Carbaret
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Cliff and Ernst
Tomorrow Belongs to Me
Cabaret: Costume Plot
Time: 1929-30 Before the start of the Third Reich
Place: Berlin, Germany
ACT 1, SCENE 1: KIT KAT CLUB
Emcee:
Period Tails
Cabaret Girls
Short chorus costumes (tawdry and in bad taste)
Girl Orchestra:
Short dresses with hats suggesting a band, also in bad taste
Waiters & Busboys:
Uniformed according to station
Entertainers:
In a variety of European music hall and night club performers costumes. (Ventriloquist, Magician, etc.)
ACT 1, SCENE 2: A COMPARTMENT OF A EUROPEAN RAILWAY TRAIN
Cliff Bradshaw:
Sport jacket with sleeveless sweater, slacks or suit of period
Ernst:
Suit, hat and trenchcoat
Customs Officers:
Uniform, cape and hat
ACT 1, SCENE 3: A ROOM AT FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER’S
Fraulein Schneider:
Bathrobe type dressing gown and slippers
Cliff:
Repeat 1-2
Fraulein Host:
Tarty day dress
German Sailor:
Uniform jumper, pants, short jacket and sailor cap
Herr Schultz:
Ill fitting suit
A Girl:
Evening gown of the 20’s
ACT I, SCENE 4: KIT KAT CLUB
ACT I, SCENE 5:
A Girl:
Repeat I-3
Cliff:
Repeat I-2, I-3
Emcee:
Repeat I-1. Quick change to Father Time gown, wig and beard underdress infant New Year
Sally:
Sexy evening gown, slit to thigh, lacy pants
Cabaret Girls:
Vulgur short cabaret costumes, headpieces
Girl Orchestra:
Repeat I-1
Max:
Period tuxedo
Guests/Men:
Assortment of period tuxedo/dark suits
Guests/Women:
Assortment of evening gown/flapper dress
ACT I, SCENE 6: CLIFF’S ROOM
Cliff:
Slacks, sweater and shirt
Ernst:
Another suit, add trenchcoat and hat
Fraulein Schndeider:
Old fashioned shirtwaist, long skirt
German Sailor:
Uniform jumper, pants, short jacket, sailor cap
Herr Schultz:
Repeat I-3
ACT I, SCENE 9: KIT KAT CLUB
Waiters:
In uniforms repeat I-1, I-4, I-5
Emcee:
Repeat I-1, I-4, I-7
ACT I, SCENE 10: CLIFF’S ROOM
Sally:
Repeat fur coat I – 6, tailored flapper dress
Cliff:
Repeat slacks, sweater, shirt I-6
Ernst:
Repeat suit, trenchcoat, hat I-6
Emcee:
Tails, add top hat and long ascot (covered in sequins)
Russian Girl/Japanese Girl/French Girl/American Girl/German Girl:
All dressed in night club bare version of the National Costume. German girl wears a gong dangling from her belt.
ACT I, SCENE 12: FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER’S LIVING ROOM
Fraulein Kost:
Repeat dress I-8
Fraulein Schneider:
Repeat dress I-8
Herr Schultz:
Repeat suit I-8
3 German Sailors:
Uniform jumper, pants, short jacket, sailor cap – Repeat I-8
ACT 1, SCENE 13: HERR SCHULTZ’S FRUIT SHOP
Guests and Performers:
Including girl band and Kit Kat Club – All in street clothes
Cliff:
Repeat suit I-2, overcoat
Sally:
Party dress (pretty)
Fraulein Sschneider:
Long dress, dated, but with a touch of elegance
Fraulein Kost:
Another tarty dress, coat and hat
German Sailors:
Repeat uniforms
Ernst:
Repeat suit, hat, trenchcoat, I-6, I-10, add swastika armband
Emcee:
Repeat rails I-1, I-9, I-11
ACT II, SCENE 1: KIT KAT CLUB
Girl Band:
Short costumes, band caps
Girls and Emcee:
Short semi-military costumes, hat (Emcee is dressed like a girl)
ACT II, SCENE 2:
Herr Schultz:
In shirt sleeves with previous vest and trousers I-13, add apron
Fraulein Schneider:
Dark dress or suit, hat, overcoat, gloves and bag
ACT II, SCENE 3: KIT KAT CLUB
Emcee:
Checked suit, derby
Gorilla:
Gorilla costume, tutu, hat and handbag
ACT II, SCENE 4: CLIFF’S ROOM
Sally:
Street dress, repeat fur coat I-6
Cliff:
Repeat suit, overcoat I-13
Fraulein Schneider:
Period blouse, skirt
Act II, SCENE 5: KIT KAT CLUB
Guests:
Repeat I-4
Cliff:
Repeat II – 4
Sally:
Flashy flapper dress, quick change to a long gown
Ernst:
Dark suit
Emcee:
Repeat tails, I-1, etc.
2 Men:
Dark suits, Swastika armbands
ACT II, SCENE 6: CLIFF’S ROOM
Cliff:
Slacks, sweater
Herr Schultz:
Repeat a suit, coat and hat
Sally:
Street dress
ACT II, SCENE 7: THE RAILROAD COMPARTMENT
Cliff:
Repeat a suit or sport jacket and slacks
Officers:
Repeat I-2
Emcee:
Repeat tails
Girls:
Repeat I-1
Girl Band:
Repeat I-1
Other Characters:
Some in street clothes with swastika armbands, some in brown shirts, pants and swastikas
Herr Schultz:
Repeat II – 6
Fraulein Schneider:
Repeat period blouse and skirt, II – 4