Emma Stone Discusses Singing Showstoppers In CABARET

Emma Stone dishes on her new diva role!

Popular big screen star Emma Stone makes her way to Broadway later this year in the recent revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's landmark musical CABARET and the actress opens up about her headlining role in the show as part of a new interview.

Commenting on singing the standout "Maybe This Time", Stone shares, "I just went through the scene the other day and walked out that scene with Bill Heck, the guy who plays Cliff. I mean, I just yesterday for the first time got on stage and sang that song, which is really surreal. Theater is always an evolving idea, but right now that song seems to me the most optimistic we ever get to see her. I feel like that's in some ways the most hopeful point of the show until the very end of the song. So I'm sort of thinking about that right now. She has a respite from all of the things that are racing through her mind all the time."

Also, Stone says of performing the legendary title song, "I could sing that all day, every day. That's just my favorite thing in the world. I'm still in rehearsals, so everything is always changing, and I'm trying things for the first time, in that capacity. I've been singing it in my bedroom or in my head for 16 years but never actually on stage at Studio 54. I don't really know yet where it will land or how it will all end up, but it's just the coolest, coolest thing, and I'm really happy and excited."

Additionally, Stone says of directors Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall, "My first official week of rehearsal was last week, so when I go back we'll be able to dive in a little bit deeper. I've gotten to talk about the character a lot with them. It's been something I've been mulling over for about a year and a half so it just feels like I'm learning how to take all that stuff - the singing in the bedroom, all that's been happening internally - and externalize it. They're helping me through that. They just know the show very well and they have for a long time, so that's incredibly helpful."

Check out the original article on the matter here.

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