Cabaret Casting Rumor: Orville Peck & Eva Noblezada

Would Orville Peck improve the box office? Seems like a pretty minor figure in the music world still. When he last played New York, it was 2 nights at the Paramount Theater in BK, which has 2700 seats.  He’s got about about 800K insta followers, which isn’t a scientific metric by any means but is MUCH less than Lambert or Zegler or D’Amilio, for example.

I'm a huge fan of Orville Peck and he is one of the few names that would absolutely get me to return to this production, but, yeah, he's not a big name overall.

FWIW, though, prior to adopting the persona of Orville Peck, he worked professionally as a stage actor. I'd certainly be curious to see him return to that. And he'd certainly bring a much different sound to the role. As for the mask- he's switched to a smaller mask in recent  years, perhaps he'll transition out of using it entirely. But it would fit for the Emcee, I suppose, particularly in this production where the Emcee is all facade anyway.

But we'll see if this pans out, particularly with Noblezada's commitment to Hadestown in London.

quizking101 said: "Orville would be unmasked for the role, a first in his career."

He appeared - unmasked - in the West End in Peter Pan Goes Wrong, credited as his legal name, Daniel Pitout.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Photo-Flash-New-Cast-of-PETER-PAN-GOES-WRONG-Walks-the-Plank-in-the-West-End-20161109

Though I prefer his print work (iykyk).

Updated On: 12/30/24 at 02:21 PM

Orville did say he had something in the works for Broadway back in September so possibly. I just can't imagine Eva would want to just KEEP pushing through these roles with no rest period. I could see it if they had Reeve as Emcee, but this match up seems just kind of... pointless for someone who has now originated two lead Broadway roles in just the last few seasons. 

I might be misremembering, but wasn’t her name thrown around to open the production too? I think she’d be fab. 

Updated On: 12/30/24 at 04:05 PM

That’s not his site, this is. He has no tour announced for 2025, just a one-off date in Australia on 3/1.

I think this is the first time in the three years this has been open in the west end and the year this had been on broadway that this is the first casting that I don’t care much about 

It’s cool that cabaret is rumored to stay open, I absolutely love that, but this rumor just doesn’t get me too incredibly excited

Yes, but Cabaret appears to be casting current celebrities with artistic merit. At least so far. Hahaha.  

EmceeHammer said: "I would fly back to NYC for this casting. I loved this production and love Orville Peck. I’ve been tempted to fly to London to see Billy Porter. Maybe both?"

 

I'm surprised that so many on this board know who this dude is ...just some gay mask wearing country singer that nobody in our circle seems to know lol.

Updated On: 12/31/24 at 12:12 AM

this seems off, this show needs a real WOW to keep going and Eva and Orville don't seem like "event" casting, there was just a show off-broadway featuring Orville Pecks music that was a total flop

Orville Peck would be the only reason I would go see the show again. I really hope this pans out.