The pair will join the production from the 21st September.
It has been announced that stage and screen stars Skylar Astin (So Help Me Todd; Pitch Perfect) and Sarah Hyland (Modern Family; The Great Gatsby on Broadway) will play Emcee and Sally Bowles respectively, both making their West End debut in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club from the 21st September. Skylar Astin’s final performance will be Saturday 12 December 2026. Sarah Hyland’s final performance will be Saturday 23 January 2027.
Also joining the company will be Ronan Burns as Ernst Ludwig, Lindsay Atherton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, Lily Frances, Peter Houston, Samuel How, Bailey Johnson, Ellie Mitchell, Kirsty Anne Shaw, Natasha Wilde and Nicky Wong Rush.
Among those continuing in the production are: Baker Mukasa as Clifford Bradshaw, Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider, Robert Hands as Herr Schultz, Joe Atkinson, Xavion Campbell-Brown, Olivia-Rose Deer, Anya Ferdinand, Danny Fogarty, Adrian Grove and Eva-Rose Tanaka. The prologue company is formed of Isobel Bates, Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Jonathan Charles, Shanelle Clemenson, Andrew Linnie, Zara Liu, Dak Mashava, Brian James O’Sullivan, Jack William Parry and Shiho Yokoyama.
Currently booking in the West End until Saturday 18 September 2027, Rebecca Frecknall’s production of the musical won seven Olivier Awards.
This year marks the musical’s 60th anniversary of the show, which originally opened on Broadway on 20 November 1966, and the 5th anniversary of this award-winning production, which opened in the West End on 15 November 2021. A celebration will be held at the Kit Kat Club on Friday 20 November to mark the occasion, with a limited allocation of special priced tickets at £19.66, £60 and £196.60.
Cabaret features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
This production of the musical includes on its creative team: set and costume designer Tom Scutt with choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen with lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Nick Lidster, Wigs and Hair design by Sam Cox and Make-Up design by Guy Common. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer is Angus MacRae and the musical director is Ben Van Tienen.
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