Shortly after Playbill received final confirmation that Orville Peck would perform unmasked as the Emcee in Broadway's Cabaret revival, we have our first look at what that will look like. Peck will take over the Kander and Ebb revival at the Kat Kat Club (née August Wilson Theatre) beginning March 31 alongside Hadestown and The Great Gatsby star Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles.
Get a first look at Peck and Noblezada in costume below:
Peck and Noblezada will play a 16-week run in the musical through July 20. They will succeed current stars Adam Lambert and Auli‘i Cravalho, who finish their run March 29. In addition, two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth will play her final Tony-nominated performance as Fraulein Schneider March 29. She will be succeeded by Ellen Harvey, who will begin performing in the role March 31.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club also stars Calvin Leon Smith as Clifford Bradshaw, Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig, and Michelle Aravena as Fritzie/Kost.
As in the production's West End run, the theatre has been transformed into an in-the-round Kit Kat Club. Ticket holders receive a "club entry time" before their show date so that everyone's able to take in the pre-show, which can even include a full dinner at some ticket levels. The prologue company, a group of 12 dancers and musicians, welcome theatregoers with a pre-show performance beginning approximately 75 minutes prior to curtain time.
Based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin and John Van Druten's dramatization of it, I Am a Camera, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret is set in Weimar-era Berlin as American writer Clifford Bradshaw arrives to work on his novel and soak up the debaucherous nightlife. He meets English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and a complex relationship develops, all as the Nazis ascend to power and the spectre of World War II and all its horrors loom on the horizon.
The creative team also includes choreographer Julia Cheng; club, set, and costume designer Tom Scutt; lighting designer Isabella Byrd; sound designer Nick Lidster (for Autograph); and music supervisor and director Jennifer Whyte. Hair and wig design are by Sam Cox, and Guy Common is handling makeup design. Prologue composition and music direction are by Angus MacRae, with Jordan Fein serving as prologue director. Casting is by Bernard Telsey and Kristian Charbonier, and Thomas Recktenwald serves as production stage manager.
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Visit KitKat.club. See the current Cabaret cast below.
