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Billy Porter Suffering Sepsis, Leaves 'Cabaret'
The early closure follows Billy Porter's withdrawal due to sepsis, with ticket sales falling below 70% and grosses around $500,000, prompting a month-early end to the Broadway run.
- On Sunday, Sept. 7, producers announced Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will close on September 21 after Billy Porter withdrew due to a serious case of sepsis.
- Facing falling ticket sales, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club saw weekly grosses slide to $505,142 and audience capacity drop to just below 70%, straining the high-cost production.
- At closing on Sept. 21, the revival will conclude after 18 preview and 592 regular performances, with Marty Lauter and David Merino sharing the Emcee role and Marisha Wallace remaining as Sally Bowles.
- Producer Adam Speers said the early closure was "painful" and wished Porter a "speedy recovery," while Porter's doctors are confident he will fully recover but advised rest.
- The revival, which opened in April 2024 with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, featured the first all-black leads, and Porter said, `This show in particular, at this time in American history, it's really important for me`.
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Billy Porter leaves Cabaret after being diagnosed with 'serious case of sepsis'
Cabaret is set to close on Broadway almost a month ahead of schedule after lead star Billy Porter was diagnosed with a “serious case of sepsis”. A statement posted on social media on 8 September by Broadway’s Kit Kat Club, née August Wilson Theatre, explained that Porter would not be returning to the eccentric revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical before it closes on 21 September. Cabaret was due to run until 19 October with Pose star Bi…
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