Good Bye To Musical Theatre

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It is a adaptation to musical theater of the novel Good bye to Berlin of Christopher Isherwood along with the script of Joe Masterwood and the music of John Kander. It is directed by Harold Price, it was released in Broadway the 20 of November of 1996. Currently , there is a tour by Spain with a new cast.
The background of the work is an important part of history, specifically, the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis; In the musical we can appreciate the fear of some characters and especially, in the end, that recreates a gas room.
Cabaret is the story of Cliff, an American novelist who travels to Germany; On the way he meets a man who helps him find a pension, in which the lodging house owner is in love with a Jew. During his nights in

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