Cabaret (OBC1966)

COMPANY: Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Fremder, Etranger, Stanger, Glcklich zu sehen, Je suis enchant, Happy to see you, M.C.: Bleibe, reste, stay. Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret, To Cabaret! Meine Damen und Herren- Mes dames et Messieurs- Ladies and Gentlemen, Where are your troubles now? Forgotten, I told you so! We have no troubles here Here life is beautiful. The girls are beautiful. Even the orchestra is beautiful. [The Band plays] HERR SCHULTZ: Meeskite means- Meeskite, Meeskite Once upon a time there was a Meeskite, Meeskite Looking in the mirror And he would say 'what an awful shock, I've got a face that could stop a clock' Meeskite, Meeskite COMPANY: Glcklich zu sehen, Je suis enchant, Happy to see you-- FRULEIN SCHNEIDER: For the sun will rise and the moon will set, And you'll learn how to settle for what you get, It'll all go on if we're here or not, So, who cares-- So, who cares, so what? COMPANY: Fremder, Etranger, Stanger, Glcklich zu sehen, Je suis enchant-- SALLY BOWLES: I made my up back in Chelsea When I go, I'm going like Elsie, ...Go cradle to tumb Isn't that a longer stay Life is a cabaret old chum Life is a cabaret old chum Life is a cabaret old chum M.C.: Aufwiedershen! bientt! Good night!

EMCEE: And now—once again—Fraulein Sally Bowles! (SALLY enters and sings) SALLY: What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret. Put down the knitting, the book and the broom, Time for a holiday. Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret. Come taste the wine, Come hear the band, Come blow a horn, start celebrating. Right this way, your table's waiting. No use permitting some prophet of doom To wipe every smile away. Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret. I used to have a girl friend known as Elsie With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea. She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower; As a matter of fact, she rented by the hour. The day she died the neighbors came to snicker, "Well, that's what comes of too much pills and liquor." But when I saw her laid out like a queen, She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen. I think of Elsie to this very day. I remember how she'd turn to me and say... (SALLY has walked off the Kit Kat Klub stage. She heads directly downstage as the Kit Kat Klub disappears. SALLY stands alone) What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret. Put down the knitting, the book and the broom, Time for a holiday. Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret. And as for me, as for me, I made my mind up back in Chelsea. When I go, I'm going like Elsie! Start by admitting from cradle to tomb Isn't that long a stay. Life is a cabaret, old chum, Only a cabaret, old chum, And I love a cabaretl

FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: With time rushing by, What would you do? With the clock running down, What would you do? The young always have the cure- Being brave, being sure And free, But imagine if you were me. Alone like me, And this is the only world you know. Some rooms to let— The sum of a lifetime, even so. I'll take your advice. What would you do? Would you pay the price? What would you do? Suppose simply keeping still Means you manage until the end? What would you do, My brave young friend? Grown old like me, With neither the will nor wish to run; Grown tired like me, Who hurries for bed when day is done; Grown wise like me, Who isn't at war with anyone— Not anyone! With a storm in the wind, What would you do? Suppose you're one frightened voice Being told what the choice must be. Go on, tell me, I will listen. What would you do If you were me?

EMCEE: (Singing) I know what you're thinking— You wonder why I chose her Out of all the ladies in the world. That's just a first impression— What good's a first impression? If you knew her like I do, It would change your point of view. If you could see her through my eyes, You wouldn't wonder at all. If you could see her through my eyes, I guarantee you would fall like I did. When we're in public together, I hear society groan. But if they could see her through my eyes, Maybe they'd leave us alone. How can I speak of her virtues? I don't know where to begin: She's clever, she's smart, she reads music, She doesn't smoke or drink gin like I do. Yet when we're walking together, They sneer if I'm holding her hand. But if they could see her through my eyes, Maybe they'd all understand. (They waltz) I understand your objection, I grant you the problem's not small. But if you could see her through my eyes, She isn't a meeskite at all!

Intérpretes: Sally Bowles: JILL HAWORTH Cliff Bradshaw: BERT CONVY Master of Ceremonies: JOEL GREY Fraulein Schneider: LOTTE LENYA Herr Schultz: JACK GILFORD Ernst Ludwig: EDWARD WINTER Fraulein Kost: PEG MURRAY Victor: BERT MICHAELS Rosie: BONNIE WALKER Texas: KATHIE DALTON Frenchie: BARBARA ALSTON Bobby: JERE ADMIRE Max: JOHN HERBERT

SCHULTZ sees to it that everyone is seated and ready) Now—the only word you have to know in order to understand my little song is the Yiddish word: "meeskite." "Meeskite" means ugly, funny-looking. "Meeskite" means... (He sings) Meeskite, Meeskite, Once upon a time there was a meeskite, meeskite, Looking in the mirror he would say, "What an awful shock, I got a face that could stop a clock." Meeskite, meeskite, Such a pity on him, he's a meeskite, meeskite, God up in his heaven left him out on a shaky limb, He put a meeskite on him. But listen, he grew up. Even meeskites grow up. (He sings again) And soon in the Chader (that means Hebrew school) He sat beside this little girl And when he asked her her name she replied, "I'm Pearl." He ran to the Zayda (that means grandfather) And said in that screechy voice of his, "You told me I was the homeliest! Well, Cramps, you're wrong. Pearl is! "Meeskite, meeskite, No one ever saw a bigger meeskite, meeskite, Everywhere a flaw and maybe that is the reason why I'm going to love her until I die. "Meeskite, meeskite, Oh, is it a pleasure she's a meeskite, meeskite, She's the one I'll treasure, for I thought there could, never be A bigger meeskite than me." So, they were married, And in a year she turned and smiled: "I'm afraid I am going to have ... a child." Nine months she carried, Worrying how that child would look, And all the cousins were worried too. But what a turn fate took! Gorgeous, gorgeous, They produced a baby that was gorgeous, gorgeous, Crowding round the cradle all the relatives aahed and oohed, "He ought to pose for a baby food. "Gorgeous, gorgeous, Would 1 tell a lie? He's simply gorgeous, gorgeous, Who'd have ever thought that we would see such a flawless gem Out of two meeskites like them?" Sing with me, somebody? Fraulein Schneider? Herr Ludwig—we make a duet? Sally? (SALLY comes forward and sings with HERR SCHULTZ) SCHULTZ: He made a meeskite of me. Now, wait! The story has a moral! All my stories have morals! Moral, moral, Yes indeed, the story has a moral, moral, Though you're not a beauty it is nevertheless quite true, There may bå beautiful things in you. Meeskite, meeskite, Listen to the fable of the meeskite, meeskite, Anyone responsible for loveliness, large or small, Is not a meeskite At all!

SCHULTZ: How the world can change, It can change like that Due to one little word- Married. See a palace rise From a two-room flat Due to one little word- Married And the old despair That was often there Suddenly ceases to be. For you wake one day, Look around and say, Somebody wonderful Married me. FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: (Singing) How the world can change, It can change like that Due to one little word— SCHULTZ and FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: Married. FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: See a palace rise From a two-room flat Due to one little word— SCHULTZ and FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: Married. FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: And the old despair That was often there Suddenly ceases to be. SCHULTZ and FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: For you wake one day, Look around and say, SCHULTZ: Somebody wonderful, FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: Somebody wonderful SCHULTZ and FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: Married me.

EMCEE My father needs money, My uncle needs money, My mother is thin as a reed. But me, I'm sitting pretty - I've got cul the money I need. My dearest friend Fritzy Is out of his - wits, he Has four starving children to feed. But me, I'm sitting pretty - I've got all the money I need. I know my little cousin Eric Has his creditors hysterical, And also Cousin Herman Had to pawn his mother's ermine, And my sister and my brother Took to hocking one another, too. But I've got some talents Which build up my balance, So even my bankers agreed That me, I'm sitting pretty - I've got all the money I need. I know my little cousin Eric Has his creditors hysterical, And also Cousin Herman Had to pawn his mother's ermine, And my sister and my brother Took to hocking one another, too. But, I'm not a nincompoop. I've got an income you Put in the bank to accrue. Yes, me, I'm sitting pretty - Life is pretty sitting with you!

Why should I wake up? This dream is going so well. When you're enchanted, Why break the spell? Drifting in this euphoric state, Morning can wait. Let it come late. Why should I wake up? Why waste a drop of the wine? Don't I adore you? And aren't you mine? Maybe I'll someday be lonely again. But why should I wake up till then? Drifting in this euphoric state, Morning can wait. Let it come late. Why should I wake up? Why waste a drop of the wine? Don't I adore you? And aren't you mine? Maybe I'll someday be lonely again. But why should I wake up, Why should I wake up till then?

The sun on the meadow is summery warm. The stag in the forest runs free. But gather together to greet the storm. Tomorrow belongs to me. The branch of the linden is leafy and green, The Rhine gives its gold to the sea. But somewhere a glory awaits unseen. Tomorrow belongs to me. Oh Fatherland, Fatherland, Show us the sign Your children have waited to see. The morning will come When the world is mine. Tomorrow belongs to me!

FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER If you brought me diamonds, If you brought me pearls, If you brought me roses Like some other gents Might bring to other girls, It couldn't please me more Than the gift I see; A pineapple for me. SCHULTZ If in your emotion You begin to sway Went to get some air Or grabbed a chair To keep from fainting dead away, It couldn't please me more Than to see you cling To the pineapple I bring. BOTH Ah... FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER I can hear Hawaiian breezes blow BOTH Ah... SCHULTZ It's from California FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER Even so. How am I to thank you? SCHULTZ Kindly let it pass, FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER Would you like a slice? SCHULTZ That might be nice, But frankly, it would give me gas. FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER Then we shall leave it here, Not ot eat, but see: BOTH A pineapple... FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER For me. SCHULTZ From me. BOTH Ah... dance [FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER (spoken)] But you must not bring me any more pineapples. Do you hear? It is not proper. It is a gift a young man would bring to his lady-love. it makes me blush. [SCHULTZ (spoken)] But there is no-one... no-one in all of Berlin who is more deserving. If I could, I would fill your entire room with pineapples! A pineapples For you, FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER From you. [BOTH (with Emcee)] Ah... Ah... [FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER (spoken)] I think I will lie down for a few moments. My head is spinning! SCHULTZ Fraulein Schneider... good evening. FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER Good evening, Herr Schultz. (Opens her bedroom door, turns to Schultz.) I am... overwhelmed! (She goes in and closes the door.)

M.C. and GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee dee, Bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee dee, Bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee dee. Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: Two ladies. GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: Two ladies. GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: And I'm the only man, ja! GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: I like it. GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: They like it. GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: This two for one! M.C. and GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. GIRLS: Two ladies. M.C.: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. GIRLS: Two ladies. M.C.: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. GIRLS: And he's the only man, M.C.: ja! Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. GIRLS: He likes it. M.C.: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. GIRLS: We like it. M.C.: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. GIRLS: This two for one! GIRL 1: I do the cooking GIRL 2: And I make the bed M.C.: I go out daily to earn our daily bread. But we've one thing in common GIRL 1: He, M.C.: She GIRL 2: And me, GIRL 1: The key, GIRL 2: The key, M.C.: The key. Eins, GIRL 2: Zwei, GIRL 1: Drei, ALL: Los! GIRLS: Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! M.C.: We switch partners daily To play as he please, GIRL 1: Twosie beats onsie, M.C.: But nothing beats threes. I sleep in the middle, GIRL 2: I'm left, GIRL 1: And I'm right. M.C.: But there's room on the bottom If you drop in some night! M.C. and GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. Two ladies. Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. Two ladies. Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: And he's the only man, ja! GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: I like it. GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: They like it. GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee. M.C.: This two for one! GIRLS: Bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee bee-dle-dee dee!

SALLY BOWLES: If anyone should ask you about me one day, Cliff, you have two alternatives You can either say, yes it's true, we're living in delicious sin, or you can Simply tell them the truth and say, I met this perfectly marvelous girl, In this perfectly wonderful place, As I lifted the glass to the start of this marvelous year Before you knew would she call on the phone inviting Next moment I was no longer alone, but set reciting Some perfectly beautiful buzz In my charming American style How I dazzled the senses with truly no less than a guile Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl In my perfectly beautiful room And we're living together and having a marvelous time... CLIFF: Oh, Sally, I'm afraid it wouldn't work. You're much too distracting. SALLY: Distracting? No, inspiring! She tells me perfectly marvelous tales Of her prettily scandalous life Which I'll probably use As a chapter or two in my book and since my stay in Berlin was to force creation What luck to fall on a fabulous source of stimulation That perfectly marvelous tool Is a perfect dream to be Just as still as a mouse fall I'm giving my novel a word Yes, I've the highly agreeable life In my perfectly beautiful room With my nearly invisible Perfectly marvelous girl. CLIFF: I met this truly remarkable girl In this really incredible town And she still fully managed to Talk away into my room SALLY: Oh, Cliff! CLIFF: I have a terrible feeling I said a dumb thing Besides I've only got one narrow bed... SALLY: We'll think of something! CLIFF: And now this wild unpredictable girl SALLY: And this perfectly beautiful man BOTH: We'll be living together And having a marvelous time!

-Hello! -Hello! -Sittin' all alone like that You happen to catch my eye Would you like to buy a girl a drink? -Sorry! -Oh, goodbye! -Hello! -Hello! -Table four is calling table nine, how are you, mister? -I get fine! -Sittin' all alone like that You happen to catch my eye Would you like to buy a girl a dance? -Yeah! Wait up! -Goodbye! -Hello! -Hello! -Hello! -Hello! -Table seven calling number three, How are you, handsome? -You mean me? -We can see you, can you see us? Would you like to have a dance? The rhythm to the music's hot, Maybe if we could talk it over here. -Hot, close, why not? -Alone, alone, You shouldn't sit alone like that Alone, alone, Alone in a night like this -Alone, alone, You shouldn't sit alone like that Alone, alone, Alone in a night like this -Yeah, look! -Hello! -Hello! -Hello! -Hello! Etc. -Table seven is calling number nine, how are you?... -Table eight is calling number two, how are you?... -Table five is calling number three, how are you?... -Sittin' all alone like that You happen to catch my eye Would you like to buy a girl a drink? Would you like to buy a man a drink? Would you like to buy a boy a drink? Will you? Why not? Goodbye!

MC And now, meine Damen und Herren... Mesdames et Messieurs... Ladies and Gentlemen- The Kit Kat Klub is proud to present a most talented young lady from England. Yes- England! I give you- and don't forget to give her back when you're finished with her- the toast of Mayfair... Fraulein Sally Bowles!! SALLY Mama Thinks I'm living in a convent, A secluded little convent In the southern part of France. Mama Doesn't even have an inkling That I'm working in a Nightclub In a pair of Lacy pants. So please, sir. If you run into my Mama, Don't reveal my indiscretion, Give a working girl a chance. Hush up, Don't tell Mama, Shush up, Don't tell Mama... Don't tell Mama, Whatever you do. If you had a secret, You bet I would keep it. I would never tell on you. I'm breaking every promise That I gave her, So won't you kindly do a girl A great big favor? And please, my sweet patater, Keep this from the Mater, Though my dance Is not against the law. You can tell my Papa, that's all right, 'Cause he comes in here every night, But don't tell Mama what you saw! ALL Mama Thinks I'm on a tour of Europe, With a couple of my school chums And a lady chaperone. Mama Doesn't even have an inling That I left them all in Antwerp And I'm touring on my own. So please, Sir If you run into my Mama Don't reveal my indiscretion. SALLY Just leave well enough alone. Hush up, ALL Don't tell Mama. SALLY Shush up, ALL Don't tell Mama; Don't tell Mama Whatever you do. SALLY If you had a secret, You bet I would keep it. ALL I would never tell on you. You wouldn't want to get me In a pickle, SALLY And have her go and cut me off Without a nickle. ALL So let's trust one another, Keep this from my mother, Though I'm still as pure as mountain snow. SALLY You can tell my Uncle Here and now 'Cause he's my agent anyhow, KIT KAT GIRLS But don't tell Mama what you know. SALLY You can tell my brother, That ain't grim 'Cause if her squeals on me I'll squeal on him, ALL But don't tell Mama, bitte Don't tell Mama, please, Sir. Don't tell Mama, what you know. GIRLS Sssh! Sssh! SALLY If you see my, Mummy, Mum's the word!

FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER You say fifty marks. I say one hundred marks, a [spoken in rythm] difference of fifty marks- Why should that stand in our way? As long as the room gets let, the fifty that I will get is fifty more that I had yesterday, Ja? When you're as old as I.. is anyone as old as I?- What difference does it make? An offer comes, you take. [sings] For the sun will rise And the moon will set And learn how to settle For what you get. It will all go on if we're here or not So who cares? So what? So who cares? So what? When I was a girl, My summers were spent by the sea. So what? And I had a maid Doing all of the house-work, not me. So what? Now I scrub all the floors And I wash down the walls And I empty the chamber pot. If it ended that way, Then it ended that way, And I shrug and I say: So what? For the sun will rise And the moon will set And learn how to settle For what you get. It will all go on if we're here or not So who cares? So what? So who cares? So what? When I had a man, My figure was dumpy and fat. So what? Through all of our years He was so disappointed in that. So what? Now I have what he missed And my figure is trim, But he lies in a churchyard plot If it wasn't to be That he ever would see The uncorseted me, So what? For the sun will rise And the moon will set And learn how to settle For what you get. It will all go on if we're here or not So who cares? So what? So who cares? So what? So once I was rich And now all my fortune is gone, So what? And love disappeared And only the memory lives on, And so what? If I've lived through all that (And I've lived through all that) Fifty marks doesn't mean a lot. If I like that you're here (And I like that you're here) Happy New Year, my dear, So what? For the sun will rise And the moon will set And learn how to settle For what you get. It will all go on if we're here or not So who cares? So what? So who cares? So what? It all goes on. So who cares? Who cares? Who cares? So what?

M.C.: Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Fremder, etranger, stranger Glücklich zu sehen, Je suis enchanté, Happy to see you, Bleibe, reste, stay. Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret, To Cabaret! Meine Damen und Herren- Mes dames et Messieurs- Ladies and Gentlemen, Guten Abend! Bon Soir! Good Evening! Wie geht's? Comment sa va? Do you feel good? Ich bin eur confrencier! Je suis votre compère, I am you host! Und sage. Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret, To Cabaret! Leave your troubles outside. So life is disappointing, forget it! In here life is beautiful. The girls are beautiful. Even the orchestra is beautiful. [The Band plays] And now presenting the cabaret girls! Each and everyone a virgin-- You don't believe me, Well, do not take my word for it, Go ahead, ask her! Ha ha ha! Outside it is Winter, but in here it is so hot! Ev'ry night we have the battle to keep the girls from taking off all their clothing, so don't go away, who knows, tonight we may lose the battle! GIRLS: Und sage. Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret, To Cabaret! M.C.: We are her to serve you! COMPANY: Bleibe, reste, stay. Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret...Wir sorgen! Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Fremder, Etranger, Stanger, Glücklich zu sehen, Je suis enchanté... M.C: Enchanté, Madame! Happy to see you, Happy to see you Bleibe, reste, stay. Und sage. COMPANY Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Fremder, Etranger, Stanger, Glücklich zu sehen, Je suis enchanté, Happy to see you, Bleibe, reste, stay. Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret, To Cabaret!