Broadway's immersive revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret plays its final performance at the Kit Kat Club, née August Wilson Theatre September 21, capping off a run of 18 previews and 592 regular performances.

The closing is more abrupt than had been expected for the revival, which began and continues a hit run in London’s West End. Producers announced earlier this summer that the Broadway iteration would close October 19, a date that was moved up to today after it became clear that star Billy Porter would be sidelined with illness.

The closing, and Porter’s departure, were the latest in a tumultuous period for the revival. Lead producers Ambassador Theatre Group are also currently facing a lawsuit from one of the production’s co-producers, who alleges fraud and withheld profits.

In Porter’s absence, the role of the Emcee has been handled by production understudies Marty Lauter (aka Marcia Marcia Marcia of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame) and David Merino. Merino is leading the final performance opposite Marisha Wallace as Sally Bowles, who joined with Porter in reprising their West End performances in the revival earlier this year.

The revival also stars Calvin Leon Smith as Clifford Bradshaw, Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Ellen Harvey as Fraulein Schneider, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig, and Michelle Aravena as Fritzie/Kost.

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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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