The toast of Mayfair, Fraulein … Dylan Mulvaney.
has exclusively learned that the much-discussed actress-turned-influencer — who has gained 10.6 million followers on TikTok documenting her journey as a transgender woman — was invited to audition for the upcoming Broadway revival of “Cabaret.”
The show, which won seven Olivier Awards in London, is coming to the Great White Way with Eddie Redmayne expected to take the male lead.
And we’re told that while the cast for the Spring opening at the August Wilson Theater is already in place, producers have auditioned Mulvaney to take over the female lead British cabaret performer Sally Bowles if the show has a long run in New York.
The role has previously been famously played by Liza Minelli, Michelle Williams, Emma Stone and Sienna Miller.
Before she became a TikTok superstar, Mulvaney got her bachelors in musical theater and has appeared in a national tour of the “Book of Mormon,” playing the lead role Elder White, as well as Off-Broadway productions.
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She became a reluctant lighting rod in April when she posted a video of herself with a special can of Bud Light that had her face printed on it.
The move sparked a right-wing backlash and a boycott that knocked some $5 billion off the stock price of its parent company, Anheuser-Busch and saw Modelo overtake the beer as America’s bestselling brew.
At the time, Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth said the company “never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people.”
Mulvaney addressed the controversy in June, saying, “What transpired from that video was more bullying and transphobia than I could have ever imagined. For months now I’ve been scared to leave my house, I’ve been ridiculed in public, I’ve been followed, and I have felt a loneliness that I wouldn’t wish on anyone.”
She added, “For a company to hire a trans person…
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