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Can I just stop clapping? No
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I need to tell you something. Thanks for coming tonight
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You've all been fantastic. 58, 58 years ago tonight, Cabaret opened on Broadway
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Audiences saw this story unfold for the first time
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and heard this glorious score for the first time. Can you imagine that
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For the first time. Well, the brilliant man who composed that score and that vamp
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is here tonight. John Campbell. Thank you
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I got something to say to you first
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Oh, okay, yes please. I'll sit next to you. Okay. I've known each other
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Albert Camus said, if the world were clear, art would not exist
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What John Kander and his partner Fred Ebb and collaborators Joe Masteroff and Hal Prince created with Cabaret
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is a sublime work of art that makes the world crystal clear
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Cabaret takes place at a specific time in history, but it's themes
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Love, good standing against evil, survival, those themes are timeless. As the show has performed over the decades, it is always
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relevant, and the music, John and Fred's phenomenal score is always transcendent
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As you may have heard, this production won the Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Musical
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Tonight, as we celebrate Cabaret's 58th anniversary, it is my enormous honor just to sit next to you
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to present John Cander with this Olivier Award, recognition of a lifetime spent making unforgettable music
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a reminder of the incredible legacy he continues to build and a token of deep gratitude from a world always in need of the lessons cabaret has to offer
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You could really hurt somebody with this
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I'm going to sit down. 58 years tonight? Holy mackerel
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This is a very moving moment. for me and I accept this
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But I accept it with the spirit of Hal Prince, Joe Masteroff and my great partner, Fred Ebb
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I have to say something to this company. I haven't seen this show now for some weeks
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And my God how it grown Am I allowed to say that Adam what planet are you from
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Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany and as we all know
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elections have consequences and it's
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every time there's a production of this and somebody calls me for an interview
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or just a question thing that would be undoubted almost always say, isn't it amazing how pertinent it seems
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And I always answer, isn't that terrible? And we've just had an election
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And elections have consequences. But that's not gonna spoil my goals. time tonight
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Thank you all so much for this
