EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: ADAM LAMBERT CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY AT “CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB” DURING A SPECIAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE FOR PRIDE LIVE / STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITORS CENTER
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO RELEASED OF
“CABARET
AT THE KIT KAT CLUB”
AND PRIDE LIVE / STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITORS CENTER
CELEBRATING
ADAM LAMBERT’S
BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL CURTAIN CALL
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE
New York, NY (January 30, 2025) – Last night, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and Pride Live/Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center celebrated GRAMMY® Award nominee Adam Lambert’s birthday with a special curtain call featuring the audience at the August Wilson Theatre singing “Happy Birthday” as a giant pineapple-shaped birthday cake was revealed on-stage.
Video, including cast member David Merino (they/them) leading the celebration and Lambert’s thank you speech, can be downloaded and used here for press and social purposes HERE (credit: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway).
Yesterday evening’s performance was a special benefit performance for Pride Live which Lambert has been a longtime supporter, including serving as a founding partner of the recently opened Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center, the country’s first national park recognizing the contributions of LGBTQIA+ people. For more information about Pride Live and the Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center, please visit www.pridelive.org
There are only eight weeks left to see Lambert, who has been called “marvelous” (Town & Country) and “stunning” (amNY), and Auli’i Cravalho, who has been called “excellent” (Theatermania) in Cabaret. As previously announced, both will play their final performance at Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson (245 West 52nd Street) on Saturday evening, March 29.
Starting Monday, March 31, trailblazing country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award® nominee and GRAMMY Award winner Eva Noblezada will star as ‘Emcee’ and ‘Sally Bowles’ in the Tony Award-winning production for a limited 16-week engagement. Casting for the roles of ‘Emcee’ and ‘Sally Bowles’ after Sunday, July 20 will be announced this summer.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club also stars two-time Tony Award winner and 2024 Tony Award nominee Bebe Neuwirth, 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.’
The cast of Cabaret also includes Gabi Campo as ‘Frenchie,’ Ayla Ciccone-Burton as ‘Helga,’ Colin Cunliffe as ‘Hans,’ Kayla Jenerson as ‘Rosie,’ Marty Lauter as ‘Victor,’ Loren Lester as ‘Herman/Max,’ David Merino as ‘Lulu,’ Julian Ramos as ‘Bobby,’ MiMi Scardulla as ‘Texas,’ and Paige Smallwood. Swings include Maya Bowles, 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 IRON BRYAN, Will Ervin Jr., 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 (Associate Director & Prologue Director); Danny Sharron (US Associate Director); Kayla Lomas-Kirton (UK Associate Choreographer); Ilia Jessica Castro and Jena VanElslander (US Associate Choreographers); 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 third 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.
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