See Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho Prepare for Broadway's “Cabaret” in First-Look Rehearsal Photos (Exclusive)

"It’s been a very inspiring experience so far, and we haven’t even shared it with an audience yet!" Lambert tells PEOPLE

Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho are inching that much closer to making their Broadway bows.

The two actors will say "Willkommen" to the Great White Way this month in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, the Tony Award-winning revival of the beloved Kander and Ebb musical now open at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City.

PEOPLE has a First Look at the pair in action, in photos snapped as they rehearse to join the production.

Lambert, 42, and Cravalho, 23, will star in the roles of Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively. They'll replace Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, both of whom received Tony nominations for originating the roles in the Rebecca Frecknall-directed production, which transferred after debuting in London's West End in 2021.

Calvin Leon Smith, a standout in 2023's Fat Ham, is also joining the production. He'll play Clifford Bradshaw, replacing Ato Blankson-Wood.

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Speaking with PEOPLE, Lambert says the Cabaret rehearsals have been "such a collaborative and creative process."

"The team has been very encouraging, allowing me to find my own interpretation of the Emcee and discover how he blends into this thrilling production," the Grammy nominee says. "I’m in awe of the killer instincts that both Auli’i and Calvin are bringing to the story as well."

"It’s been a very inspiring experience so far, and we haven’t even shared it with an audience yet!" he adds.

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Redmayne, 42, Rankin, 34, and Blankson-Wood, 40, will play their final performance in Cabaret on Saturday, Sept. 14. Lambert, Cravalho and Smith will begin in the show on Sept. 16.

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club also stars Bebe Neuwirth as Fraulein Schneider, Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig and Natascia Diaz as Fritzie/Kost.

Lambert and Cravalho are currently scheduled to play a limited engagement through Sunday, March 30, 2025. Casting for their replacements after March 30 will be announced in the new year.

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Back in July, Lambert and Cravalho opened up about making their Broadway debuts in statements obtained by PEOPLE.

"Growing up on the musical theater stage, it was always a childhood dream to perform on Broadway," said Lambert — who, prior to gaining national attention as the runner-up on season 8 of American Idol, was an ensemble member and Fiyero understudy in the North American touring production of Wicked. "With this production of Cabaret, it finally felt like the right time to accept an invitation to make my debut."

"The themes of this show have always resonated with me and given the current sociopolitical climate the world is in, feel eerily timely," he continued. "Eddie and Gayle have been a dream pairing and I’m looking forward to working with Auli’i to create our own magic. It is thrilling to be able to sink my teeth into this important story and collaborate with the rest of the talented artists in the cast and crew."

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Cravalho — who rose to fame as the voice of the title character of Disney’s Moana, a role she'll return to later this year in the highly anticipated sequel — framed her role as one in a long legacy of actresses who have played the part before.

"I’m thrilled to join the long line of talented women who have taken on the iconic Sally Bowles, most recently, the woman I watched with notebook and pen in hand, the dynamite Gayle Rankin," the actress said in a statement. "To join a show with so much history — and such a stellar cast and crew — means it’s quite literally an honor to get my butt kicked each week."

"Mahalo palena ʻole family," she added. "I wouldn’t be making this debut without you."

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera, which in turn was adapted from the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.

It follows fictional American writer Clifford Bradshaw as he moves to Berlin amid the rise of the Nazi party. His observations about the eccentric characters that populate the Kit Kat Club, like the mysterious Emcee and the British singer Sally Bowles, provide the groundwork for both the musical and his future novel.

The musical has long been a success both on the stage and screen, first hitting Broadway in 1966. before being turned into the 1972 film of the same name starring Oscar-winner Liza Minnelli as Sally. It was revived on Broadway in 1998 and in 2014, both with Alan Cumming as the Emcee.

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A score, by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is made up of a string of songs that have become musical theater mainstays, like “Willkommen,” “Don't Tell Mamma,” “Mein Herr,” “Two Ladies,” “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” “Money,” “Maybe This Time” and, of course, “Cabaret.”

The current production was nominated for nine 2024 Tony awards including best revival. Tom Scutt took home the trophy for best scenic design of a musical.

Tickets for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club are on sale now.

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