Gay prostitution flourished too, so did black male. More specifically, it's about gay Berlin, the gay subculture that flourished in Berlin in the era between World War I and the rise of the Nazis, when there were nightclubs and cabarets that catered to a gay clientele, gay-themed theater and films and gay-oriented publications that were sold at kiosks.
GROSS: That's the opening song from the musical 'Cabaret.' This interview is not about 'Cabaret,' but it is about the place, time and culture that 'Cabaret' is set in, Berlin of the 1920s and early '30s.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Singing) Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome.
