Cabaret

Cabaret

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Nov 13-16, 2025

Cabaret

“Stunning ... a masterpiece of musical theater penned as a cautionary tale and not at all leavened by the embrace of paradox.” —The Chicago Tribune

Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander 
Lyrics by Fred Ebb

As the 1920s draw to a close, in Berlin’s seedy Kit Kat Klub a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the cabaret. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, “Cabaret” explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

Students of the CU Boulder College of Music Musical Theatre program perform golden-age mainstays, contemporary Broadway hits, cabaret and developing new musicals.

Performance date and time

Thursday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.

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Buying options and discounts

Save 15-20% with season tickets. Available in the Choice 4, Choice 6 and as an Add-On to any other season ticket order. 

Single tickets will go on sale beginning Monday, Aug. 18. Remind me! Single ticket discounts available for groups (10+), seniors (65+), youth (K-12) and CU Boulder faculty, staff and students. Learn more

This production contains mature language, sexual content, depictions of violence and drug use, and sensitive themes including anti-Semitism, homophobia and abortion.

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