Tag: cabaret

What It Takes to Be a Musical's Dance Captain

Once a Broadway show officially opens, most choreographers direct their attention to a new project, and in high school productions, frequently the choreographer can’t be present during the entire rehearsal process. That’s where the dance captain comes in: Their job is to maintain the integrity of a show’s choreo as originally set by the choreographer. […]

Cabaret Willkommens Emma Stone to Broadway

Question: Could the utterly hilarious and gorgeous actress Emma Stone get any more likeable? The answer, my friends, is yes. Yes she can. Why? Because this star is headed for Broooaaadway! Stone will take over the lead in the revival of Cabaret, replacing Michelle Williams as Sally Bowles this November. It’s Stone’s first Broadway role, […]

Jessica Pariseau

(courtesy Jessica Pariseau) Jessica Pariseau is no stranger to the sultry, shadowy world of Cabaret. This triple threat got her first taste of the Kit Kat Klub during the national Broadway tour of the show in 1999. Since then, she’s performed in The Producers on Broadway, in the national tour of Chicago, as a Radio […]

Life is a Cabaret for Michelle Williams

The 1998 Cabaret revival on Broadway was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won 4—and many of the things that made that production so great are staying the same, including choreographer Rob Marshall and Tony-winner Alan Cumming in the role of the M.C. But Williams promises a new—and very exciting—twist. Cabaret begins previews at Roundabout’s […]

Celebrating Cabaret’s 40th

Quick! Think of a musical that epitomizes the Bob Fosse style. Did you pick Cabaret? Odds are pretty good you did. Who doesn’t associate Fosse with fishnet-clad girls vamping to “Mein Herr”? But here’s an interesting fact: The original Broadway production of the now-iconic show, which premiered in 1966, was actually choreographed by Ron Field, […]