"Cabaret" combines high drama, realistic if unconventional morality, and strong characters with astounding melodies. It was based on the play "I Am a Camera" by John van Druten. John Kander, the composer of Cabaret pushed the music into serious moral and Musical terrain. With the emergence of popular music threatening his career as a theatre composer he took his chances and tried a new style of musical. 'When popular music seemed to stop caring about theatre music, People who wrote for the theatre stopped writing for the market. The musical naturally became more experimental' (Esther, John…
