Eddie Redmayne was roasted online for his ‘terrifying’ Cabaret performance at Sunday’s 2024 Tony Awards – which saw the star compared to Pennywise the clown in the eerie skit.
The British star, 42, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2015 for The Theory of Everything – transformed into The Emcee for a chilling performance of Willkommen at the awards – amid his starring turn in the West End revival running on Broadway.
However, the star’s extremely quirky rendition – which saw him belting out showtunes with a hunched back, making bizarre gestures and gazing wild-eyed at the camera in extreme close-ups – saw him likened to a ‘sleep paralysis demon’ with fans quipping that his Oscar should be revoked.
One fan wrote: ‘Why is Eddie Redmayne playing the emcee in Cabaret like he’s a goblin?’
Another wrote of the star – who was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category: ‘Eddie Redmayne is terrifying.’
Eddie Redmayne was roasted online for his ‘terrifying’ Cabaret performance at Sunday’s 2024 Tony Awards – which saw the star compared to Pennywise the clown in the eerie skit
The British star, 42, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2015 for The Theory of Everything – transformed into The Emcee for a chilling performance of Willkommen at the awards – as he stars in the West End revival running on Broadway
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Others wrote: ‘is it possible to have someone’s oscar revoked (this is an eddie redmayne tweet)’ and ‘f*** eddie redmayne. Give your #Oscar to Michael Keaton! #TonyAwards
Another penned: ‘Eddie redmayne giving us pennywise the clown emcee’ while one fan typed: ‘We didn’t need Eddie Redmayne in close-up during Les Mis and we don’t need it during this!’
Others wrote: ‘eddie redmayne is scaring me’, ‘Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret is my new sleep paralysis demon. jesus christ’, ‘imagine flipping the channels and seeing eddie redmayne the muppet crawling on the floor’ and Eddie Redmayne in closeup can’t hurt me Eddie Redmayne in closeup can’t hurt me Eddie Redmayne in closeup can’t hurt me.’
Others praised the performance with one follower writing: ‘Eddie Redmayne COOKED with this performance’ and another penning: ‘Eddie Redmayne is everything.’
The actor is currently reprising his award-winning performance as Emcee in the production – directed by Rebecca Frecknall – as part of its transfer from London to NYC.
The Theory of Everything star’s performance as Emcee in the acclaimed West End revival of the 1930s Kander and Ebb musical, alongside Jesse Buckley, earned him an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
The production had its official opening night at the August Wilson Theatre – which has been transformed into the in-the-round nightclub The Kit Kat Club – on Sunday.
The Broadway revival, where audience members are invited at allotted times to enjoy pre-show entertainment, cocktails and dining ahead of the show starting – will see Eddie play Emcee for a limited run until August 31.
The musical has a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb,with the book from Joe Masteroff and Eddie will play opposite Gayle Rankin – who played Sheila in the Netflix series GLOW – as Sally Bowles.
Tony Awards 2024 winners: AT A GLANCE
MUSICAL CATEGORIES
Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne were producers on The Outsiders which earned four wins at the a Tony Awards including top honor Best Musical
Best Musical: The Outsiders
Best Revival of a Musical: Merrily We Roll Along
Best Actor in a Musical: Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along
Best Actress in a Musical: Maleah Joi Moon – Hell’s Kitchen
Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Daniel Radcliffe – Merrily We Roll Along
Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kecia Lewis – Hell’s Kitchen
Best Direction of a Musical: Danya Taymor – The Outsiders
PLAY CATEGORIES
Producer David Adjmi accepted Best Play for Steophonic which earned five
Best Play: Stereophonic
Best Revival of a Play: Appropriate
Best Actor in a Play: Jeremy Strong – An Enemy Of The People
Best Actress in a Play: Sarah Paulson – Appropriate
Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Will Brill – Stereophonic
Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kara Young – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Direction of a Play: Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic
However, the star’s extremely quirky rendition – which saw him belting out showtunes with a hunched back, making bizarre gestures and gazing wild-eyed at the camera in extreme close-ups – saw the star likened to a ‘sleep paralysis demon’
The actor’s expressions were likened to that of iconic clown villain Pennywise
Some fans quipped that his Oscar should be revoked after the performance – pictured 2015
Fans were quickly left terrified by the haunting performance
Some fans lauded the performance and praised the star’s ‘range’
The star looked dapper earlier on in the night
The couple got engaged in June 2014 and later married on December 15, 2014 at the Babington House in Babington, England. They are parents to daughter Iris, eight, and son Luke, six.
The star is married to Hannah Bagshawe who he first met in 2000 at a charity fashion show while attending Eton College.
The two soon struck up a friendship and later started dating in January 2012 after Redmayne invited her to a trip to Florence during a shooting break for Les Miserables.
Tony Awards 2024 winners in full
Best Musical
Hell’s Kitchen
Illinoise
The Outsiders – WINNER
Suffs
Water for Elephants
Angelina and Vivienne Jolie were massive winners as their production of The Outsiders won top honor Best Musical
Best Play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic – WINNER
Best Revival of a Play
Appropriate – WINNER
An Enemy of the People
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Revival of a Musical
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Merrily We Roll Along – WINNER
The Who’s Tommy
Best Book of a Musical
Kristoffer Diaz, Hell’s Kitchen
Bekah Brunstetter, The Notebook
Adam Rapp and Justin Levine, The Outsiders
Shaina Taub, Suffs – WINNER
Rick Elice, Water for Elephants
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love
Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, The Outsiders
Will Butler, Stereophonic
Shaina Taub, Suffs – WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Liev Schreiber, Doubt: A Parable
Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People – WINNER
Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange, Mother Play
Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson, Appropriate – WINNER
Amy Ryan, Doubt: A Parable
Sarah Paulson took home Best Actress in a Play for Appopriate
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Brody Grant, The Outsiders
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along – WINNER
Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen – WINNER
Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Will Brill, Stereophonic – WINNER
Eli Gelb, Stereophonic
Jim Parsons, Mother Play
Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic
Corey Stoll, Appropriate
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt: A Parable
Juliana Canfield, Stereophonic
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch – WINNER
Kara Young was recognized in the Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Roger Bart, Back To The Future: The Musical
Joshua Boone, The Outsiders
Brandon Victor Dixon, Hell’s Kitchen
Sky Lakota-Lynch, The Outsiders
Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along – WINNER
Steven Skybell, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Shoshana Bean, Hell’s Kitchen
Amber Iman, Lempicka
Nikki M. James, Suffs
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen – WINNER
Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Scenic Design of a Play
dots, Appropriate
dots, An Enemy of the People
Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
David Zinn, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
David Zinn, Stereophonic – WINNER
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Hell’s Kitchen
Takeshi Kata, Water for Elephants
David Korins, Here Lies Love
Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, Lempicka
Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, Back To The Future: The Musical
Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – WINNER
Tom Scutt was bestowed with Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, Appropriate
Dede Ayite, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding – WINNER
Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic
Emilio Sosa, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
David Zinn, An Enemy of the People
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Dede Ayite, Hell’s Kitchen
Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby – WINNER
David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants
Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Paul Tazewell, Suffs
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Isabella Byrd, An Enemy of the People
Amith Chandrashaker, Prayer for the French Republic
Jiyoun Chang, Stereophonic
Jane Cox, Appropriate – WINNER
Natasha Katz, Grey House
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Brandon Stirling Baker, Illinoise
Isabella Byrd, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Natasha Katz, Hell’s Kitchen
Bradley King and David Bengali, Water for Elephants
Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, The Outsiders – WINNER
Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Leah Gelpe, Mary Jane
Tom Gibbons, Grey House
Bray Poor and Will Pickens, Appropriate
Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic – WINNER
Ryan Rumery earned Best Sound Design of a Play for Stereophonic
Best Sound Design of a Musical
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love
Kai Harada, Merrily We Roll Along
Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gareth Owen, Hell’s Kitchen
Cody Spencer, The Outsiders – WINNER
Cody Spencer triumphed in the Best Sound Design of a Musical category for The Outsiders
Best Direction of a Play
Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic – WINNER
Anne Kauffman, Mary Jane
Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
Whitney White, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Best Direction of a Musical
Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
Michael Greif, Hell’s Kitchen
Leigh Silverman, Suffs
Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants
Danya Taymor, The Outsiders – WINNER
Danya Taymor won Best Direction of a Musical for The Outsiders
Best Choreography
Annie-B Parson, Here Lies Love
Camille A. Brown, Hell’s Kitchen
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders
Justin Peck, Illinoise – WINNER
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants
Best Orchestrations
Timo Andres, Illinoise
Will Butler and Justin Craig, Stereophonic
Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance), The Outsiders
Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone, Hell’s Kitchen
Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along – WINNER