Eddie Redmayne leads a dazzling & dangerous ‘Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club’

Eddie Redmayne in “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.” Photo by Marc Brenner.
The Rundown

Cabaret arrives on Broadway for the fifth time this spring in a smartly conceived reimagined Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.

Based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera, which was, in turn, inspired by gay novelist Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin, the musical was a watershed moment when it premiered in 1966, starring Joel Grey as the maniacal Emcee of a seedy nightclub in Weimer era Germany. Alan Cumming took the reigns in 1998, and now Oscar- and Tony-winning Eddie Redmayne puts his stamp on the role, accompanied by a stellar cast and creative vision that reimagines the Broadway experience.

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