Cabaret National Tour Announces Additional Second-Season Dates

Roundabout Theatre Company’s national tour of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall’s Tony Award-winning production of Cabaret has announced additional tour stops and dates for its second season. The tour, which premiered in Rhode Island at the Providence Performing Arts Center on January 26, is currently playing at Louisville's Kentucky Center for the Arts.

The show's 2017 tour stops will include the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (January 1-January 10), the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida (January 24-January 29), the Princess of Whales Theatre in Toronto (February 14-February 19), the Fox Twin Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin (February 28-March 5), the Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York (May 9-May 14), the Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, California (June 6-June 11), and Keller Auditorium in Portland, Oregon (June 27-July 2).

Randy Harrison, best known for his portrayal of Justin in the Showtime drama Queer as Folk, takes on the role of the Emcee while Andrea Goss, a veteran of Roundabout's Cabaret on Broadway plays Sally Bowles. Joining them are Shannon Cochran as Fraulein Schneider, Alison Ewing as Fraulein Kost, Mark Nelson as Herr Schultz, Ned Noyes as Ernst Ludwig, and Lee Aaron Rosen as Clifford Bradshaw.

The Kander and Ebb musical, based on the stories of Christopher Isherwood and John Van Druten's drama I Am a Camera, ran from April 24, 2014-March 29, 2015 at Studio 54. The revival production, which first opened in 1998, returned to Roundabout's Broadway home in April 2014 with its Tony-winning Emcee Alan Cumming and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams as Sally Bowles.

The creative team for the North American tour includes original direction by Sam Mendes, original codirection and choreography by Rob Marshall, tour direction recreated by BT McNicholl, tour choreography re-created by Cynthia Onrubia, set design by Robert Brill, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari, sound design by Keith Caggiano based on the original Broadway design by Brian Ronan, and hair and wig design by Paul Huntley. Music direction is by Robert Cookman.

For tickets to Cabaret at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, click here.