New Video: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne Talk CABARET and The 'Emcee' Legacy
Last night, the company and audience of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club celebrated Broadway legend Joel Grey’s 92nd birthday on stage at the August Wilson Theatre.
By: A.A. CristiApr. 12, 2024, Broadway World.
Last night, the company of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club wilkommened some very special guests to their immersive nightclub home!
Eddie Redmayne currently in previews as the ‘Emcee’ in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club celebrated Broadway legend Joel Grey’s 92nd birthday on stage at the August Wilson Theatre.
In the video Grey, who won Tony and Academy Awards for originating the role of the Emcee, reacts to the immersive new production now in previews on Broadway and its star Eddie Redmayne.
Redmayne described the feeling of performing for Grey and the show's composer, John Kander as "extraordinary, horrendously intimidating, as well, but joyful," and revealed a special moment he shared with the star during the performance.
Grey, who originated the role of the ‘Emcee’ on Broadway in 1966 and went on to star in the beloved film of Cabaret, took the stage as the entire cast, band, and creative team sang “Happy Birthday” while a custom cake, shaped like a giant pineapple, emerged from the stage.
During his speech honoring Grey, Eddie Redmayne said, “Tonight is an extraordinarily special night for us because we are in the presence of an extraordinary human being without whom none of us would be here.” After thunderous applause, Redmayne continued “Your performance in this part changed my life and it was one of the things that made me want to be an actor.”
The cast and Grey were also joined on stage by Cabaret composer John Kander.
Alongside Joel’s daughter Jennifer Grey and Kander, a star-studded crowd came out to fete the theater icon including Anderson Cooper, Candice Bergen, Jackie Hoffman, Jane Krakowski, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Rockwell, and more. They were joined by numerous alum of Cabaret��spanning the decades including Maude Apatow (Sally Bowles in London, 2023), Madeline Brewer (Sally Bowles in London, 2022), Joely Fisher (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2000), Gina Gershon (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2001), Mason Alexander Park (Emcee in London, 2023), Adam Pascal (Emcee on Broadway, 2003), Molly Ringwald (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2002), Jake Shears (Emcee in London, 2023), and Brooke Shields (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2001).
About CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is now in previews on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street). The production, directed by Olivier Award winner Rebecca Frecknall and designed by Tony Award nominee and Evening Standard Award® winner Tom Scutt, will have decadent twin opening night gala celebrations starting Saturday, April 20 and continuing into the following night, with the official press opening on Sunday, April 21. Tickets are on sale now at www.kitkat.club or via Seat Geek HERE.
In addition to Redmayne, Cabaret also stars Gayle Rankin as the toast of Mayfair ‘Sally Bowles, two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth as ‘Fraulein Schneider,’ Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood as ‘Clifford Bradshaw,’ Obie Award winner and Drama Desk Award® nominee Steven Skybell as ‘Herr Schultz,’ Henry Gottfried as ‘Ernst Ludwig,’ and three-time Helen Hayes Award winner Natascia Diaz as ‘Fritzie/Kost.’
The cast of Cabaret includes 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.
The Prologue Company, the dancers and musicians that welcome audiences to the club, feature dancers Alaïa, Iron Bryan, Will Ervin Jr., Sun Kim, Deja McNair and swings Ida Saki and Spencer James Weidie. The musicians of the Prologue are Brian Russell Carey (piano & bass), Francesca Dawis (violin), Keiji Ishiguri (dedicated substitute), Maeve Stier (accordion), and Michael Winograd (clarinet).
For this production of Cabaret, the creative team have transformed the August Wilson Theatre into the Kit Kat Club with an in-the-round auditorium and custom spaces which guests will be invited to explore during the Prologue, the production’s pre-show entertainment. After purchasing tickets, guests will receive a “club entry time” to allow them to take in the world of the club before the show starts.
Patrons can upgrade their experience at the Kit Kat Club with exclusive dining or drinks packages that allow them to soak up the pre-show atmosphere. These various upgrades offer unparalleled service and unique experiences in the heart of the Kit Kat Club. Drinks can be enjoyed before and during the show, while food will be cleared shortly before the performance begins, ensuring uninterrupted and unmissable views of Cabaret. For a complete menu and more information on the upgrade packages, please visit www.kitkat.club/upgrade.
“What could I have done without using physical contact to stop [him]? And then that could have been me in the wrong by using physical contact to stop [him].” The girl she couldn’t fight off a fully grown man and she wouldn’t be seen as a victim if she did try to fight him off
A man who identifies as transgender has been convicted of committing a rape just weeks after his release from prison for child sex offenses. Lexi-Rose Crawford, 24, had previously been given a four-year sentence for raping an underage girl that he groomed online.
Appearing in Bristol Crown Court on March 10, Crawford initially claimed to have been suffering “blackouts,” and said he could not recall the sexual assaults. Disturbingly, the formal indictment used in court referred to Crawford’s genitalia as “her penis,” according to The Daily Mail.
Despite Crawford’s plea of ignorance to his own crimes, the jury found him guilty of rape and sexual assault after less than two hours of deliberations. Crawford’s victim cannot be named for legal reasons, but is known to be particularly vulnerable. She told the court that Crawford came to their home in April 2019 to play computer games.
Describing the attack, the victim stated that Crawford had attempted to have her lay next to him before forcing himself on her.
“[Crawford] wanted me to lie down next to [him] and then tried to start… cuddling me, which I don’t feel comfortable with anyway. And then [he] started removing my clothes, which I didn’t want,” the victim said in court.
Despite repeated protests, Crawford removed the victim’s clothing and raped her. When asked why she didn’t fight back more aggressively, she said: “What could I have done without using physical contact to stop [him]? And then that could have been me in the wrong by using physical contact to stop [him].”
Responding to Crawford’s statements that he suffered from a lapse of memory, Prosecutor David Scutt pointed out that he had no medical basis to support this, and called the claim a “convenient excuse.”
Scutt asked Crawford point-blank: “It appears you can remember the good stuff, but you cannot remember the bad stuff. Are you pretending that you can’t remember?”
Following the guilty verdict, Crawford was released on conditional bail until his sentencing on May 10. He was referred to with feminine pronouns throughout the trial, and was addressed as “Miss” by lawyers and Judge Michael Longman throughout the four days of proceedings.
This is not Crawford’s first time being convicted of a grisly sexual attack on a vulnerable victim.
In 2017, Crawford was jailed after raping a teen girl he had met on the internet and groomed into his trust. At the time, Crawford was 18 and his victim was a 15-year-old girl he had met online. After developing a relationship, Crawford took the girl to a secluded area in the woods. Just before he assaulted her, he told the girl: “You are going to get laid.”
Following his release from prison in 2019, Crawford began using a female name and feminine pronouns. Just weeks later, he committed his latest sexual attack.
Should Crawford be handed a custodial sentence, it is believed he will be placed in a men’s prison as a result of recent prison policy reforms in the UK with respect to the handling of transgender prisoners.
On February 27, the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service announced new guidance for housing male prisoners who claim to identify as women. The updated framework states that “transgender women offenders no longer housed in women’s prisons if they have male genitalia or have committed sex crimes.”
The decision was made after ongoing controversy surrounding male sex offenders identifying as “women” and then demanding transfer into the female prison estate. In the month of January, four male sexual predators made headlines after identifying as women and either requesting of transfer to a women’s prison or being granted a move. The most notable case involved Adam Graham, 31, who began claiming to be a woman called Isla Bryson after he was charged with raping two women. Like Crawford, Graham was referred to with feminine pronouns both in the court and in UK media coverage, and court documents had charged Graham with raping the women with “her penis.”
Graham was found guilty of rape in both cases, and was initially green-lit to be held in a women’s prison for up to a month while awaiting sentencing. But the approval was short-lived after the incident sparked international outcry that led to the involvement of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Sturgeon was ridiculed by critics and journalists for her refusal to call Graham a man, and, in February, announced that she would be resigning from her post. Sturgeon will remain as First Minister until a successor has been elected.
David Sumner, jeune mathématicien américain, vient habiter avec sa femme britannique Amy dans l'arrière-pays anglais, dans le petit village de Wakely dans les Cornouailles. David souhaite y travailler au calme, pour se concentrer sur ses recherches sur la structure stellaire et les mathématiques appliquées. Son arrivée n'est pas du goût de Charlie Venner, ex-petit ami d'Amy. Lui et ses amis Norman Scutt, Chris Cawsey et Phil Riddaway voient d'un mauvais œil qu'un étranger ait épousé l'un des leurs. David engage de jeunes ouvriers du village pour réparer la ferme, qui appartenait au père d'Amy. Les ouvriers, Scutt et Cawsey, finissent par tourmenter le couple non violent. Ces agressions s'intensifient lorsqu'ils attaquent la ferme après que David a pris la défense d'Henry Niles, l'idiot du village, accusé de meurtre. David met toute son intelligence au service de sa survie. Retranché dans la ferme, il élabore des pièges qui font de lui l’égal de ses assaillants.
Un film remarquable, réalisé avec brio et efficacité par un Peckinpah au sommet de son art. Le cinéaste délivre une oeuvre sans autre issue que celle empruntée, par la violence. Une violence fragile, crispée, que l'on devine délicate à mettre en place, dû notamment à la situation banale à laquelle est confronté notre couple. Dans cette enfer quotidien, Dustin Hoffman nous gratifie d'une interprétation juste et spontanée. Il ne triche pas avec les émotions et s'élance dans l'oeuvre, avec plaisir et dynamisme. Peckinpah, filme de manière très particulière, offrant, entre ralentis et plans désaxés, un intimisme au sein du couple, d'une rare qualité. Un grand film, dominé par une histoire troublante et fasciante, qui chavire dans le cauchemar, en titillant la folie du bout des doigts. Peckinpah montre, ou dénonce la violence dans toute sa noirceur, la rendant quotidienne, fragile. Comme pour signifier qu'il est si facile de basculer, lorsque le mal atteint notre quotidien, ou franchit le pas de notre porte. D'une histoire d'amour tendre et émouvante, le cinéaste rend une copie noire et brute de l'espèce humaine. Avec un pessimisme certain, mais distancié, Peckinpah frôle et heurte les esprits, en créant une oeuvre culte, d'une rare intensité, parfaitement orchestrée.
It’s recently clicked for me that the same illustrator, David Scutt (actually far more associated with his Bond covers than anything) created the fantastic original covers for two of my very favourite books.
Jesus Christ Superstar: The Concert - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - Review
Jesus Christ Superstar: The Concert – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – Review
“From Fri 14 Aug we are delighted to re-open our theatre with #JCStheConcert – a special concert staging of Jesus Christ Superstar, created by the team behind our multi-award winning production.” I don’t think I’ll ever forget the joy I felt reading those words in July. They meant that after months of bad news, something wonderful was happening. They meant that theatre was back.
Those who married while in the princess' service usually received a gift of some kind from the princess. In April 1537, her accountant recorded an "Itm geuen to the mariage of one of the Ewry the xvth Daye of this mounth." A Mistress Fynes received from the princess money "on her maryage to by her a kyrtell." Mary gave her servant, John Scutt, two deer to grace his wedding feast. When her servants retired or left her service Mary continued to be their "good mistress." Her accounts record that David Candeland "my lades g[ra]ce olde sunte" received a small sum in July 1537. Sums like this were also disbursed to Richard Baker, Humphrey Andrews, and to a man designated in the accounts as Richard, "a pore man and sõmetyme wodberer." The princess provided for her servants even after their deaths. When William ap Richard and his wife died of plague while in her service in September 1537, Mary paid for their burial expenses.
From Heads Of Household To Heads Of State The Preaccession Households of Mary And Elizabeth Tudor, 1516 - 1558, by J L McIntosh
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
A 2000 printing of Sharpe’s Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell with cover illustration by David Scutt.
Sharpe’s Trafalgar is the seventeenth full length Sharpe novel and was originally published in 2000. Chronologically it is now the fourth in the series. Sharpe's presence at Trafalgar obviously hadn't been planned by the author and it was never mentioned in any of the books up to that point (which had mainly been set after it).
Review Roundup: CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB Opens on Broadway
Cabaret is now running at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway.
By: Blair IngenthronApr. 21, 2024
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, directed by Rebecca Frecknall, opened tonight, Sunday, April 21st at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. Cabaret features classic 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 production stars Eddie Redmayne as the 'Emcee', Gayle Rankin as 'Sally Bowles', Bebe Neuwirth as 'Fraulein Schneider, Ato Blankson-Wood as ‘Clifford Bradshaw,’ Steven Skybell as ‘Herr Schultz,’ Henry Gottfried as ‘Ernst Ludwig,’ and Natascia Diaz as ‘
The cast of Cabaret also includes 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.
The Prologue Company, the dancers and musicians that welcome audiences to the club, feature dancers Alaïa, Iron Bryan, Will Ervin Jr., Sun Kim, Deja McNair and swings Ida Saki and Spencer James Weidie. The musicians of the Prologue are Brian Russell Carey (piano & bass), Francesca Dawis (violin), Keiji Ishiguri (dedicated substitute), Maeve Stier (accordion), and Michael Winograd (clarinet).
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club also features club, scenic, and costume design by Tom Scutt, and choreography by Julia Cheng.
Let's see what the critics had to say!
Check the link for full aricle about good and bed reviews!
I've read all the reviews, I'm just an Eddie fan blogger, so I absolutely can't give a technical opinion, but I know and know the enormous effort that goes into a show. Critics are critical as they should be, so let's not be influenced by the negative ones. I haven't seen the show in New York and I don't know if I 'll be able to see it, but I saw the one in London which completely enveloped me and immersed me in the 1930s like a vortex. If you go to see the show pls, don't think about the criticism, but listen to your feelings, which are worth much more!
Congratulations to Eddie and the wonderful cast and team of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club NYC, on their 9 Tony Award nominations in these categories:
Actor in a Leading Role (Musical): Eddie Redmayne.
Actress in a Leading Role (Musical): Gayle Rankin.
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Tom Scutt
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Tom Scutt
Best lighting design of a Musical: Isabella Byrd.
Best Sound design of a Musical: Nick Lidster for Autograph.
Actor in a Featured Role (Musical): Steven Skybell.
Actress in a Featured Role (Musical): Bebe Neuwirth.
Best Revival of a Musical
📷 The Tony Awards and Cabaret at the kit kat Club NYC on Instagram.
* "The 77th Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Sunday, hosted by Ariana DeBose, on Sunday, June 16., 2024. (Variety, April 29th, 2024)
RT @Scutty: Iron ore 💥 higher. MBIOI-62 +4.9% to $99.30. Up a lazy 22% in 2 weeks. 58% and 65% fines also rose ~4%. Dalian iron ore jumped 4.1% to ¥680. https://t.co/t4zzN79p02
Iron ore 💥 higher.
MBIOI-62 +4.9% to $99.30. Up a lazy 22% in 2 weeks. 58% and 65% fines also rose ~4%. Dalian iron ore jumped 4.1% to ¥680. pic.twitter.com/t4zzN79p02
— David Scutt (@Scutty) September 12, 2019
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