Eddie Redmayne is outta here.
The Oscar winner opened in “Cabaret” this past winter with hopes of winning a Tony award. ( I was originally told he was signed up for a year. .But his reps insist he was always leaving September 14th.)
But despite a nomination, Redmayne’s Olivier award winning London performance didn’t catch on here. He didn’t win the Tony, and his stint as the emcee of the Kit Kat club got some ribbing. I don’t know why, I thought he was terrific and many others did as well.
Now Eddie — who has movie commitments — will escape Cabaret at the end of this summer. His replacement will be Adam Lambert, famous from “American Idol” and touring with Queen. Wilkommen!
Sally Bowles will also change actors as Gayle Rankin leaves, and is succeeded by Auli’i Cravalho.
Business for “Cabaret” has been off the last couple of weeks, but that’s the same for all of Broadway. But producers spent a lot of money to remake the August Wilson Theater entirely with new seating, and the bars into period lounges. So “Cabaret” needs to find a new audience, maybe one that Lambert will bring in.
The new actors take over on September 16th.
