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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, PLEASE               

THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING PRODUCTION OF
“CABARET
AT THE KIT KAT CLUB”
ANNOUNCES
ELLEN HARVEY
TO RETURN TO BROADWAY AS ‘FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER’
STARTING MONDAY, MARCH 31

TWO-TIME TONY AWARD^® WINNER & 2024 DRAMA DESK AWARD^® WINNER
BEBE NEUWIRTH
TO PLAY HER FINAL PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29

COMPLETE CAST IS CONFIRMED
FOR THE ACCLAIMED REVIVAL’S SECOND YEAR LED BY

TRAILBLAZING COUNTRY MUSIC STAR
ORVILLE PECK
AS ‘EMCEE’
AND
TWO-TIME TONY AWARD NOMINEE
EVA NOBLEZADA
AS ‘SALLY BOWLES’

HEADSHOT OF HARVEY CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE

New York, NY (February 24, 2025) – Today, Adam Speers for ATG Productions, Underbelly, Gavin Kalin Productions, Hunter Arnold, Smith & Brant Theatricals, and Wessex Grove announced that Ellen Harvey will return to Broadway as ‘Fraulein Schneider’ in the Tony Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52^nd Street) starting Monday, March 31.

A headshot of Harvey can be downloaded here for publicity and social use (photo credit by Matthew Murphy).

On that date, Harvey will join the previously announced country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award^® nominee and GRAMMY Award^® winner Eva Noblezada as ‘Emcee’ and ‘Sally Bowles.’

Harvey most recently appeared opposite Kevin Kline in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter and memorably as the no-nonsense ‘Miss Jones’ alongside Daniel Radcliffe in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Bebe Neuwirth, who received a 2024 Drama Desk Award along with Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations, will play her final performance as ‘Fraulein Schneider’ on Saturday evening, March 29.

Additionally, Calvin Leon Smith as ‘Clifford Bradshaw,’ 2024 Tony Award nominee Steven Skybell as ‘Herr Schultz;’ Henry Gottfried as ‘Ernst Ludwig,’ and Michelle Aravena as ‘Fritzie/Kost’ are all continuing with the production.

The second year company of Cabaret will feature Gabi Campo as ‘Frenchie,’ Jada Simone Clark as ‘Helga,’ Colin Cunliffe as ‘Hans,’ Marty Lauter as ‘Victor,’ David Merino as ‘Lulu,’ Julian Ramos as ‘Bobby,’ MiMi Scardulla as ‘Texas,’ Paige Smallwood as ‘Rosie,’ and Price Waldman as ‘Herman/Max.’ Swings for the production are Maya Bowles, 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 Sun Kim, Deja McNair-Kyles, and swing Ida Saki. The musicians of the Prologue are Brian Russell Carey (piano & bass), Francesca Dawis (violin), Keiji Ishiguri (dedicated substitute), Déa Thatcher (accordion), and Michael Winograd (clarinet).

Experience this groundbreaking musical like never before. The denizens of the Kit Kat Club have created a decadent sanctuary inside Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre, where artists and performers, misfits and outsiders rule the night. Step inside their world. This is Berlin. Relax. Loosen up. Be yourself.

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 creative team for Broadway includes Jennifer Whyte (Music Supervision); Meghann Zervoulis Bate (Music Direction); 2024 Tony Award nominee, Drama Desk Award winner, OBIE Award winner, and Olivier Award nominee Isabella Byrd (Lighting Design); 2024 Tony Award nominee, Drama Desk Award winner, and Olivier Award winner Nick Lidster (Sound Design); Sam Cox (Hair & Wig Design); Guy Common (Makeup Design); Jordan Fein (Prologue Director & Cabaret Associate Director); Danny Sharron (US Associate Director); Kayla Lomas-Kirton (UK Associate Choreographer); Ilia Jessica Castro (US Associate Choreographer); Angus MacRae (Prologue Composer & Prologue Music Director); Bernard Telsey, CSA & Kristian Charbonier, CSA (Casting Directors); and Thomas Recktenwald (Production Stage Manager). 101 Productions, Ltd. serves as the US General Manager for Cabaret.

The Broadway production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club began previews on Monday, April 1, 2024 and quickly became Broadway’s “hottest ticket” (Washington Post), and “the Broadway show everyone needs to have an opinion on” (Town & Country). Critics called the production “an unforgettable and jaw-dropping experience” (Entertainment Weekly), and “a ravishing, gut-punching, timely revival” (Variety). 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.

When the London production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club began performances in November 2021, it electrified the West End with critics calling it “a kill-for-a-ticket theatrical triumph” (The Telegraph). The production went on to win a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards and is now tied for the most for any musical revival in Olivier history. Now in its fourth smash year, the West End production of Cabaret currently features Tony Award and Emmy Award^® winner Billy Porter and double Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace as ‘Emcee’ and ‘Sally Bowles’ at the Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse.

BIOGRAPHIES

Ellen Harvey (Fraulein Schneider). Broadway: Present Laughter with Kevin Kline, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Miss Jones alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Phantom Of The Opera (Madame Giry), The Music Man, Thou Shalt Not. National Tours: Mary Poppins, Disney’s High School Musical, and Mamma Mia. Recent favorites: Lend Me A Soprano (Alley Theatre), Murder on the Orient Express (Old Globe), Sunset Boulevard (Broadway Sacramento), Knoxville (Asolo) TV: “Blue Bloods,” “WeCrashed,” “House of Cards,” “Blacklist,” “Gotham,” and “Younger”. @ellenharveynyc.

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