CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB Announces The Prologue Company
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They will make the space feel so BEAUTIFUL. Complete casting for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Prologue Company has been announced. The Prologue Company consists of dancers and musicians that will welcome audiences to the club. As audiences arrive, they are invited to explore the Kit Kat Club and discover a world inhabited by movement, music, and sensuality that spans a century from 2024 New York City to 1929 Germany.
The Prologue Company features dancers Alaïa, Will Ervin Jr., Sun Kim, Bryan Longchamp, Deja McNair and swings Ida Saki and Spencer James Weidie. The musicians of the Prologue company are Brian Russell Carey (piano & bass), Francesca Dawis (violin), Keiji Ishiguri (dedicated substitute), Maeve Stier (accordion), and Michael Winograd (clarinet).
The Prologue features original music and music direction by Angus MacRae. The Prologue begins when the house opens, approximately 75 minutes before the published curtain time. Guests will receive a “club entry time” after they purchase tickets to allow them to take in the Prologue and the club before the show starts.
“We wanted to subvert an audience's idea of what it is to go to a Broadway musical and create a club space that's surprising, arresting, and alive from the moment you enter. Our Prologue Company will bring the Kit Kat Club to life long before the opening drumroll of ‘Willkommen,’ drawing the audience into the world of Cabaret. They build a bridge between now and then and invite the audience to relax, loosen up, and be themselves.” said Director Rebecca Frecknall
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will star Academy Award and Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne in his Olivier Award-winning performance as the ‘Emcee’ and introducing Gayle Rankin as the toast of Mayfair ‘Sally Bowles. The production will also star two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth as ‘Fraulein Schneider,’ Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood as ‘Cliff Bradshaw,’ Obie Award winner and Drama Desk Award nominee Steven Skybell as ‘Herr Schultz,’ Henry Gottfried as ‘Ernst Ludwig,’ three-time Helen Hayes Award winner Natascia Diaz as ‘Fraulein Kost/Fritzie’, Gabi Campo as ‘Frenchie,’ Ayla Ciccone-Burton as ‘Helga,’ Colin Cunliffe as ‘Hans,’ Marty Lauter as ‘Victor,’ Loren Lester as ‘Herman/Max,’ David Merino as ‘Lulu,’ Julian Ramos as ‘Bobby,’ MiMi Scardulla as ‘Texas,’ and Paige Smallwood as ‘Rosie.’ Swings include Hannah Florence, Pedro Garza, Christian Kidd, Corinne Munsch, Chloé Nadon-Enriquez, and Karl Skyler Urban.
Rehearsals for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club are now underway in New York City.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will begin previews at the August Wilson Theatre on Monday, April 1st, 2024 ahead of decadent twin opening night gala celebrations starting Saturday, April 20th continuing into the following night, with the official press opening on Sunday, April 21st.
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