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How Orville Peck Reinvented Himself for His Broadway Debut: ‘I Wanted to Disappear’
Orville Peck talks about his Broadway debut as the Emcee in 'Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club,' the show's political message and more.
The reason that “yes” was so easy is because Peck cites Cabaret as “one of my favorite musicals,” and the Emcee as “the role I’ve wanted to play since I can remember.” For the uninitiated, the show — which made its original Broadway debut all the way back in 1966 and was adapted into the 1972 film of the same name — follows the stories of multiple characters living at the end of Weimar Germany, embracing the hedonistic, impoverished lifestyles of Berlin while ignoring the Nazi party’s rise to power. Where other roles in the show — like the vivacious cabaret star Sally Bowles (played in this production by Tony nominee Eva Nobelezada) — interact primarily with one another, the Emcee is most interested in speaking directly to the audience. “It’s depressing, of course, but I also think I’m really grateful that this show is running during a time like this — if even one person leaves that theater with a light bulb having gone off, or feeling any more compassion or empathy for what is going on for people right now, then that is all I can ask for.”
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