CABARET National Tour Adds New Dates in the Carolinas, San Francisco

As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, Roundabout Theatre Company presents the national tour of Sam Mendes' (Skyfall, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall's (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Tony Award-winning production of CABARET, premiering in Providence, RI at the Providence Performing Arts Center in January 2016.

The tour has just added dates in Greenville, SC (March 15-20, 2016 at the Peace Center); San Francisco, CA (June 21-July 17, 2016 at The Golden Gate); and Charlotte, NC (Nov 8-13, 2016 at the Belk Theater).

These new stops join the more than 20 previously announced cities during CABARET's first season, including: Los Angeles, CA (Pantages Theatre); Chicago, IL (Bank of America Theatre); Pittsburgh, PA (Benedum Center); Miami, FL (Adrienne Arsht Center); Las Vegas, NV (The Smith Center); Costa Mesa, CA (Segerstrom Center); Dallas, TX (AT&T Performing Arts Center); Cincinnati, OH (Aronoff Center); Baltimore, MD (Hippodrome Theatre); Durham, NC (Durham Performing Arts Center); New Orleans, LA (Saenger Theatre);Austin, TX (Bass Concert Hall); Houston, TX (Hobby Center); Louisville, KY (Kentucky Center); Des Moines, IA (Des Moines Civic Center); Milwaukee, WI (Marcus Center) with additional cities to be announced soon.

This tour of CABARET marks Roundabout Theatre Company's third production on the road, having previously produced the critically acclaimed tours of Twelve Angry Men and Anything Goes.

Casting for the national tour has not yet been announced. For more information, visit www.CabaretMusical.com.

JOHN KANDER, FRED EBB and JOE MASTEROFF's Tony-winning musical features some of the most memorable songs in theatre history, including "Cabaret," "Willkommen" and "Maybe This Time." CABARET is set in the infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd--and to leave their troubles outside.

Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed production of CABARET opened in Spring of 2014 with Alan Cumming reprising his Tony-winning role as the Emcee. The show continues on Broadway through March 29, 2015, starring Alan Cumming and Sienna Miller at Studio 54.

The creative team includes direction by Sam Mendes, co-direction and choreography by Rob Marshall, set and club design by Robert Brill, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari and sound design by Brian Ronan. Cabaret is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.

Roundabout's production of Cabaret opened on Broadway on March 19, 1998 starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson and won four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. Alan Cumming received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Cabaret went on to play on Broadway for six years and 2, 378 performances before finishing its run on January 4, 2004.

Cabaret premiered on Broadway in 1966 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in addition to the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Outer Critics' Circle Award, the Variety Poll of New York Critics, and London's Evening Standard Award. The original Broadway production played 1166 performances.

Roundabout Theatre Company was most recently represented across the country with the critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning national tour of Anything Goes starring Rachel York which toured for 48 weeks. Before that, Twelve Angry Men toured for 2 years, spending 63 weeks across the United States and Canada. Roundabout's longest-running musical, the revival of Cabaret, received a multi-year tour across the country beginning in 1999. In 2011, Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed work reached a worldwide cinema audience with the HD capture and broadcast of their Tony nominated production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Brian Bedford.

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