Beyond this basic skeleton, though, the 2024 take is not theCabarettheatergoers are familiar with.
How Does Cabaret 2024 End?
The Emcee has been portrayed differently over the years, which will be discussed in more depth later.
But at his core, the Emcee is always a unique enigma.
As it repeatedly says on the revival’s website, the Kit Kat Club is somewhere to"Relax.
The Emcee’s role in that messaging differs from production to production.
Rather than being the perpetrator, the Emcee represented the victim.
Instead of through extravagant costumes like in 2024, Cumming’s Emcee displays his uniqueness through unabashed sexuality.
He spends the show essentially seducing the audience and wearing revealing costumes, seemingly without shame.
The Emcee’s (and ensemble’s) extravagant costumes demonstrate this.
Why Did Cabaret Change Its Ending?
The 2024 revival ofCabaretis a drastic re-imagining of how the musical can convey its story most effectively.
But I was interested in actually getting to the end and it being the ensembles tragedy.
You know, Eddie would have been okay.
Eddie is a cis, White, beautiful Aryan man.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Clubis now playing at the August Wilson Theatre.
Gillian Blum has been a writer at The Direct since 2022, reporting primarily from New York City.
She also commonly reports on Percy Jackson, Invincible, and other similar franchises.
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