Emma Stone Begins Performances in Broadway's CABARET Tonight

Tonight, November 11, Roundabout Theatre Company welcomes Emma Stone in her Broadway debut as "Sally Bowles" in Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Tony-winning musical Cabaret starring Alan Cumming in his Tony Award-winning role as "Emcee." Directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed/choreographed by Rob Marshall.

The cast also features 2014 Tony nominee Linda Emond as Fraulein Schneider, 2014 Tony nominee Danny Burstein as Herr Schultz, Bill Heck as Cliff,Aaron Krohn as Ernst and Gayle Rankin as Fraulein Kost.

CABARET features a book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. It is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories byChristopher Isherwood.

The Cabaret Kit Kat Klub boys & girls are: Will Carlyon, Kaleigh Cronin, Caleb Damschroder, Benjamin Eakeley, Andrea Goss, Leeds Hill, Kristin Olness, Kelly Paredes, Jessica Pariseau, Dylan Paul, Evan Siegel, Stacey Sipowicz and Katrina Yaukey.

CABARET is playing a limited engagement through March 29, 2015 at the newly transformed Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54thStreet).

Cabaret has been nominated for two Tony Awards (Best Featured Actor Danny Burstein & Actress Linda Emond), a Drama Desk Award (Danny Burstein), two Outer Critic Circle Awards: Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical (Michelle Williams) and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Danny Burstein). Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams have also been nominated for the Drama League's 2014 Distinguished Performance Award.

For this production, Mr. Mendes and Mr. Marshall converted Studio 54 into the gritty Kit Kat Klub with Cabaret-type seating as well as traditional theatre seating, to recreate the decadent environment of the notorious pre-war Berlin Nightclub.

The design team includes set and club design by Robert Brill, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari and sound design by Brian Ronan. Patrick Vaccariello is the Musical Director.

CABARET features some of the best-known songs in musical theatre, including "Willkommen," "Maybe This Time" and "Cabaret." John Kander and Fred Ebb are two of the most successful and prolific collaborators in the American Theatre and are currently represented on Broadway with the award-winning revival of Chicago.

Roundabout's production of Cabaret opened on Broadway on March 19, 1998 starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson and won four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. Alan Cumming received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall received Tony nominations for direction and Rob Marshall received a Tony nomination for choreography. The production went on to play for six years and 2, 378 performances before finishing its run on January 4, 2004.

CABARET premiered on Broadway in 1966 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in addition to the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Outer Critics' Circle Award, the Variety Poll of New York Critics, and London's Evening Standard Award. The original Broadway production played 1166 performances.

Photo by Richard Phibbs.