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Knowing he was prepared to break a lot of boundaries allowed me (with guidance from my director of course) to be boundless in my performances as well. His eyebrows are coated in mascara, his face is painted white, he wears vibrant red lipstick and has overly rosy cheeks. The emcee wears a large amount of make-up to accentuate his facial features. Before there was such a thing he was a performance artist (think Lady Gaga) and sought to shock with outrageous costumes, makeup (on a man!), cross dressing, even dancing with a guerilla at one point. The characters hair and make-up is also of relevance, and often it too changes with their costumes. I’m a showman in a very decadent era and since there was a lot of decadence in the air I’m sure the MC had to really work hard to be more outrageous than anyone else. I hope the interpretation will justify the casting: Shirtless Eddie Redmayne defends playing sexually ambiguous Cabaret character Emcee as he poses in costume for Vogue shoot Redmanyes casting. James Dreyfus’s Emcee continued the sexualised Emcee and, following Godley, Michael Hayden was a now standard bisexual Cliff.

Maxwell Martin’s Sally was a confused, even deluded home counties girly. Costume Design by William Ivey Long Best Lighting Design. The official database for Broadway theatre information. Oddly I am front and center for most of the musical numbers but never really interact with the main characters-it’s clear my role is symbolic representing the decadence of Berlin Café society but one can’t play a symbol. And in a puritanical twist, the decadence of the Kit Kat cabaret club was seen as complicit in the rise of the Nazis, rather than a casualty of it. Cabaret (Revival, Musical, Drama, Broadway) opened in New York City and played through Jan 4, 2004. Kit Kat girls perform Two Ladies with Emcee.

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With Joel Grey and most recently Alan Cummings fingerprints all over the iconic role of the Emcee in Cabaret I had my hands full in creating my own take on this landmark role. Cliff sits at his typewriter and Sally looks on in Ventura Colleges production of Cabaret, 2020. West Ashley Theatre Center and Space Rental Costumes from Baz Luhmann’s film, Moulin Rouge inspired many of the costume looks in our production of Cabaret. Costume Design Process of Cabaret Candice Caldwell Day This document is an account of my process as Costume Designer of West Virginia Universitys School of Theatre and Dances Fall 2013 production of Cabaret on the Lyell B.

EMCEE CABARET COSTUME SERIES

Fra Fee (Emcee) most recently starred as Kazi in the hit Disney+ series Hawkeye, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Best Costume Design, Best Theatre Choreographer, Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design.

Directions to West Ashley Theatre Center Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club has recently been nominated for 11 Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival.