I’d Do Anything’s Samantha to play Sally Bowles in Cabaret tour
I’d Do Anything finalist Samantha Barks has landed the role of Sally Bowles in the forthcoming UK tour of Cabaret.
Barks, who came third on the BBC talent show earlier this year, will play alongside renowned dancer Wayne Sleep, who is taking on the role of Emcee. The tour will open at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on August 29, and is currently scheduled until April 4, 2009 when it will play at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal. Further dates and locations will be announced shortly.
Barks said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to get this part. Cabaret is one of my favourite shows ever and Sally Bowles is such a great part to play. Having met Liza Minnelli during the filming of I’d Do Anything, I’m beside myself with excitement.”
Since its Broadway premiere in 1966, and the 1972 film version starring Minnelli, Cabaret has won a number of stage and screen awards including eight Oscars, seven Baftas, and 13 Tonys.
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