Adam Lambert -Cabaret- Page 3

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 1:17pm

binau said: "I am careful with my words and was only comparing them vocally. Lady Gaga is Judy Garland of the 21st century, she is an expert vocalist, an expert song writer who is constantly reinventing herself and succeeding every time. She is a skilled actor. A comedian. And entertainer. "

Let's be entirely honest, all of Gaga's attempts at acting are cringe as hell. She's camp for sure! Is she a skilled actress? Ehhhhhhh

[Ensemble1696584123]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 1:27pm

TheatreFan4 said: "Ensemble1696584123 said: "Even with your usual hyperbole, you did not just compare Lambert to Gaga. She has the kind of success because she is unique and has something to say with her work. There are plenty of extremely talented vocalists, but that doesn't matter if your personal output is a whole bunch of nothing, and most of Lambert's personal material is the kind of stuff that sounds like it was whipped up in an afternoon, or now, the kind of blah that AI could generate in seconds"

Almost like you just straight up can't read. Wow..."

 

There's a whole paragraph about having a small following and not having the kind of success they 'deserve'. You have to do something interesting that people respond to and can remember.

 

[Ke3]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 1:31pm

rosscoe(au) said: "No one remembers the Mean Girls movie for good reason."

That movie was extremely successful and the audience it was aiming for is very much still talking about it/its stars.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 1:32pm

This new casting is tempting. I may just cave in and purchase tickets to see this after all. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 1:52pm

Ke3 said: "rosscoe(au) said: "No one remembers the Mean Girls movie for good reason."

That movie was extremely successful and the audience it was aiming for is very much stilltalking about it/its stars."

I’m right up there with rosscoe(au). The MEAN GIRLS musical film adaptation definitely quickly sparked and fizzled. I’ve yet to watch it as I forget it exists. It was much talked about when it was released but quickly faded away like the film adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS. Indeed the film was a global financial success but it’s completely forgotten by the mainstream masses. I can’t recall any of the actors involved aside from that Rapp girl.  

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 5:12pm

TheatreFan4 said: "binau said: "I am careful with my words and was only comparing them vocally. Lady Gaga is Judy Garland of the 21st century, she is an expert vocalist, an expert song writer who is constantly reinventing herself and succeeding every time. She is a skilled actor. A comedian. And entertainer. "

Let's be entirely honest, all of Gaga's attempts at acting are cringe as hell. She's camp for sure! Is she a skilled actress? Ehhhhhhh"

To each their own. I've been pleasantly surprised at how good Gaga is as an actor.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 5:50pm

Everytime I see Lady Gaga in a movie, I think “She’s no Cher"…

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 7/25/24 at 11:48pm

I wonder who the next casting announcement would be. (Honestly I didn’t find this super exciting). I wonder if in March/April 2025 is Eddie would return or if we could maybe get like a TImothee Chalamet.  Or who else they’d cast 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/26/24 at 7:43am

Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet at this point in his career would be opening Broadway productions, not joining a production as a replacement. Had he opened this revival of CABARET instead of Eddie Redmayne, it would have been THE event show of the season, which many were expecting. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 7/26/24 at 5:18pm

Lambert is excellent casting.  We bought tickets immediately after skipping the show with Redmayne.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 7/26/24 at 5:34pm

Theatrefanboy1 said: "I wonder who the next casting announcement would be. (Honestly I didn’t find this super exciting). I wonder if in March/April 2025 is Eddie would return or if we could maybe get like a TImothee Chalamet. Or who else they’d cast"

These things don't usually come together too early so now they can pause the casting search for 3 or 4 months and also see how the grosses settle in through the rest of Redmayne's run and at the start of the new cast's run.

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 7/27/24 at 3:25pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Ke3 said: "rosscoe(au) said: "No one remembers the Mean Girls movie for good reason."

That movie was extremely successful and the audience it was aiming for is very much stilltalking about it/its stars."

I’m right up there with rosscoe(au). The MEAN GIRLS musical film adaptation definitely quickly sparked and fizzled. I’ve yet to watch it as I forget it exists. It was much talked about when it was released but quickly faded away like the film adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS. Indeed the film was a global financial success but it’s completely forgotten by the mainstream masses. I can’t recall any of the actors involved aside from that Rapp girl."

In the past year, there have been 386K visits to the Gayle Rankin Wikipedia page and 1.29M visits to the Auli'i Cravalho Wikipedia page (I pulled this from a social media analytics platform called ListenFirst). 

That's just one metric for audience interest, but it appears in terms of name recognition, Cravalho is a much bigger get than Rankin for Cabaret. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/27/24 at 8:27pm

Auli'i also has Moana 2 coming out this year so a lot of that traffic is likely related to that. HOWEVER, she hasn't really had much cross over appeal. Like the audience for Moana and the audience for Cabaret are two circles that so briskly touch each other they may as well have not. I think Adam is going to be more the draw of the two. 

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 7/28/24 at 8:59am

TheatreFan4 said: "the audience for Moana and the audience for Cabaret are two circles that so briskly touch each other they may as well have not."

If you think there isn't a huge audience that loves both Broadway and Disney you are so wrong. 

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 7/28/24 at 2:02pm

I don’t think they were speaking to a broad “Disney vs Broadway” scope (especially since one is just a different medium of/a direct gateway to the other), but specifically audiences of the Moana and Cabaret properties themselves barely overlap unless you’re counting parents.

She herself hasn’t had much work outside of Disney (Mean Girls and The Power aside), so it’s an interesting casting move. She must have been terrific in the room (she was fab in Mean Girls) because I sincerely doubt casting was thinking “You know who we need as a Sally replacement? Ariel Live!/Moana.” 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/28/24 at 5:38pm

FANtomFollies said: "TheatreFan4 said: "the audience for Moana and the audience for Cabaret are two circles that so briskly touch each other they may as well have not."

If you think there isn't a huge audience that loves both Broadway and Disney you are so wrong."

Sure if you want to completely misunderstand what I'm saying we can go with what you're asserting, but that's not what I said at all. Even the most Disney of Gays are not going off their rocker for Moana, I'm sorry. That is a property that is popular almost exclusively with a younger fan base. It's like when Christy Carlsob Romano went into Avenue Q. Great casting choice, but it's not moving the needle on the name alone. She could be absolutely amazing and get people in the seats based on that, but her name isn't doing it. 

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 7/28/24 at 8:00pm

TheatreFan4 said: "FANtomFollies said: "TheatreFan4 said: "the audience for Moana and the audience for Cabaret are two circles that so briskly touch each other they may as well have not."

If you think there isn't a huge audience that loves both Broadway and Disney you are so wrong."

Sure if you want to completely misunderstand what I'm saying we can go with what you're asserting, but that's not what I said at all. Even the most Disney of Gays are not going off their rocker for Moana, I'm sorry. That is a property that is popular almost exclusively with ayounger fan base. It's like when Christy Carlsob Romano went into Avenue Q. Great casting choice, but it's not moving the needle on the name alone. She could be absolutely amazing and get people in the seats based on that, but her name isn't doing it."

I do understand what you're saying but I disagree. It's completely possible I'm wrong so I guess we'll see what happens.

[nealb1]

Posted: 7/28/24 at 9:28pm

Wow!  Each of them have at least 30 performances that they won't be performing in during their run.  

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/28/24 at 11:04pm

Well, he does have a new album out and she's got a new film out in a few months. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/5/24 at 12:12pm

Calvin Leon Smith will also join the cast as Cliff on September 16, alongside Lambert and Cravalho.

 

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/5/24 at 12:20pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Calvin Leon Smith will also join the cast as Cliff on September 16, alongside Lambert and Cravalho.

"

OH ABSOLUTELY! Calvin, I think, will bring a level of gravitas to the role that Ato was sorely missing.

Anyone who saw him in Fat Ham knows he a very meticulous performer when it comes to characters struggling with sexuality 

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/5/24 at 4:18pm

TheatreFan4 said: "Let's be entirely honest, all of Gaga's attempts at acting are cringe as hell. She's camp for sure! Is she a skilled actress? Ehhhhhhh"

That is... definitely an opinion. She also won a Golden Globe for "American Horror Story", got an Oscar nomination for her first starring role in a film, and also got strong reviews for House of Gucci.

If that's cringe, I think most actors would be happy with cringe status as well.

[inception]

Posted: 8/5/24 at 8:33pm

Looks like November 4 is the last scheduled Monday performance before they change to a more traditional weekly schedule with Mondays dark.

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 8/8/24 at 2:47am

if all goes to plan i'll be getting tickets to nov 13 to see Adam and Auli'i. Is there anyway i could get cheaper tickets without having to worry about figuring out if i can eat in New York

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/8/24 at 11:44am

broadway86 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "Let's be entirely honest, all of Gaga's attempts at acting are cringe as hell. She's camp for sure! Is she a skilled actress? Ehhhhhhh"

That is...definitely an opinion. She also won a Golden Globe for "American Horror Story", got an Oscar nomination for her first starring role in a film, and also got strong reviews for House of Gucci.

If that's cringe, I think most actors would be happy with cringe statusas well."

Did you WATCH her in American Horror Story? Or even House of Gucci? She is giving nothing but Camp.