Step into Ernst Wolzogen's Motley Theater, Max Reinhardt's Sound and Smoke, Rudolf Nelson's Chat noir, and Friedrich Hollaender's Tingel-Tangel. Enjoy Claire Wa
Three idiosyncratically macabre cabaret-restaurants in Monmartre, each with its own grotesque portrayal of the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness. Fro
"A splendid introduction to the world of the European cabaret in the first period of its meteoric rise as a form of artistic creativity."--Harold Segel
Traces the history of the European cabaret, discusses the types of entertainment that developed in cabarets, and explains their connection with avant-garde move
Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and