Cabaret and Gay Berlin

2014 saw the return of probably the most famous musical set in the diesel era, Cabaret.  The Broadway revival features the return of Alan Cumming as the emcee and currently stars Emma Stone as Sally Bowles.

Stacey Sipowicz, Alan Cumming, Emma Stone, Benjamin Eakeley,
Andrea Goss, and Kaleigh Cronin of Cabaret.
By Pari Dukovic/ Vanity Fair

Earlier in the year, Mr. Cumming gave an interview with Fresh Air about assuming the role for the third time and the underlying messages of the musical.  Click here to listen.

Also on Fresh Air was author Robert Beachy, who wrote a book about the LGBT scene in Berlin during the 1920s and 1930s.  Gay Berlin recounts the real history behind the decadent Weimar subculture that inspired Cabaret.  You can listen to the interview here.