In early February, Adam Lambert made waves after he stopped mid-show to admonish audience members who laughed inappropriately during a performance of “Cabaret” on Broadway. Lambert explained his position during a Monday interview on “The View,” arguing that the themes of antisemitism within the classic musical are nothing to laugh at today.
“One of the big themes in the show is antisemitism,” he said. “There’s a scene in the musical where I sing a song to a gorilla, and it’s called ‘If You Could See Her.’”
“Cabaret” is set in pre-WWII Germany as the Nazis are rising to power, and the scene in question features a couple made up of one Jewish person and one who is not.