NewsPHOTO CALL: Cabaret, Starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast PartyAlan Cumming, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of the sexy and seductive Emcee in Cabaret, returns to the Kit Kat Klub in Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony-winning production of that musical, which officially opened April 24 at Studio 54.
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Matthew Blank, Joseph Marzullo
April 25, 2014
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Cabaret, Starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party
Oscar nominee Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn," "Blue Valentine," "Brokeback Mountain") makes her Broadway debut as nightclub singer Sally Bowles in the Roundabout Theatre Company production, which began March 21 for a 24-week limited engagement.
Cumming and Williams are joined by two-time Tony nominee Linda Emond (Death of a Salesman, Life x 3) as Fraulein Schneider, four-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein (Golden Boy, Follies, South Pacific, The Drowsy Chaperone) as Herr Schultz, Drama Desk Award nominee Bill Heck (Orphan's Home Cycle, Angels in America, The Merchant of Venice) as Cliff, Aaron Krohn (Macbeth, The Farnsworth Invention, The Coast of Utopia, Julius Caesar, Henry IV, The Invention of Love) as Ernst and Gayle Rankin (The Illusion, Tribes) as Fraulein Kost. Academy Award winner Mendes (director) and Academy Award nominee Marshall (co-director/choreographer), who were Tony-nominated for their work on the 1998 production, return to recreate their direction and choreography from the 1998 Tony Award-winning production. Once again, they convert Studio 54 into the gritty Kit Kat Klub, with cabaret-type seating as well as traditional theatre seating, to recreate the environment of the notorious pre-war Berlin nightclub.
Roundabout's production of Cabaret opened on Broadway March 19, 1998, starring Cumming and Natasha Richardson and won four Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical. The production played for six years through Jan. 4, 2004. Cabaret premiered on Broadway in 1966 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Studio 54 is located at 254 West 54th Street. Tickets can be purchased online at RoundaboutTheatre.org, by phone at (212) 719-1300 and at Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre box office (227 West 42nd Street) or Laura Pels Theatre Box office (111 West 46th Street).