Star casting and dates have been confirmed for the upcoming revival of Cabaret, the fifth production of the Kander and Ebb musical based on John van Druten’s I Am a Camera and Christopher Isherwood’s “Berlin Stories.” Oscar and Tony winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything,” “Red”) will repeat his London, Olivier-winning performance as the Emcee, and Gayle Rankin (HBO’s “House of the Dragon”) will play Sally Bowles, the tragic nightclub singer. This immersive production directed by Rebecca Frecknall began life in London’s West End in November 2021 and went on to win seven Olivier Awards, the most for any musical revival.
For the Broadway transfer, the August Wilson Theater will be transformed into Berlin’s Kit Kat Klub of the play’s setting with an in-the-round auditorium and “dream spaces” where audience members can enjoy pre-show entertainment, drinks and dining.
Ticketholders will have timed entries to partake of the pre-show events. Cabaret features music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Joe Masteroff. The original production opened in 1966 and ran for 1,165 performances. Broadway revivals have opened in 1987, 1998, and 2014. The 1972 film version won eight Oscars including Best Actress for Liza Minnelli, Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey and Best Director for Bob Fosse.
Eddie Redmayne said, “It was whilst playing ‘The Emcee’ in a student production of Cabaret over 25 years ago that my love for theater was properly ignited. It now feels completely thrilling and a little surreal to be a part of Rebecca’s truly unique vision of Masteroff, Kander, and Ebb’s brilliance as it arrives on Broadway, where the piece has such a history. I am beyond excited to be doing it arm-in-arm with the remarkable Gayle Rankin and a truly stunning cast and team. I am hoping we will create an experience for you quite unlike any other.”
Director Rebecca Frecknall said, “Cabaret is a masterpiece of writing which continues to reveal its richness to us. Masteroff, Kander, and Ebb have created characters on the brink, in a world where the rules are changing. Acts of courage, defiance, hope, delusion, fear, and anger ricochet between them and their circumstances, all intensely human responses to a world in chaos. I’m so excited to be reuniting with Eddie as our devilishly seductive Emcee, the metaphorical soul of Berlin, and I cannot wait to dive into rehearsals with Gayle, a fearless actor of supreme talent, as she explores ,em>Cabaret’s magnetic core, the breathtaking and heartbreaking Sally Bowles.”
Gayle Rankin said, “Cabaret has been a wildly profound marker in my life. How I understand myself as an artist and citizen in the very fragile world we live in has proved to revolve on its axis. I am completely honored to hold hands with Sally inside of this singular, powerful production, and forever grateful to Rebecca, Eddie, and the whole family for inviting me into its creation on Broadway.”
Designer Tom Scutt said, “The Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson will be the thrilling evolution of our production of Cabaret. Inspired not only by 1920s Germany and 2020s London, our new renovation is enriched by the influence of New York deco architecture, the jazz age, and queer cabaret. Cabaret NYC promises to be a totally unique melting pot of an experience.”
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2023-24 Broadway and Off-Broadway Calendar Winter 2023-24 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 2024-25 Spring 2025 Future–Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death; Beaches the Musical; Black Orpheus; BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical; Come Fall in Love–The DDLJ Musical; Death Becomes Her; The Devil Wears Prada; Ella: An American Miracle; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie; Frida, the Musical; Game of Thrones; The Great Gatsby; The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation; High Noon; Imitation of Life; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; The Karate Kid; La La Land; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; The Mousetrap; Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor; Our Town; Pal Joey; Rear Window; The Nanny; The Normal Heart/The Destiny of Me; The Secret Garden; Sing Street; Soul Train; What a Wonderful World; The Who’s Tommy; Working Girl.
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2023-24 Broadway Season Breakdown: New Musicals: Play Revivals: Musical Revivals: Solos/Specialties: [END]
In a rare move, the opening night festivities will stretch over two nights starting April 20, 2024 with the press opening set for April 21. Previews begin April 1.
Oct. 22–Here We Are (The Shed Griffin Theater)
Oct. 26–Arms and the Man (Gingold Theatrical Group)
Oct. 29–Translations (Irish Repertory Theater)
Oct. 29–Stereophonic (Playwrights Horizons)
Oct. 30–I Can Get It for You Wholesale (CSC)
Oct. 31–Merry Me (NYTW)
Nov. 1–Poor Yella Rednecks (MTC/City Center Stage I)
Nov. 2–I Need That (Roundabout/AA)
Nov. 2–Sabbath’s Theater (New Group/Signature Theater)
Nov. 4–Waiting for Godot (TFANA/Polonsky Center)
Nov. 12–Scene Partners (Vineyard Theater)
Nov. 13–Harmony (Barrymore)
Nov. 13–Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Lortel)
Nov. 13–Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Guide (MCC Theater)
Nov. 16–Monty Python’s Spamalot (St. James)
Nov. 19–Hell’s Kitchen (Public)
Nov. 20–The Gardens of Anuncia (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
Nov. 24–Lone Star (Ruth Stage/Theater Row)
Nov. 30–Spain (Second Stage/Terry Kiser)
Nov.–Sad Boys in Harpy Land; Amusements; School Pictures (solo shows performed in repertory at Playwrights Horizons)
Dec. 5–Manhatta (Public)
Dec. 10–How To Dance in Ohio (Belasco)
Dec. 11–Madwomen of the West (Actors Temple)
Dec. 12–Buena Vista Social Club (Atlantic Theater Company/Linda Gross)
Dec. 17–The Night of the Iguana (La Femme Theater Prods./Signature Center)
Dec. 18–Appropriate (Second Stage/Hayes)
Jan. 9–Prayer for the French Republic (MTC/Friedman)
Jan. 17–Public Obscenities (previews begin; opening TBA) (TFANA/Polonsky Center)
Jan. 21–Aristocrats (IRT)
Jan. 28–Days of Wine and Roses (Studio 54)
Feb. 6–The Connector (MCC)
Feb. 8–Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy (Vineyard Theater)
Feb. 21–Teeth (previews begin; opening TBA) (Playwrights Horizons)
Feb. 26–Pericles (previews begin; opening TBA) (CSC)
Feb. 29–Doubt: A Parable (Roundabout/AA)
Feb.–The Ally (Public)
TBA–Brooklyn Laundry (MTC/City Center Stage I)
TBA–An Enemy of the People
TBA–I Love You So Much I Could Die (NYTW)
TBA–The Seven Year Disappear (The New Group/Signature Center)
March 12–My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) (Lyceum)
March 14–The Notebook (Schoenfeld)
March 19–Fish (previews begin; opening TBA) (Keen Co./Theater Five)
March 21–Water for Elephants (Imperial)
March 24–Philadelphia, Here I Come (IRT)
March–Sally and Tom (Public)
April 2–Mary Jane (previews begin; opening TBA) (MTC/Friedman)
April 5–Macbeth (an undoing) (TFANA/Polonsky Center)
April 11–The Outsiders (Jacobs)
April 12–Staff Meal (previews begin; opening TBA) (Playwrights Horizons)
April 17–The Wiz (Marquis)
April 18—Suffs (Music Box)
April 24–Uncle Vanya (LCT/Vivian Beaumont)
April 25–Mother Play (Second Stage/Hayes)
April–Jordans (Public)
May 2–Wine in the Wilderness (previews begin; opening TBA) (CSC)
June–Cats (Perelman Performing Arts Center)
TBA–All of Me (The New Group/Signature Center)
TBA–Cabaret (August Wilson)
TBA–Here There Are Blueberries (NYTW)
TBA–Home (Roundabout/AA)
TBA–Jonah (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
TBA–Lempicka
King Lear (Kenneth Branagh Theater Company/The Shed)
Smash
Show Boat (Target Margin/NYU Skirball)
New Plays:
The Cottage
Grey House
I Need That
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
The Shark Is Broken
Back to the Future
Days of Wine and Roses
Harmony
How to Dance in Ohio
Lempicka
The Notebook
Once Upon a One More Time
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants
Appropriate
Doubt: A Parable
An Enemy of the People
Home
Mary Jane
Purlie Victorious
Uncle Vanya
Cabaret
Gutenberg! The Musical
Here Lies Love
Merrily We Roll Along
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Wiz
Alex Edelman: Just for Us
Melissa Etheridge: My Window
My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
