Orville Peck to perform unmasked for Broadway debut in ‘Cabaret’: “It’s not about me”

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Orville Peck is set to perform unmasked for his Broadway debut in Cabaret.The country crooner is well-known for sporting a cowboy hat and a fringed face mask as a way to conceal his face.

Last August, however, the ‘Dead Of Night’ singer altered his presentation, switching the long face-covering tassels for a mask that is a bit more revealing.At the time, he said the move “was a little nerve-wracking” and made him feel “a little naked”, but added that it was a necessary change that allowed him to “evolve”Earlier this year, it was announced that Peck would join the cast of Rebecca Frecknall’s Broadway revival of Cabaret, replacing Adam Lambert.

Peck has since shared he’ll be playing the role of the Emcee unmasked.“The mask is part of my expression personally as an artist and a very big personal part of me,” he told the New York Times recently. “But I’m here to play this role and to bring respect and integrity and hopefully a good performance to it.

It’s not about me. I’m not trying to make it the Orville Peck show.”A post shared by Orville Peck (@orvillepeck)Kander and Ebb’s 1966 musical follows the the goings-on at a hedonistic Berlin nightclub as the Nazis come to power, and the Emcee had previously been played by Eddie Redmayne.