The producers of Cabaret on Broadway have announced the next stars to appear in the show.

Country music star Orville Peck is set to play The Emcee in the smash-hit musical, alongside two-time Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles.

The stars will make their Cabaret debuts from 31 March to 20 July 2025 at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre in New York.

Current leads Adam Lambert and Auli‘i Cravalho will play their final performances on 29 March 2025.

Country music star Orville Peck trained at LAMDA in London, and has appeared in the West End, playing Jonathan Harris/Peter Pan in Mischief Theatre’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong.

Broadway star Eva Noblezada will be finishing her run as Daisy Buchanan in the hit Broadway musical The Great Gatsby on 30 January. This production of The Great Gatsby is also coming to London, playing the London Coliseum from 11 April, with casting to be announced.

There had been rumours that Noblezada might be reprising her role of Daisy in the London production, but news of her joining Cabaret has put paid to that. She is, however, still coming to London this year, joining the West End production of Hadestown for a limited engagement reprising her Tony Award nominated performance as Eurydice.

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway is directed by Olivier Award-winner and 2024 Drama Desk Award nominee Rebecca Frecknall. Frecknall will soon have two productions running in New York, with her acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire playing New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) from 28 February to 6 April 2025, starring Paul Mescal.

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).

Cabaret boasts 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 creative team of Cabaret also includes 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.

Also, 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.

Orville Peck said in a statement: “The Emcee has been my dream role since I was a teenager. The nature of the character allows for complete freedom of individual expression. It can be portrayed through such a vast range of emotions, perspectives, and performance styles. That kind of freedom is every actor’s dream. I truly cannot believe I’m getting to make my Broadway debut in one of my favorite shows and in probably my favorite role in all of musical theater. I grew up in the theater. I was a working actor and a dancer for many years before I started making music. I did the hustle, and the struggle, for a long time, trying to make things happen for myself. But it taught me so much of who I am as a performer and a person, so it feels very full circle to be making a return to it at this point in my career.”

Eva Noblezada said: “While studying musical theater in school, Cabaret always stood out. I was, and am, amazed by the lineage of theater royalty who have been in the show. And Sally Bowles to me is simply… fascinating. She is like a totally conscious child who is also completely unhinged. Almost clownish. But real and raw and in your face. And that character amidst and against that backdrop of such an evil reality is painfully surreal. I am totally psyched to start learning more. And I am ready to be as submissive as possible to the iconic world that is Cabaret.”

Rebecca Frecknall, the Olivier Award winning director of Cabaret, said: “After such a brilliant collaboration with Adam Lambert, I’m thrilled to be able to bring yet another incredible contemporary musician into the role of the Emcee. Orville brings such theatricality to his own musical performance and has one of the most crystalline voices in music right now. It’s going to be exciting to see him become a part of our production and hear him sing John Kander and Fred Ebb’s score. I’ve followed Eva’s work for years and it’s a privilege to have her join the company as our next Sally Bowles on Broadway following Auli‘i’s magnificent run. She brings such truth and emotional vulnerability to her work and has a voice that always thrills. She is truly one of theater’s great leading ladies, so it only seems fitting for us to get to see her take on this great canonical role.”

Cabaret is also playing in London at the Kit Kat Club, currently starring Katherine Langford and Adam Gillen. From 28 January, the show will feature Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace.

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More about Orville Peck

Peck and his signature mask have been redefining country music and introducing it to a new audience since the release of his 2018 debut album Pony. He followed that with Bronco in 2022 and last year’s duets album, Stampede. His boldly theatrical live performances have made him a sought-after collaborator, working with music vanguards such as Willie Nelson, Elton John, Shania Twain, Kylie Minogue, and Beck.

More about Eva Noblezada

Eva Noblezada made her Broadway debut in the 2017 revival of Miss Saigon, for which she received a Theatre World Award as well as a Tony Award nomination. On film, she has starred in the acclaimed indie film Yellow Rose and comedy Easter Sunday.

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Main photo: Cabaret on Broadway to star Eva Noblezada (Photo Caitlin McNaney) and Orville Peck (Photo Sam Ramirez)

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