amBroadway | Rachel Bloom to bring back ‘Death, Let Me Do My Show’

Rachel Bloom in ‘Death, Let Me Do My Show.’

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Rachel Bloom to bring back ‘Death, Let Me Do My Show’

Actress and writer Rachel Bloom, who recently brought her one-woman comedy with songs “Death, Let Me Do My Show” to the Lucille Lortel Theatre in the West Village, will do an encore run at the Orpheum Theatre in the East Village (which served for countless years as the home of “Stomp”) beginning Dec. 7. In the show, silly gags give way to genuine COVID trauma, including over the loss of her songwriting partner, Adam Schlesinger. It directed by Seth Barrish, who has previously done excellent work with comedian Mike Birbiglia.

Bebe Neuwirth joins ‘Cabaret’ revival cast

Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth has joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of “Cabaret” as Fraulein Schneider. Also new to the cast are Steven Skybell (the Yiddish production of “Fiddler on the Roof”) as Herr Schultz, Ato Blankson-Wood (“Slave Play”) as Clifford Bradshaw, and Natascia Diaz as Fraulein Kost. The revival is headlined by Eddie Redmayne (in his first appearance on Broadway since 2010) as the Emcee and Gayle Rankin (who played Fraulein Kost in the musical’s last Broadway revival in 2014) as Sally Bowles.

Eddie Izzard to star in one-man ‘Hamlet’

Last year, Eddie Izzard appeared Off-Broadway in a one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations.” As a follow-up, the transgender English actor and comedian (as well as marathon runner and political candidate) will return to the Greenwich House Theater in the West Village with a one-man adaptation of “Hamlet” in which Izzard will play no less than 23 characters. “I have always gravitated towards playing complex and challenging characters and Hamlet is the ultimate. This is a production for everyone, a timeless drama with an accidental hero,” Izzard said in a statement.  

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