Cabaret is a signature song from the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on Isherwood’s Berlin stories. The original Broadway Sally Bowles, played by Jill Haworth, performs the number in Act II at the Kit Kat Klub, declaring that life is a cabaret even as the Nazi rise begins to shadow the city. It first appeared on the original Broadway cast recording released in 1966. The tune was later popularized again by the 1972 film adaptation starring Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles, with the song included on the film soundtrack. The piece is a show tune with a jazzy cabaret feel, and it helped establish Kander and Ebb as leading composers in musical theatre.
