John Kander's "remixed" Cabaret?

Yes, I saw it! It was produced at Manhattan School of Music this past spring. It was essentially Kander's "perfect" version of Cabaret, splicing together pieces from all forms of the show. I thought it worked well, though the cast was pretty amateur since their MT program is so new. My highlights from the evening were the new arrangements of some of the songs, particularly Married having an added choral part that is reminiscent of 'Til Tomorrow from Fiorello. Would be interested in seeing this draft put on its feet again in a more professional setting, but I'll live with the current licensed versions as well.

Update: I found the program and song list; It looks (song-wise) as though they took the 1987 and added the three "1990s" songs to it.

ACT ONE
“Willkommen” Emcee and Company
“So What” Fräulein Schneider
“Don’t Tell Mama” Sally and Kit Kat Girls
“The Telephone Song” Company
“Mein Herr” Sally and Kit Kat Girls
“Perfectly Marvelous” Sally and Cliff
“Two Ladies” Emcee and Two Ladies
“It Couldn’t Please Me More” Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider
“Tomorrow Belongs to Me” Tenor and Men
“Don’t Go” Cliff
“Maybe This Time” Sally
“Money” Emcee and Kit Kat Girls
“Married” Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider
“Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise)” Fräulein Kost and Ernest and
Company
Intermission
ACT TWO
Entr’acte
“Married (Reprise)” Herr Schultz
“If You Could See Her” Emcee
“What Would You Do?” Fräulein Schneider
“I Don’t Care Much” Emcee
“Cabaret” Sally
“Finale” Cliff, Emcee, Sally and Company

I wouldn’t be surprised; the 1987 is already rather ponderous and usually runs close to 3. I think part of the success of the Mendes version was how comparably sleek and streamlined it felt.

The authors never loved the song, according to their autobiography. Soon as Jack Gifford was gone they started cutting it, and when Fred Ebb played Schultz on the reference recording of the 1987 version, he admitted the song only worked for Gilford, and nobody else quite got it.

qolbinau said: "I’m not aware of this recording. Who are the cast? Is this something that accompanies the licensing of the show?"

It’s the Jay Records recording.

https://www.jayrecords.com/recording/cabaret/

Talk about a top-heavy Act One! I'd say the most egregious is Cliff's Don't Go. I'd be curious to see how it's worked into the book, because I just don't think it's needed.

That said, others, like Telephone Song, could easily be worked back in.

Being very familiar with all three licensed versions of Cabaret, I have to say that the Roundabout version is by far the best. Cliff doesn’t get a solo in it, but neither “Don’t Go” nor “Why Should I Wake Up” are particularly good songs, and both stop the momentum of the show dead in its tracks. Cliff just isn’t that interesting, which has always been the show’s biggest (and only) flaw.