Incident at Broadway's 'Cabaret' involving audience member grabbing Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret. PHOTO: MARC BRENNER
It is being reported that during last night’s performance of ‘Cabaret’, an audience member walked up to the stage and grabbed star Eddie Redmayne. The audience member was removed by theatre security.
David Gordon, who is the managing editor of Theatremania, reported the incident on his X account. According to Gordon, an audience member left their seat and walked right up to the stage during the song “Two Ladies” and grabbed Redmayne’s costume. It appears as though they were quickly removed from the theatre by security.
Some in the comments said that the audience member was disruptive from the beginning of the show. It is not known at this time how much the incident disrupted the performance.
Redmayne is starring as the Emcee in the highly anticipated revival directed by Rebecca Frecknall, which had great success in the West End last year. The production also stars Gayle Rankin in the iconic role of Sally Bowles.
The musical tells the story of Sally, an ambitious English singer who starts up a relationship with American writer Clifford Bradshaw as he observes the eccentric characters who populate the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin. Set between World War I and World War II, the growing unrest beyond the club's doors is ever-present as the artists within express themselves through song.
It features a score by Kander & Ebb made up of a string of songs that have become musical theatre mainstays, like “Willkommen,” “Don't Tell Mamma,” “Mein Herr,” “Two Ladies,” “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” “Money,” “Maybe This Time” and, of course, “Cabaret.”
The last time the show was revived on Broadway was in 2014 with Michelle Williams, Emma Stone, and Sienna Miller all playing Sally Bowles. The production also starred Alan Cumming as the Emcee, returning to the role he won a Tony for in 1998, as well as Danny Burstein and Linda Emond as Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider.
Previews began April 1 at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City, with the show set to officially open on April 21.
There has been no statement yet from the production regarding the incident.
This is a developing story and will be updated with new information.