We have liftoff!

Production photographer Marc Brenner’s (X @brennerphotos) first photos of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club NYC have been released. They showcase Eddie Redmayne, reprising his Olivier Award-winning role as The Emcee + Gayle Rankin, who appeared as Fraulein Kost in the 2014 Broadway revival, as Sally Bowles.

Historic ‘Willkommen’

Eddie Redmayne welcomes original Emcee Joel Grey to the Kit Kat Club NYC on his 92nd birthday, along with Cabaret composer John Kander.

Repost @susie_babani on IG: “best musical I’ve seen so far - Cabaret (which has always been a favourite of mine) currently in previews - partially transplanted from the London version I was meant to see back in December 2021 but the cast all got covid and the performance was cancelled - so I’ve had to wait a long time and cross an ocean to see #EddieRedmayne as the Emcee and #bebeneuwirth…It’s going to be a smash hit. But more surprises in store as #JoelGrey who starred in the movie was in the audience (it was his 92nd birthday today) and so was John Kander who wrote all the original music. Plus a fair bit of star spotting in the audience - Anderson Cooper, Molly Ringwald, Candace Bergen and I think Katie Couric (only got snaps of the latter two and the special guests).”

And a special treat:

Perfecting their art

Eddie Redmayne, The Emcee, + Natascia Diaz, who portrays Fraulein Kost, get ready for their final rehearsals for Monday’s opening of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club NYC. On Saturday’s schedule: An evening “invited rehearsal” for theatrical professionals + others associated with the cast. Eddie always remembers this Broadway tradition, which he last experienced in 2010 when he co-starred in “Red,” with great fondness. (Photo from IG@ladydiaz777. Photos below from IG @itsixchel)

Encore, encore!

📸 Remember our first real look at Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club London in 2021? The brilliant Marc Brenner, chronicler of UK theatre, was the man behind the lens. No wonder our pulse raced Tuesday when his Insta showed him boarding a flight for New York. Could there be a second act? Sure enough, later in the day he was standing in front of the Kit Kat Club New York, which surely means photos of the Broadway cast — led by Eddie Redmayne, Gayle Rankin + Bebe Neuwirth — now prepping for their Monday opening. We’ll be looking!!!

Fashionable pair

Not to read too much into this, BUT…

Eddie Redmayne was spotted by Deux Moi dining out at the trendy Balthazar restaurant in SoHo Saturday night with Vogue Magazine + Met Gala maven Anna Wintour.

Eddie always dazzles at the gala — + it just so happens he has the night off from his Emcee duties in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club NYC on May 6, when this year’s gala is scheduled. Theme is “Sleeping Beauty: Reawakening Fashion,” + it’s chaired by Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya. [📸: @deuxmoi]

Eddie would certainly wake up any sleeping beauty with the edgy Harry Lambert stylings he’s worn in 2023-24, landing him once again on best dressed lists and featured in high fashion magazines.

Cabaret camaraderie

(Top) Eddie Redmayne selfied by Kit Kat Club “Cabaret girl” Texas, Mimi Scardulla, who reported “Tech is fun.”

(Below) Eddie at the mike during Saturday’s “sitzprobe,” the first rehearsal of the singers and orchestra for the unique sound of the Kit Kat Club. If the production repeats the London arrangement, the musicians are divided into two balconies overlooking the round, rotating stage in the middle of the “club.” (Photo from IG @kitkatclubnyc)

New digs

More from the new residents of the Kit Kat Club NYC: “Move in day was a success.” (Repost @paigesmallwood_ on IG)

Eddie Redmayne + company have left the rehearsal hall + are in the theater for their last 2 weeks of rehearsing before the 4/1 opening of Cabaret!

Live from the Kit Kat Club NYC

Eddie Redmayne with part of his Cabaret Broadway troupe at their last day in the rehearsal studio before moving into the theater Saturday. [My edit. 📸 Left: From IG @gabifrederique (Frenchie), Right: From @corinnemunsch (swing/understudy for Fraulein Kost)]

‘Less Bob Fosse, more Stanley Kubrick…’

An insightful look at the Broadway-bound production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club from Vogue, including interviews and photos with Eddie Redmayne + Gayle Rankin and behind-the-scenes glimpses from creatives Rebecca Frecknall (director) + Tom Scutt (theater/set/costume designer) on creating the production + on its London-to-NYC journey.

[Photos: Julien Martinez Leclerc Stylist: Harry Lambert]

Tales from the Kit Kat Club

See it in person or view the broadcast! This is a great opportunity for anyone in, close to, or with the ability to get to New York City (or anyone with internet access) and $25 to spare to see + hear Eddie Redmayne + Gayle Rankin discuss Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club a few weeks into their Broadway run — with MTV’s Josh Horowitz hosting (Eddie’s fans know him from the delightful Happy Sad Confused sessions.) Tickets are available for the May 20 conversation in person and for the broadcast 2 days later at the 92Y.org website.

From experience, these 92Y programs are extremely worthwhile, both to attend and to view online! Click on the link below to see the first one we attended in 2014, a pre-release screening of The Theory of Everything + film scholar Annette Insdorf’s conversation with Eddie + Felicity Jones afterward.

Note that Eddie is wearing his favorite Prada cardigan, which he’s said feels like a “big hug.”