Editing Cabaret

{{short description|Venue for a variety show of music and theatrical revue}}
{{Other uses|Kabarett|Cabaret (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French - At the Moulin Rouge- The Dance - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], ''[[At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance]]'', 1890]]
'''Cabaret''' is a form of theatrical [[entertainment]] featuring music song, dance, [[recitation]], or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to Music|last=Latham|first=Alison|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|isbn=9780198662129|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780198662129/page/189 189]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780198662129/page/189}}</ref> with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, does not typically dance but usually sits at tables. Performances are usually introduced by a [[master of ceremonies]] (M.C.). The entertainment, as performed by an ensemble of actors and according to its European origins, is often (but not always) oriented towards adult audiences and of a clearly [[underground music|underground]] nature. In the United States, [[striptease]], [[American burlesque|burlesque]], [[drag show]]s, or a [[solo (music)|solo vocalist]] with a pianist, as well as the [[Music venue|venues]] which offer this entertainment, are often advertised as cabarets.

==Etymology==
The term originally came from [[Picard language]] or [[Walloon language]] words ''camberete'' or ''cambret'' for a small room (12th century). The first printed use of the word ''kaberet'' is found in a document from 1275 in [[Tournai]]. The term was used from the 13th century in [[Middle Dutch]] to mean an inexpensive inn or restaurant (''caberet'', ''cabret'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/cabaret|title=Etymology of Cabaret|publisher=Ortolong: site of the Centre National des Resources Textuelles et Lexicales|language=fr|access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref>

The word ''cambret'' is itself probably derived from an earlier form of ''chambrette'' or "little room", or from the Norman French ''chamber'' meaning "tavern", itself derived from the Late Latin word ''camera'' meaning an arched roof.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cabaret|title=Cabaret definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary|website=www.collinsdictionary.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref>

==National history==

===France (from 15th century)===
Cabarets had appeared in Paris by at least the late 15th century. They were distinguished from taverns because they served food as well as wine, the table was covered with a cloth, and the price was charged by the plate, not the mug.<ref name="fierro">{{cite book|last=Fierro|first=Alfred|title=Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris|publisher=Robert Laffont|year=1996|isbn=2-221-07862-4}}, page 737</ref>
They were not particularly associated with entertainment even if musicians sometimes performed in both.<ref name="chev">Jim Chevallier, ''A History of the Food of Paris: From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites'', 2018, {{isbn|1442272821}}, pp. 67-80</ref> Early on, cabarets were considered better than taverns; by the end of the sixteenth century, they were the preferred place to dine out. In the 17th century, a clearer distinction emerged when taverns were limited to selling wine, and later to serving roast meats.

Cabarets were frequently used as meeting places for writers, actors, friends and artists. Writers such as [[La Fontaine]], [[Moliere]] and [[Jean Racine]] were known to frequent a cabaret called the ''Mouton Blanc'' on rue du Vieux-Colombier, and later the ''Croix de Lorraine'' on the modern rue Bourg-Tibourg. In 1773, French poets, painters, musicians and writers began to meet in a cabaret called ''Le Caveau'' on rue de Buci, where they composed and sang songs. The Caveau continued until 1816, when it was forced to close because its clients wrote songs mocking the royal government.<ref name="fierro" />

====Entertainment venues====
[[File:Café des aveugles.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|The ''Café des Aveugles'' ("Café of the Blind") in the cellars of the [[Palais-Royal]] at the beginning of the 19th century]]
In the 18th century, the ''café-concert'' or ''[[café-chantant]]'' appeared, which offered food along with music, singers, or magicians. The most famous was the ''Cafe des Aveugles'' in the cellars of the [[Palais-Royal]], which had a small orchestra of blind musicians. In the early 19th century, many cafés-chantants appeared around the city; the most famous were the [[Café des Ambassadeurs]] (1843) on the [[Champs-Élysées]] and the Eldorado (1858) on boulevard Strasbourg. By 1900, there were more than 150 cafés-chantants in Paris.<ref>Fierro (1996), page 744</ref>
[[File:Santiago Rusiñol - Portrait of Erik Satie Playing the Harmonium - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|The composer [[Eric Satie]] playing the harmonium at {{Lang|fr|[[Le Chat Noir]]|italic=no}} (1880s)]]
The first cabaret in the modern sense was {{Lang|fr|[[Le Chat Noir]]|italic=no}} in the bohemian neighborhood of [[Montmartre]], created in 1881 by [[Rodolphe Salis]], a theatrical agent and entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bonjourparis.com/archives/chat-noir-montmartre-cabaret/|title=Le Chat Noir: Historic Montmartre Cabaret|last=Meakin|first=Anna|date=2011-12-19|work=Bonjour Paris|access-date=2017-08-12|language=en-GB}}</ref> It combined music and other entertainment with political commentary and satire.<ref>(Haine 8).{{cite book|last=Haine|first=W.Scott|title=The Thinking Space: The Café as a Cultural Institution in Paris, Italy and Vienna|year=2013|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=9781409438793|pages=8|url=http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409438793|access-date=2013-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923185544/http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409438793|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> The {{Lang|fr|Chat Noir|italic=no}} brought together the wealthy and famous of Paris with the bohemians and artists of Montmartre and the [[Quartier Pigalle|Pigalle]]. Its clientele "was a mixture of writers and painters, of journalists and students, of employees and high-livers, as well as models, prostitutes and true grand dames searching for exotic experiences."<ref name="Fierro, pg. 738">Cited in Fierro, ''Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris'', pg. 738</ref> The host was Salis himself, calling himself a gentleman-''cabaretier''; he began each show with a monologue mocking the wealthy, ridiculing the deputies of the National Assembly, and making jokes about the events of the day. The cabaret was too small for the crowds trying to get in; at midnight on June 10, 1885, Salis and his customers moved down the street to a larger new club at 12 rue de Laval, which had a decor described as "A sort of Beirut with Chinese influences." The composer [[Eric Satie]], after finishing his studies at the Conservatory, earned his living playing the piano at the {{Lang|fr|Chat Noir|italic=no}}.<ref name="Fierro, pg. 738"/>
[[File:GOUDEAU&VIDAL - Au Moulin Rouge.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Moulin Rouge]] in 1893]]
[[Image:Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen - Tournée du Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis (Tour of Rodolphe Salis' Chat Noir) - Google Art Project.jpg|right|thumb|1896 advertisement for a tour of the first French cabaret show, {{Lang|fr|[[Le Chat Noir]]|italic=no}}.]]
By 1896, there were 56 cabarets and cafes with music in Paris, along with a dozen music halls. The cabarets did not have a high reputation; one critic wrote in 1897 that "they sell drinks which are worth fifteen centimes along with verses which, for the most part, are worth nothing."<ref name="Fierro, pg. 738" /> The traditional cabarets, with monologues and songs and little decor, were replaced by more specialized venues; some, like the ''Boite a Fursy'' (1899), specialized in current events, politics and satire. Some were purely theatrical, producing short scenes of plays. Some focused on the macabre or erotic. The ''Caberet de la fin du Monde'' had servers dressed as Greek and Roman gods and presented living tableaus that were between erotic and pornographic.<ref name="Fierro 1996 page 738">Fierro (1996) page 738</ref>

By the end of the century, there were only a few cabarets of the old style remaining where artists and bohemians gathered. They included the ''[[Théâtre des Noctambules|Cabaret des noctambules]]'' on Rue Champollion on the Left Bank; the [[Lapin Agile]] at Montmartre; and ''Le Soleil d'or'' at the corner of the quai Saint-Michel and boulevard Saint-Michel, where poets including [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] and [[André Salmon]] met to share their work.<ref name="Fierro 1996 page 738"/>

The [[music hall#Music halls of Paris|music hall]], first invented in London, appeared in Paris in 1862. It offered more lavish musical and theatrical productions, with elaborate costumes, singing, and dancing. The theaters of Paris, fearing competition from the music halls, had a law passed by the National Assembly forbidding music hall performers to wear costumes, dance, wear wigs, or recite dialogue. The law was challenged by the owner of the music hall ''Eldorado'' in 1867, who put a former famous actress from the Comédie-Française on stage to recite verse from Corneille and Racine. The public took the side of the music halls, and the law was repealed.<ref name="Fierro 1996, page=1006"/>

The [[Moulin Rouge]] was opened in 1889 by the Catalan Joseph Oller. It was greatly prominent because of the large red imitation windmill on its roof, and became the birthplace of the dance known as the French [[Cancan]]. It helped make famous the singers [[Mistinguett]] and [[Édith Piaf]] and the painter [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Toulouse-Lautrec]], who made posters for the venue. The ''Olympia'', also run by Oller, was the first to be called a music hall; it opened in 1893, followed by the Alhambra Music Hall in 1902, and the Printania in 1903. The Printania, open only in summer, had a large ''music garden'' which seated twelve thousand spectators, and produced dinner shows which presented twenty-three different acts, including singers, acrobats, horses, mimes, jugglers, lions, bears and elephants, with two shows a day.<ref name="Fierro 1996, page=1006">Fierro (1996), page 1006</ref>

In the 20th century, the competition from motion pictures forced the dance halls to put on shows that were more spectacular and more complex. In 1911, the producer Jacques Charles of the [[Olympia Paris]] created the grand staircase as a setting for his shows, competing with its great rival, the [[Folies Bergère]] which had been founded in 1869. Its stars in the 1920s included the American singer and dancer [[Josephine Baker]]. The [[Casino de Paris]], directed by Leon Volterra and then Henri Varna, presented many famous French singers, including Mistinguett, [[Maurice Chevalier]], and [[Tino Rossi]].<ref name="Fierro 1996, page=1006"/>

[[Le Lido]] on the Champs-Élysées opened in 1946, presenting Édith Piaf, [[Laurel and Hardy]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Marlene Dietrich]], [[Maurice Chevalier]], and [[Noël Coward]]. The [[Crazy Horse (cabaret)|Crazy Horse Saloon]], featuring striptease, dance, and magic, opened in 1951. The Olympia Paris went through a number of years as a movie theater before being revived as a music hall and concert stage in 1954. Performers there included Piaf, Dietrich, [[Miles Davis]], [[Judy Garland]], and the [[Grateful Dead]]. A handful of music halls exist today in Paris, attended mostly by visitors to the city; and a number of more traditional cabarets, with music and satire, can be found.

==={{anchor|Dutch cabaret}}Netherlands (from 1885)===
[[File:Wim Kan tijdens Oudejaarsconference 1979 Wim Kan, Bestanddeelnr 253-8142.jpg|thumb|[[Wim Kan]] gives a [[oudejaarsconference]] (1979).]]
In the Netherlands, cabaret or ''kleinkunst'' (literally: "small art") is a popular form of entertainment, usually performed in theatres. The birth date of Dutch cabaret is usually set at August 19, 1895.<ref>Willem Frijhoff, Marijke Spies (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=PwaRGhi24qEC&pg=PA507 ''Dutch Culture in a European Perspective: 1900, the age of bourgeois culture''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522204637/https://books.google.com/books?id=PwaRGhi24qEC&pg=PA507 |date=2016-05-22 }}, p.507</ref> In Amsterdam, there is the Kleinkunstacademie (English: Cabaret Academy). It is often a mixture of (stand-up) comedy, theatre, and music and often includes social themes and political satire. In the mid twentieth century, "the big three" were [[Wim Sonneveld]], [[Wim Kan]], and [[Toon Hermans]].

Nowadays, many cabaret performances by popular comedians are broadcast on national television, especially on New Year's Eve, when the [[oudejaarsconference]] is broadcast. The oudejaarsconference is a cabaret performance in which the comedian looks back on the events of the past year.

===Germany (from 1901)===
{{Main|Kabarett}}
German ''Kabarett'' developed from 1901, with the creation of the [[Überbrettl]] (''Superstage'') venue, and by the [[Weimar era]] in the mid-1920s, the ''Kabarett'' performances were characterized by [[political satire]] and [[gallows humor]].<ref name="Britannica97V2p702"/> It shared the characteristic atmosphere of intimacy with the French cabaret from which it was imported, but the gallows humor was a distinct German aspect.<ref name="Britannica97V2p702">(1997) [https://books.google.com/books?id=eecaAQAAMAAJ ''The new encyclopaedia Britannica''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428140908/https://books.google.com/books?id=eecaAQAAMAAJ |date=2016-04-28 }}, Volume 2, p.702 quote: {{quotation|<nowiki>It retained the intimate atmosphere, entertainment platform, and improvisational character of the French cabaret but developed its own characteristic gallows humour. By the late 1920s the German cabaret gradually had come to feature mildly risque musical entertainment for the middle-class man, as well as biting political and social satire. It was also a centre for underground political and literary movements. [...] They were the centres of leftist of opposition to the rise of the German Nazi Party and often experienced Nazi retaliation for their criticism of the government.</nowiki>}}</ref>

==={{anchor|Polish cabaret}}Poland (from 1905)===
{{See also|Category:Polish cabarets}}
The Polish ''kabaret'' is a popular form of live (often [[televised]]) entertainment involving a comedy troupe, and consisting mostly of comedy [[sketch (comedy)|sketches]], [[monologue]]s, [[stand up comedy]], songs and [[political satire]] (often hidden behind [[double entendre]] to fool [[Censorship in the People's Republic of Poland|censors]]).<br />
It traces its origins to [[Zielony Balonik]], a famous literary cabaret founded in [[Kraków]] by local poets, writers and artists during the final years of the [[Partitions of Poland]].<ref name="APZ">[http://www.apz.org.pl/pokaz/op_14 The Little Green Balloon (Zielony Balonik).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425081005/http://www.apz.org.pl/pokaz/op_14 |date=2012-04-25 }} ''Akademia Pełni Życia,'' Kraków. {{in lang|en|pl}}</ref><ref name="IK">[http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en,ik,site,40,78,1326.php Zielony Balonik.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401070054/http://www.bookinstitute.pl/en%2Cik%2Csite%2C40%2C78%2C1326.php |date=2012-04-01 }} 2011 ''Instytut Książki'', Poland.</ref>

In the [[interwar Poland]] there was a considerable number of [[Yiddish]]-language cabarets. This art form was called '''''kleynkunst''''' (lliterally "small art") in Yiddish.

In post-[[World War II|war]] Poland, it is almost always associated with the [[Dance troupe|troupe]] (often [[Touring theatre|on tour]]), not the [[Theater (structure)|venue]]; pre-war [[revue]] shows (with female dancers) were long gone.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

===United States (from 1911)===
[[File:Don't Tell Mama Restaurant 2008 Manhattan.jpg|thumb|A long-established cabaret venue in Manhattan, New York]]
American cabaret was imported from French cabaret by [[Jesse Louis Lasky]] in 1911.<ref>Vogel, Shane (2009) [https://books.google.com/books?id=0KhrX5Q4_AoC&pg=PA39 ''The scene of Harlem cabaret: race, sexuality, performance''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428140802/https://books.google.com/books?id=0KhrX5Q4_AoC&pg=PA39 |date=2016-04-28 }}, ch.1, p.39</ref><ref>Erenberg, Lewis A. (1984) [https://archive.org/details/steppinoutnewyor00eren/page/75 ''Steppin' out: New York nightlife and the transformation of American culture, 1890-1930''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511223002/https://books.google.com/books?id=nulbpUq-rFkC&pg=PA75 |date=2016-05-11 }} pp.75-76</ref><ref>Malnig, Julie (1992) [https://archive.org/details/dancingtilldawnc0000maln ''Dancing till dawn: a century of exhibition ballroom dance''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520035553/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZpwkAQAAIAAJ |date=2016-05-20 }}, p.95</ref> In the United States, cabaret diverged into several different styles of performance mostly due to the influence of [[jazz]] music. [[Chicago]] cabaret focused intensely on the larger band ensembles and reached its peak during [[Roaring Twenties]], under the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition Era]], where it was featured in the [[speakeasies]] and [[steakhouse]]s.

New York cabaret never developed to feature a great deal of social commentary. When New York cabarets featured jazz, they tended to focus on famous vocalists like [[Nina Simone]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Eartha Kitt]], [[Peggy Lee]], and [[Hildegarde]] rather than instrumental musicians. [[Julius Monk]]'s annual revues established the standard for New York cabaret during the late 1950s and '60s.

Cabaret in the United States began to decline in the 1960s, due to the rising popularity of [[rock concert]] shows, television [[variety shows]],{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} and general [[comedy]] theaters. However, it remained in some Las Vegas-style dinner shows, such as the [[Tropicana Resort & Casino|Tropicana]], with fewer comedy segments. The art form still survives in various musical formats, as well as in the [[stand-up comedy]] format, and in popular [[drag show]] performances.

The late 20th and early 21st century saw a revival of American cabaret, particularly in [[New Orleans]], [[Chicago]], [[Seattle]], [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Asheville, North Carolina]], and [[Kansas City, Missouri]], as new generations of performers reinterpret the old forms in both music and theater. Many contemporary cabaret groups in the United States and elsewhere feature a combination of original music, [[American burlesque|burlesque]] and political satire. In New York City, since 1985, successful, enduring or innovative cabaret acts have been honored by the annual Bistro Awards.<ref>Hall, Kevin Scott. [http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=features&sc3=&id=104603 "@ the 2010 Bistro Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710171805/http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=features&sc3=&id=104603 |date=2011-07-10 }}. ''Edge'' magazine, April 15, 2010</ref>

[[File:Ani Mru Mru in Edinburgh 04.jpg|thumb|The ''Ani Mru Mru'' Polish cabaret group performing in Edinburgh in 2007]]
[[File:Giti Kashani performing the Chains in the Sky, Tehran, Iran, 1974-1975 (1) (51033985896).jpg|thumb|[[Persian theatre|Giti Kashani]] performing at a cabaret in [[Tehran]], before the [[Iranian Revolution|1979 revolution]] and new government policy.]]

===United Kingdom (from 1912)===
The Cabaret Theatre Club, later known as [[The Cave of the Golden Calf]], was opened by [[Frida Uhl|Frida Strindberg]] (modelled on the Kaberett Fledermaus in Strindberg's native Vienna) in a basement at 9 Heddon Street, London, in 1912. She intended her club to be an avant-garde meeting place for bohemian writers and artists, with decorations by [[Jacob Epstein]], [[Eric Gill]], and [[Wyndham Lewis]], but it rapidly came to be seen as an amusing place for high society and went bankrupt in 1914. The Cave was nevertheless an influential venture, which introduced the concept of cabaret to London. It provided a model for the generation of nightclubs that came after it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mol-34-257-244|title=The programme and menu from the Cave of the Golden Calf, Cabaret and Theatre Club - Explore 20th Century London|work=20thcenturylondon.org.uk|access-date=6 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228072711/http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mol-34-257-244|archive-date=28 December 2016}}</ref>

"The clubs that started the present vogue for dance clubs were the Cabaret Club in Heddon Street . . . . The Cabaret Club was the first club where members were expected to appear in evening clothes. . . . The Cabaret Club began a system of vouchers which friends of members could use to obtain admission to the club. . . . the question of the legality of these vouchers led to a famous visitation of the police. That was the night a certain Duke was got out by way of the kitchen lift . . . The visitation was a well-mannered affair'<ref>'A Round of the Night Clubs' G H Fosdyke Nichols p 945 in ''Wonderful London'' ed. St. John Adcock 1927</ref>

=== Iran (until 1979) ===
One of the main gathering centers of cabarets in [[Tehran]] (Iranian capital) was [[Laleh-Zar Street]]. Famous Persian cabarets were active in the city until [[Iranian Revolution|1979]]. They also introduced many domestic artists. In common language, ''cabaret'' sometimes called by Iranians "home of dance" (In [[Persian language|Persian]]: ''رقاص‌خانه'') or "dancing place".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Entekhab.ir |first=پایگاه خبری تحلیلی انتخاب {{!}} |date=2023-05-29 |title=گزارشی از شب های تهران ۴۷ سال پیش / آمارهای قابل توجه درمورد تهرانی ها و خرج هایی که صرف خوشگذرانی می کردند |url=http://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/657920 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref>
 
===Sweden (from 1970s)===
[[File:Fattighuskabarén "Sankta Bongita" 1974.jpg|thumb|''Saint Bongita'' in the 1974 Christmas show at the Poor House, Stockholm]]
In [[Stockholm]], an [[Underground music|underground]] show called ''Fattighuskabarén'' (''Poor House Cabaret'') opened in 1974 and ran for 10 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.203105123047460.52499.135967279761245|title=About Swenglistic Underground - Facebook|work=Facebook.com|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Performers of later celebrity and fame (in Sweden) such as [[Ted Åström]], [[Örjan Ramberg]], and Agneta Lindén began their careers there. ''[[Wild Side Story]]'' also had several runs in Stockholm, at [[Alexandra Charles|Alexandra's]] (1976 with [[Ulla Jones]] and [[Christer Lindarw]]),<ref>Kalle Westerling (2006) ''La Dolce Vita'' {{ISBN|91-85505-15-3}} pp. 20-22</ref><ref>[[Christer Lindarw]] and Christina Kellberg in ''This Is My Life'' {{ISBN|978-91-7424-533-2}} pp. 75-76</ref><ref>{{ill|Sten Hedman|sv|Sten Hedman (född 1942)}} (January 14, 1976) ''Damernas Värld'' [[Stockholm]] "Wild side story stans bästa show" p. 10{{Circular reference|date=September 2022}}</ref> Camarillo (1997),<ref>Eva Norlén (July 21, 1997) ''[[Aftonbladet]]'' "Åtta handplockade artister lovar en helvild kväll" p. 37</ref><ref>Kathy Riley (July 16, 1997) ''Stockholm International'' [[SR International – Radio Sweden]]</ref> Rosenlundsteatern/Teater Tre (2000),<ref>Linda Romanus, ''Tidningen [[Södermalm]] / Nöjesrepubliken'', 24. Juni 2000, "KABARÉ: Wild side story till Gamla stan" p. 22</ref> Wild Side Lounge at Bäckahästen (2003 with [[Helena Mattsson]])<ref>''What's On'' by the City of [[Stockholm]] (July 2003) "Wild Side Story – What Leonard Bernstein Didn't Write" p. 16</ref> and Mango Bar (2004).<ref>''What's On'' by the City of [[Stockholm]] (July 2004) "Don't Miss Wild Side Story in English" p. 12</ref> Alexandra's had also hosted ''AlexCab'' in 1975,<ref>Lisbeth Borger-Bendegard in ''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'' 1975-09-14 "Man borde inte sova ..." p. 20 & 1975-10-24 "Krogen just nu; vilket hålligång!" p. 17</ref> as had Compagniet in [[Gothenburg]].<ref>Lasse Råde in ''[[Göteborgs-Tidningen]]'' 1975-11-21 "Jubelshow!" p. 16</ref>

===Serbia (from 2010s)===

In 2019 the first Serbian cabaret club Lafayette opened.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muskimagazin.rs/Lifestyle/Hedonizam/pariski-duh-u-beogradu-otvoren-lafayette-cuisine-cabaret-club|title = Pariski duh u Beogradu - otvoren "Lafayette" cuisine cabaret club}}</ref> Although Serbia and [[Belgrade]] had a rich [[Nightlife in Belgrade|nightlife]] and theater life there was no cabaret house until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ataimages.rs/media.details.php?mediaID=172816|title=Opening of a new nightclub in Belgrade - Lafayette.Otvaranje novog nocnog kluba u Beogradu - Lafayette. – ATAIMAGES.RS|access-date=2021-07-15|archive-date=2021-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715112708/http://ataimages.rs/media.details.php?mediaID=172816|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Laffayete Belgrade |url=https://lafayette.rs/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=lafayette.rs}}</ref>

==Notable venues==
* Candlelight Cabaret, Dublin, Ireland
* [[Cabane Choucoune]] in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti
* [[Cabaret Red Light]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, USA
* [[Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich)|Cabaret Voltaire]] in [[Zürich]], Switzerland
* [[Carlyle Hotel|Café Carlyle]] in New York City, USA
* [[Café de Paris (London)|Café de Paris]] in London, England
* [[American Cabaret Theatre|The Cabaret]] in Indianapolis, Indiana
* Cabaret rooms at various [[Chuck E. Cheese|Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatres]]
* [[Crazy Horse (cabaret)|Crazy Horse]] in Paris, France
* [[Darling Cabaret]] in [[Prague]], Czechia
* [[El Mocambo]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
* {{ill|El Molino (cabaret)|lt=El Molino|es|El Molino}} in [[List of theatres and concert halls in Barcelona|Barcelona]], Spain
* [[Feinstein's/54 Below]] in New York City, USA
* [[Folies Bergere]] in Paris, France
* [[Lafayette Cuisine Cabaret Club|Lafayette]] in [[Belgrade]], Serbia
* [[Lapin Agile]] in Paris, France
* [[Le Lido]] in Paris, France
* [[Le Rat Mort]] in Paris, France
* [[Metro Chicago]] in [[Chicago]], Illinois, USA
* [[Moulin Rouge]] in Paris, France
* [[Tropicana Club|The Tropicana]] in [[Havana]], Cuba

==Notable artists==
* [[May Alix]]
* [[Josephine Baker]]
* [[Bernie Dieter]]
* [[Marlene Dietrich]]
* [[Fascinating Aïda]]
* [[Ute Lemper]]
* [[Melissa Madden Gray|Meow Meow]]
* [[Mabel Mercer]] 
* [[Eartha Kitt]]
* [[Édith Piaf]]
* [[Tino Rossi]]
* Lady Rizo

==See also==
* [[Cabaret (musical)]]
* ''[[Cabaret Paradis]]''
* [[Dark cabaret]]
* [[Dinner theater]]
* ''[[La Soirée]]''
* [[Nightclub act]]
* [[Revue]]
* [[Vedette (cabaret)]]

==References==
===Notes and citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|last=Fierro|first=Alfred|title=Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris|year=1996|publisher=Robert Laffont|isbn=2-221--07862-4}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_low001199301_01/_low001199301_01_0034.php An Anatomy of Dutch Cabaret] article from the magazine ''The Low Countries'' (1994)
* [http://netherlandsbynumbers.com/2015/02/25/dutch-cabaret-in-8-steps/ Dutch cabaret in 8 steps] article on 'The Netherlands by numbers' (2015)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100624090418/http://www.deineka.info/work-cabare.php ''The Cabaret'', 1921 painting by Alexander Deyneka]

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