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Hani Furstenberg joins cast of Broadway's Cabaret December 22

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 04:45 pm EST 11/13/14

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY Hani Furstenberg to assume the role of “Fraulein Kost” in CABARET starring Alan Cumming & Emma Stone Gayle Rankin will play final performance on December 21, 2014 Cabaret is playing a limited engagement through March 29, 2015 On Broadway at Studio 54 Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces Hani Furstenberg will assume the role of “Fraulein Kost” on Monday, December 22. Original cast member Gayle Rankin will play her final performance as “Fraulein Kost” on Sunday, December 21. Cabaret is playing a limited engagement on Broadway through March 29, 2015 starring Alan Cumming as “Emcee” (through March 29) and Emma Stone as “Sally Bowles” (through February 1). Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Tony-winning musical CABARET is directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed/choreographed by Rob Marshall. Hani Furstenberg was recently seen Off-Broadway: in Lucy Thurber's Stay and Adam Rapp's Though The Yellow Hour (Rattlestick Theater). She is known for her American film work in The Loneliest Planet and won the Israeli Oscar for her role in the film Campfire. The CABARET cast also features 2014 Tony nominee Linda Emond as Fraulein Schneider, 2014 Tony nominee Danny Burstein as Herr Schultz, Bill Heck as Cliff, Aaron Krohn as Ernst and Gayle Rankin as Fraulein Kost. CABARET features a book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. It is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood. The Cabaret Kit Kat Klub boys & girls are: Will Carlyon, Kaleigh Cronin, Caleb Damschroder, Benjamin Eakeley, Andrea Goss, Leeds Hill, Kristin Olness, Kelly Paredes, Jessica Pariseau, Dylan Paul, Evan Siegel, Stacey Sipowicz and Katrina Yaukey. CABARET is playing a limited engagement through March 29, 2015 at the newly transformed Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street). For this production, Mr. Mendes and Mr. Marshall converted Studio 54 into the gritty Kit Kat Klub with cabaret-type seating as well as traditional theatre seating, to recreate the decadent environment of the notorious pre-war Berlin Nightclub. The design team includes set and club design by Robert Brill, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari and sound design by Brian Ronan. Patrick Vaccariello is the Musical Director. CABARET features some of the best-known songs in musical theatre, including “Willkommen,” “Maybe This Time” and “Cabaret.” John Kander and Fred Ebb are two of the most successful and prolific collaborators in the American Theatre and are currently represented on Broadway with the award-winning revival of Chicago. CABARET is made possible with Bank of America as a Proud Sponsor, American Airlines as the Official Airline and MAC as The Official Makeup Partner. Major support for Cabaret is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for Cabaret are available by calling 212.719.1300, at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Studio 54 box office (254 West 54th Street). Tickets prices range from $47-$172, not including holidays. Cabaret plays Tuesday-Saturday evenings at 8PM, 7PM on Tuesdays, and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2PM. Roundabout subscribers save up to 50% off tickets to Cabaret and Roundabout donors are guaranteed the best seats in the house. For more information on subscriptions or to become a donor, visit roundabouttheatre.org/packages or call 212-719-1300. Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to producing the highest quality theatre with the finest artists, sharing stories that endure, and providing accessibility to all audiences. A not-for-profit company, Roundabout fulfills its mission each season through the production of classic plays and musicals; development and production of new works by established and emerging writers; educational initiatives that enrich the lives of children and adults; and a subscription model and audience outreach programs that cultivate and engage all audiences. Roundabout Theatre Company presents a variety of plays, musicals, and new works on its five stages, each of which is specifically designed to enhance the needs of Roundabout’s mission. Off-Broadway, the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre, with its simple sophisticated design, is perfectly suited to showcasing new plays. The grandeur of its Broadway home on 42nd Street, American Airlines Theatre, sets the ideal stage for the classics. Roundabout’s Studio 54 provides an exciting and intimate Broadway venue for its musical and special event productions. The Stephen Sondheim Theatre offers a state of the art LEED-certified Broadway theatre in which to stage major large-scale musical revivals. Together these distinctive homes serve to enhance Roundabout’s work on each of its stages. American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Roundabout’s 2014-2015 season includes Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing starring Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cynthia Nixon and Josh Hamilton, directed by Sam Gold; Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink starring Rosemary Harris, directed by Carey Perloff; Coleman, Comden & Green’s On The Twentieth Century starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, directed by Scott Ellis; and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods. The 2014-2015 Roundabout Underground production is Little Children Dream of God, a new play by Jeff Augustin, directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Roundabout’s production of Masteroff, Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, starring Alan Cumming and Emma Stone, directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall (co-director/choreographer), continues to run at Studio 54. Roundabout’s 50th anniversary season in 2015-2016 includes: Noises Off by Michael Frayn, directed by Jeremy Herrin; and Stephen Karam’s The Humans, directed by Joe Mantello; and Keira Knightley making her Broadway debut in a new adaptation of Thérèse Raquin by Helen Edmundson, based upon the novel by Émile Zola, directed by Evan Cabnet. www.roundabouttheatre.org

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