Cabaret / book by Joe Masteroff based on the play by John van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb ; directed by Amanda Dehnert, 2008 - house program. 2008.

Stratford Festival Collection.

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Ebb, Fred, 1928-2004

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Fred Ebb was born in the Bronx on April 8, 1928. He grew up in New York and studied at New York University and Columbia University. By 1951, songs with Ebb lyrics were being published and one of his early efforts was recorded by Judy Garland. Ebb's primary collaborator throughout the 1950s was Paul Klein, though he worked with several composers, including Mary Rodgers and Charles Strouse. With Klein, Ebb wrote many songs, some of which were in the Broadway revue, From A to Z (1960) as well as se...

Kander, John, 1927-

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John Kander, born March 18, 1927, composer, known for his work in the musical theater. He is a frequent collaborator with Fred Ebb....

Dehnert, Amanda

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist André Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Masteroff, Joe

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Van Druten, John, 1901-1957

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John William Van Druten (1901-1957) was a playwright, director, screenwriter, and novelist. In England, where he was born, he was a solicitor and lectured on English law and legal history at the University College of Wales. His first successful play was Young Woodley which played in London and New York. In addition to his later plays which were mostly comedies, he wrote novels and directed musicals. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. ...