Lambert will star in the Tony Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Producers Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Underbelly, Gavin Kalin Productions, Hunter Arnold, Smith & Brant Theatricals, and Wessex Grove have shared that Grammy Award nominee Adam Lambert and fast-rising star Auli’i Cravalho will make their respective Broadway debuts as Emcee and Sally Bowles this fall in the Tony Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre at 245 West 52nd Street in New York City.
Directed by Olivier Award winner Rebecca Frecknall and designed by 2024 Tony Award winner Tom Scutt, Lambert and Cravalho will begin performances on Monday, September 16th and play a limited engagement through Sunday, March 30, 2025.
As previously announced, Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, both of whom received widespread critical acclaim and earned Tony Award nominations for Cabaret, will play their final performances in the roles on Saturday evening, September 14th.
Casting for Emcee and Sally Bowles roles after March 30th will be announced in the new year.
Lambert previously appeared in the North American touring production of Wicked and shortly after, rocketed to stardom in the eighth season of American Idol. In addition to being a platinum-selling singer/songwriter, he appeared in the five-time Academy Award-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody and starred in the Sofia Coppola-produced feature film Fairyland. In addition to fronting legendary rock band Queen, playing to sold-out stadiums across the globe, last week Lambert released his latest solo EP, the hedonistic, dance-driven Afters.
“Growing up on the musical theater stage, it was always a childhood dream to perform on Broadway,” Lambert shares. “With this production of Cabaret, it finally felt like the right time to accept an invitation to make my debut. The themes of this show have always resonated with me and given the current sociopolitical climate the world is in, feel eerily timely. Eddie and Gayle have been a dream pairing and I’m looking forward to working with Auli’i to create our own magic. It is thrilling to be able to sink my teeth into this important story and collaborate with the rest of the talented artists in the cast and crew.”
During their runs in Cabaret, Lambert and Cravalho will normally perform seven shows per week.
Lambert will not perform in the matinees on October 23rd, November 6th, 24th and 27th, December 4th and 18th, January 15th and 29th, February 12th and 19th, March 5th and 19th or the evenings of October 14th and 28th, November 12th, December 10th and 23rd, January 7th and 21st, February 4th and 24th, March 10th and 24th.
Cabaret also stars two-time Tony Award winner and 2024 Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Bebe Neuwirth as Fraulein Schneider, Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood as Clifford Bradshaw, 2024 Tony Award nominee Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig, and three-time Helen Hayes Award winner Natascia Diaz as Fritzie/Kost.
Cabaret, one of the most revered and successful musicals of all time, has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood. The show features the songs “Willkommen,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Mein Herr,” “Maybe This Time,” “Money,” and the iconic title number.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway is directed by Olivier Award winner and 2024 Drama Desk Award nominee Rebecca Frecknall with club, scenic, and costume design by Tony Award winner, Evening Standard Award winner, and Olivier Award nominee Tom Scutt, and choreography by 2024 Chita Rivera Award nominee and Olivier Award nominee Julia Cheng.
The Broadway production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club began previews on Monday, April 1, 2024, and quickly became a hot ticket. It was the most nominated revival of the 2023-2024 season receiving nine Tony Award nominations and honored with Best Revival nominations by the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and Drama League Awards.
