Thursday, January 4, 2024

Stunning Emcee photo for Cabaret on Broadway - Happy Birthday Eddie!


A stunning photo of Eddie as the Emcee from
the "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in NYC" promo, 

Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday, Eddie!
🎂🎉😊❤🤗😘

Eddie is a patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. 
His birthday is January 6, and Bespoke Redmayne is
organizing a fundraiser every year where we can honor
him with a donation to the charity in his name. 





Monday, October 23, 2023

Eddie reprises his Cabaret role on Broadway in 2024


It's official! Eddie reprises his Olivier-winning performance
as the Emcee alongside Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles. 




 For this thrilling production of Cabaret, the creative team will transform the August Wilson
Theatre into the Kit Kat Club with an in-the-round auditorium and sinfully dreamlike spaces
which guests will be invited to explore featuring pre-show entertainment, drinks, and dining. 
After purchasing tickets, guests will receive a “club entry time” to allow them to take in
the world of the club before the show starts.



 Eddie said: “It was whilst playing ‘The Emcee’ in a student production of Cabaret
over 25 years ago that my love for theater was properly ignited. It now feels
completely thrilling and a little surreal to be a part of Rebecca’s truly unique vision
of Masteroff, Kander, and Ebb’s brilliance as it arrives on Broadway, where the piece
has such a history. I am beyond excited to be doing it arm-in-arm with the remarkable 
Gayle Rankin and a truly stunning cast and team. I am hoping we will create
an experience for you quite unlike any other.” 



Previews for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will begin on Monday, April 1, 2024.
The production will have decadent twin opening night gala celebrations starting
Saturday, April 20 which will continue into the following night, with
the official press opening on  Sunday, April 21.
Tickets for Cabaret will be placed on sale through Saturday, March  29, 2025,
with Redmayne and Rankin scheduled to play a limited engagement
through Saturday, August 31, 2024. Starting Monday, June 17, 2024,
Redmayne will not perform on Monday evenings and
Rankin will not perform at Wednesday matinees. 

Read more: broadwayworld.com



Quotes from last week's TheaterMania interview by David Gordon:

"I’ve been back to see every cast that’s taken over since I left. What Rebecca has crafted
is a piece that has a form, but also allows for absolute individuality to flourish within that.
Every Kit Kat member has their own personality, their own costume, their own vibrancy.
I honestly feel, at this point, thrilled to be part of this amazing legacy."

"You’re absolutely right that a lot of actors do not enjoy hearing themselves, but
I have listened to the album. I tend to dwell more on other people’s songs than my own,
because it takes me back to the memories of standing in the wings, waiting. Every night,
I would introduce Jessie Buckley to sing “Cabaret” and would go and peek through
the curtain to watch her deliver this roar of a song. Those are the memories that I take away,
and having that captured in the live recording is everything for me. When I listen to it,
it’s about going back to a wonderful place in my memory."

"It’s really important that it was a live recording because the Emcee, in some ways,
falls flat if he doesn’t have something to interact with, given that the audience is the other
character. The idea of canned laughter is sort of absurd. I love that there are moments in it
that people are laughing and the person listening, unless you’ve seen the show, has no idea
what’s going on."

"Physically, it was an extreme toll. I’m not going to lie. I’ve not done anything like this.
First thing in the morning, you’re in the shower checking that all the vocal pieces are there,
and you fear that they’re not. My struggle was always finishing the anarchy of “Two Ladies,”
because the Emcee would scream and be all over the place, and then I would have to find
the poise to come into this choral version of “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” where I sing
the top vocal part over three of my own recorded voices.

I really struggled with that for the first couple of weeks. It was our brilliant choreographer,
Julia Cheng, who is a stunning dancer and a brilliant spirit, who helped me when I appealed
to her. One night, she took me from when I came off stage after “Two Ladies” and walked
my track with me to where I had to come on for “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” giving me
breathing exercises and almost a meditation, because it was my anxiety that I was
struggling with. That was very helpful."

"You know, I’m thrilled that Broadway is going to get this production. I’m really thrilled
for Rebecca. She’s one of the great directors of our time. She’s stunning. And Tom and Julia
and the designers…I’m so excited to Broadway to hear their voices in some ways.
And Jordan, our associate director. These are brilliant voices and I feel lucky to have spotted
some of their work early in London, and for Broadway to get to be introduced to their work,
I’m just really excited."

Photo credit: Mason Poole (via)

Casting newsAto Blankson-Wood, a Tony-nominated actor known for Slave Play,
has been cast as Cliff. 

Monday, August 28, 2023

The filming continous in Budapest - sightings in the city

 At the end of June Eddie returned to Budapest to continue filming The Day of the Jackal
series. He took photos and selfies in the city with lucky fans.

A lucky restaurant employee posted on June 29:
"It's a really special moment 🤩 when your favorite actor stops in front of
your restaurant and looks at the menu...Now he's listening to a text and
studying a script, but he says he'll be back for a dinner."
She wrote on Instagram: "🤪❤️I have special days🤗🌹 ❣️So was today
🥰🌷🥰 Wow...what a meeting🤗🌹❣️ It doesn't sound very sappy when
I say My Favorite, isn't it👍🥰Eddie Redmayne❣️❣️❣️Thank you❣️❣️❣."



Another fan photo  from the IG stories of @lunuska was taken on June 29 (via)  
The translation of the image caption: The crowning glory of my museum career 😍
@lunuska posted the original selfie with the caption "Best workday ever 😳" 


A selfie at the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
posted on June 30 by @nikolay.nobel on Instagram

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Espresso Embassy posted on July 26: "We were happy to welcome him for a coffee."

The filming of The Day of the Jackal didn't stop, it can continue filming as
it is contracted under the UK union Equity, not SAG Aftra. (source IFTN).
The strike is not lawful under UK legislation, SAG cannot protect its members
with Equity contracts so they have to continue working. If they don't they are
at risk of being sued for breach of contract. Equity encourages members
to join rallies and demonstrations organized in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.

Eddie's co-star Lashana Lynch is also in Budapest filming.
Its location is Andrássy Avenue and Octogon in Budapest.

"...It was really magical when we saw Eddie Redmayne in the audience..."


He played the Sonata in B flat major No.3 K.281 by W.A. Mozart.
Location: Béla Bartók Conservatory (high school of musical arts)
Budapest, Nagymező u. 1.





Update Jan. 7, 2024:
Thanks to @moons_piano who posted a video and photos on Instagram.

@moons_piano wrote (translated with Google Translator):
...⭐️Why is this person here...
Actually, after Junhyuk finished rehearsal, I was out of my mind too.
When I went out to the lobby, there were a lot of guests.
He thought, ‘There is such a handsome man.’
I said Please come in lol
This person was "Eddie Redmayne from Fantastic Beasts"...
After the performance, the audience went crazy... haha.
But what’s really amazing is that someone is that famous.
came alone without a manager and watched the performance from start to finish.
And he waited until Junhyuk came out... and even congratulated him.
I heard that he came and waited an hour before the performance.
It's crazy.
Why is this person in Hungary, out of all the places, at Junhyuk’s recital?
He's been dazed for days....lol lol
When I came back to Korea for no reason
watched Fantastic Beasts again on the plane😍
It still feels like a dream... He looks really handsome in person
I was so busy that I couldn't even take a picture together, it's too bad🥲


Another new photo from last week via cramcreamott on Twitter


Selfie with Eddie in Budapest Saturday morning (08.26).
The man with him is a Hungarian actor and singer Bálint Magyar.
He wrote in his post: "Early risers find Eddie Redmayne"
(Another translation: The early bird gets Eddie Redmayne.)



A new photo with a fan at the Blueberry Brunch today (Aug. 28).
We have hot sunny weather, about 30°C.

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