Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Cabaret’ training includes weekly bouts of ‘torture’

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Cabaret’ training includes weekly bouts of ‘torture’

Eddie Redmayne is doing all he can to keep in shape for his role as the Emcee in “Cabaret” — which includes weekly bouts of “torture.” “It’s quite full on,” he told the New York Post exclusively at the show’s opening on Saturday. “There is this amazing man named Greg, who is kind of a … Read more

‘Cabaret’ Broadway review: Revival with Eddie Redmayne is luxe — and bleak

‘Cabaret’ Broadway review: Revival with Eddie Redmayne is luxe — and bleak

Walking into the August Wilson Theatre, which has been gutted and impressively transformed into a sexy nightspot called the Kit Kat Club, my immediate reaction was, “Wow. This is cool!” Theater review CABARET Two hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the August Wilson Theatre, 245 West 52nd Street. The audience enters, not through … Read more

Molly Ringwald conceived daughter in Studio 54 dressing room during ‘Cabaret’ run: ‘Iconic’

Molly Ringwald conceived daughter in Studio 54 dressing room during ‘Cabaret’ run: ‘Iconic’

Molly Ringwald’s perfectly marvelous road to becoming a mom began with one simple place. Ringwald revealed in a new interview with The Times that she conceived her daughter, Mathilda, at Studio 54. The “Sixteen Candles” actress, 56, shares Mathilda, 20, and twins Roman and Adele, 14, with husband Panio Gianopoulos. Ringwald as Sally Bowles in … Read more

‘Cabaret’ actor Fritz Wepper dead at 82

‘Cabaret’ actor Fritz Wepper dead at 82

Fritz Wepper, the German film and TV actor best known for his role in “Cabaret” has died. He was 82. His family told the Hollywood Reporter Wednesday that Wepper died at a hospice facility in Munich on Monday after a long illness that followed the life-threatening sepsis he suffered last year. In 1972, Wepper appeared … Read more

Shed no tears for La Grenouille — it’s a tacky part-time cabaret in a funeral parlor setting

Shed no tears for La Grenouille — it’s a tacky part-time cabaret in a funeral parlor setting

The likely imminent closure of La Grenouille — the East 52nd Street carriage house it occupies was put up for sale last week — has some crying into their soufflés and questioning the future of French dining in the city. It’s the last of the city’s original “Le” and “La” restaurants to close, following Le … Read more

We found the best tickets prices on all Broadway shows opening in 2024

We found the best tickets prices on all Broadway shows opening in 2024

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. New year, new shows. Once the ball dropped in Times Square, the clock ticked over to 2024 and just days later, never-before-seen productions began opening up on Broadway. … Read more

Jennifer Holliday: ‘Barbra Streisand told me I shouldn’t lose weight’

Jennifer Holliday: ‘Barbra Streisand told me I shouldn’t lose weight’

Forty-two years after she first told the world “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” in her Tony-winning role as Effie White in “Dreamgirls,” Jennifer Holliday is still here, folks. But now her signature number has a completely different meaning for the 62-year-old diva, who has overcome weight struggles, career setbacks and a multiple … Read more