BERLIN, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- American actor Joel Grey, who achieved theatrical stardom as the M.C. in the 1966 Broadway production of "Cabaret," will guest appear in the role in Berlin.
Grey, 72, will be a guest actor in the role next Saturday when a new production of the show opens at the Bar Jeder Vernunft, Berlin's popular 1920s-style cabaret theater.
Grey will visit the city at the invitation of Berlin's American Academy and also will conduct a master class at the Ernst Busch School, the foremost acting academy in the city.
On Thursday, an exhibition of photographs from his book, "Pictures I Had to Take," will open at the Galerie im Einstein, featuring photos the actor took on his world travels.
After the opening night performance of "Cabaret" the role of M.C. will be taken by Eric Rentmeister. The musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb is based on stories by English author Christopher Isherwood set in Berlin and its notorious Kit Kat Club in the early 1930s.
Grey's Broadway performance in the show won him a Tony Award and his performance in the 1972 film adaptation won him an Academy Award. His last appearance on Broadway was in "Chicago."
