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Cabaret

Orville Peck as the Emcee in Cabaret.

Until Jan 4, 2026
245 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019, United States

In the late 1920s, as Weimar Germany careened towards fascism, the British writer Christopher Isherwood moved to Berlin. Living with a flapper who had Hollywood ambitions, he spent his evenings at the city’s jazz cabarets and was a loyal customer of the local male prostitutes. These escapades inspired Isherwood’s 1939 novel, Goodbye to Berlin, which inspired John Van Druten’s 1951 play, I am a Camera, which inspired the Joe Masteroff–John Kander–Fred Ebb 1966 musical, Cabaret. The musical follows the love life of Sally Bowles, a singer at the seedy Kit Kat Klub, and its premiere production on Broadway earned two Tony Awards. Last spring, the latest in a long string of revivals opened on Broadway. Starting on March 31, Orville Peck steps into the role of the Emcee and Eva Noblezada takes over as Sally Bowles. —Jensen Davis

Photo: © August Wilson Theater