Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a New York Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles were in The Conquest of the South Pole (1988), La BĂȘte (1992), and Cabaret (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in Cabaret (1998). His other performances on Broadway include Design for Living (2001), and Macbeth (2013).
Cumming in 2013
Cumming in the gallery art work "Sliphost"
Cumming performing at benefit concert for the Ali Forney Center in 2010
Cumming at the Highline Ballroom in 2009
Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
Original Broadway promotional poster by Tom Morrow
Julie Andrews was offered the role of Sally Bowles, but her manager refused due to the character's immorality.
Kelly Hunter as Sally Bowles, 1986
Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre) Marquee in London