Two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth will play her final, Tony-nominated performance as Fraulein Schneider in Broadway's Cabaret March 29. The John Kander and Fred Ebb musical revival continues its run at Broadway's Kit Kat Club (née August Wilson Theatre).
Succeeding Neuwirth will be Ellen Harvey, who will begin performing in the role March 31 alongside previously announced new stars Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles and Orville Peck as the Emcee (respectively succeeding Auli'i Cravalho and Adam Lambert). Continuing with the production will be Calvin Leon Smith as Clifford Bradshaw, Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig, and Michelle Aravena as Fritzie and Kost.
Also new to the company will be Jada Simone Clark as Helga, Paige Smallwood as Rosie, and Price Waldman as Herman and Max, alongside continuing onstage ensemble members Gabi Campo as Frenchie, Colin Cunliffe as Hans, Marty Lauter as Victor, David Merino as Lulu, Julian Ramos as Bobby, and MiMi Scardulla as Texas. Rounding out the company are continuing swings Maya Bowles, Pedro Garza, Christian Kidd, Corinne Munsch, Chloé Nadon-Enriquez, and Karl Skyler Urban.
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.
The prologue company features dancers Sun Kim, Deja McNair-Kyles, and swing Ida Saki; plus musicians Brian Russell Carey, Francesca Dawis, Keiji Ishiguri, Déa Thatcher, and Michael Winograd.
Based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin and John Van Druten's dramatization of it, I Am a Camera, 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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