Its cabaret tradition and its popular music are unrivalled.
But thanks to the cabaret tradition, comedy that scathes and moves can still be found in clubs and small theaters.
He is a link to an earlier, even a prewar tradition of German-language theater, down to the earthy dry humor that harks back to cabaret traditions of the 1920's.
Mr. White discovered, on a trip to Australia several years ago, the existence of a strong cabaret tradition that had fostered a zany new comic tradition.
His performances are mostly one-man shows in the European cabaret tradition, in which he combines traditional clowning with countercultural and political references.
The music was generally lighthearted, sometimes risqué, even bawdy but, as opposed to the cabaret tradition, not particularly political or confrontational.
In cabaret tradition there is an undercurrent of the grotesque.
In cabaret tradition, the sexes are reversed.
But I love American popular songs in the cabaret tradition.
More than a teacher and cultural ambassador representing Continental cultural history, she is a confrontational entertainer and heir to the political cabaret tradition of Weimar-era Germany.