Playbill from the 1987 Broadway revival of <i>Cabaret</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1987-11
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Grey, Joel
label: maker
content: Playbill, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An issue of the theatrical magazine Playbill, distributed as a program at a performance of <i>Cabaret</i> at New York’s Imperial Theatre during the 1987-1988 revival of the musical. The front cover of the Playbill features an image of Joel Grey in costume as the Emcee, with the show’s title illustrated in script stylized like lights in a marquee.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The musical Cabaret premiered on Broadway in 1966. With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff, the show was an adaptation of John Van Druten's 1951 play <i>I Am a Camera</i>, which itself was based on Christopher Isherwood's 1939 memoir <i>Goodbye to Berlin</i>. <i>Cabaret</i> is the story of love triangle centered around Berlin's Kit Kat Klub amidst the decadence, corruption, and political intrigue of the Weimar Republic era. The musical was celebrated for its originality, but was also controversial for its moral ambiguity, frank sensuality, and mature themes, including homosexuality, abortion, anti-semitism, and the rise of the Nazi party. In 1972, director Bob Fosse adapted <i>Cabaret</i> as a critically- lauded and popular film.
label: Description (Brief)
content: For his performances as the impish, leering Emcee in both the stage and film productions, Grey won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Broadway Musical in 1967 and Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1972.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Joel Grey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0374.07
label: accession number
content: 1989.0374
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0374.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: playbill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 5 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm