fraulein Schneider), Louis Navarre (Herr Schultz), Marie-José Escobar (Fraulein Kost), Ralph Zaiser (Ernst Ludwig), Véronique Bandelier, Bénédicte Charpiat, Sophie Nicoleau, Magaly Noirclerc, Ashlee Prouty, Patricia Setbon, Rachel Snow, Catherine Toublanc, Christophe Danchaud, Marc Forno, Antoine Gerez, Thierry Vizioli Walker, Jeffery Smith, Wahid Lamamra.
Director: Jérôme Savary
Set: Michel Lebois
Costumes: Michel Dussarrat
Lighting: Alain Poisson
Conductor: Hervé Sellin
Choreographer: Jean Moussy

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Artwork for the 1995 production.

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