Jennifer Grey Celebrates Broadway Legend Dad Joel Grey’s 92nd Birthday with Current and Past “Cabaret ”Casts
The “Dirty Dancing” star, Anderson Cooper, Jane Krakowski and more celebs honored the Broadway legend on his big day
Life is a cabaret for Joel Grey!
The Oscar winner and Broadway legend, who turned 92 on April 11, celebrated his birthday at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City with his daughter Jennifer Grey and celebrity guests on Thursday.
The Dirty Dancing star, 64, was with her dad as he watched a performance of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at the theater. Joel originated the role of Emcee in Cabaret when it debuted in 1966 and starred as Master of Ceremonies in the beloved 1972 film Cabaret.
He won an Oscar for his role in the film in 1973.
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Joel Grey and daughter Jennifer Grey at his 92nd birthday celebration.The Emcee in the revival of the Broadway show is currently being played by another Oscar winner: Eddie Redmayne, who joined Jennifer on the August Wilson stage to celebrate Joel’s birthday with a custom cake shaped like a pineapple and a serenade of the birthday song.
“Tonight is an extraordinarily special night for us because we are in the presence of an extraordinary human being without whom none of us would be here,” Redmayne, 42, said in a speech honoring Joel.
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Joey Grey and Eddie Redmayne on April 11.“Your performance in this part changed my life and it was one of the things that made me want to be an actor," he added.
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Joel’s celebration was a star-studded one attended by Anderson Cooper, Candice Bergen, Jackie Hoffman, Jane Krakowski, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Rockwell, the original composer of Cabaret, John Kander, and other celebrities.
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Joel and Jennifer Grey in 1987.Also present were alumni of the show, including Maude Apatow (Sally Bowles in London, 2023), Joely Fisher (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2000), Adam Pascal (Emcee on Broadway, 2003), Molly Ringwald (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2002) and Brooke Shields (Sally Bowles on Broadway, 2001).
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