Cabaret Opening in April on Broadway

Having worked in the theatre industry for close to three decades, I have seen allot of shows over the years. One in particular being the 1998 revival of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret that I had the honor of seeing at a private performance before it began previews the following day.

At the time, I had never seen a production of this Tony Award winning classic, or the 1973 Academy Award winning film starring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. However, it did not take me long before I was transported to 1930’s Berlin and all of its fascinating characters. By the time it closed six years later I had seen it over a dozen times. Clearly it had an enormous impact on me.

Now here we are all these years later and the show is returning to the Great White Way courtesy of a brand new critically acclaimed production from the West End where it is still playing to sold-out audiences at London’s Kit Kat Klub.

Starring Academy and Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee and Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles, and directed by Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret is scheduled to begin previews at the August Wilson Theatre on April 1 with opening night set for April 21. Something tells me I just might have to check this one out.