Adam Lambert -Cabaret — Page 7

Wontorek works at Broadway.com. He has never said anything that is not glowing about any show. He made McNeal sound like the play of the decade. 

I don’t hyperbolize when I say the new leading trio have revitalized the show and knocked it out of the park.

Don’t sleep on Adam, Auli’i, and ESPECIALLY Calvin Leon Smith - who gave Cliff some actual emotional stakes and understood the assignment perfectly. To miss them, along with Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell, would be foolish!

Also, as I mentioned in the other thread, they have 3 of the 4 retro playbills in circulation. The only one not is the 1950s/60s yellow header.

So bummed Adam was out tonight. Hope he returns soon!

this was my feeling as well when I saw it.  Adam was fantastic, just great.  The rest of the cast was very good as well. Always happy to see Bebe on stage.  I liked the "in the round" presentation.  But the direction was just headscratching.  I hated the ending which, for me, ended with a whimper instead of a gut punch. Maybe I am dumb but I didn't even  fully get what the point was with the increasingly drab costuming until I read more about it after the show ( I get it now....).  The ending just didn't land for me.  And I don't understand why Sally is always yellling.  That being said, due to the performances and the evergreen score I enjoyed it and would see it again. Adam's performance is a must see.Hope he comes back to Broadway again.

Adam is all that matters. The understudy I'm guessing was better than auli

I don't know how the other Sallys are, but personally, while I really enjoyed Adam's presence, I think Auli'i grounded her performance in a way I didn't see from clips of the past Sallys in this production scream-singing the title song. I thought she found an interpretation that worked within the parameters of the production that was still human and sympathetic. She wasn't a stereotypical party girl or a symbol of hedonistic obliviousness, she was a person who had to choose when there were no good choices. I do think she comes across young next to the current Cliff and there's nothing in the performance that addresses that, but that would be my only criticism.

That said, you can make your own choices about whether to wait until January.

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Robbie2 said: "Been checking on seats for the next 2 months and Adam andAuliʻi seem to be out of show a lot for the next couple of weeks especially Auli'i. We def want to see Adam but is Gabi any good or should we wait until January to see it with both Adam and Auli'i?



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Aulii is out until middle of November, and has been for a while, not sure whats going on there. But both her understudies are great- I saw Gabi Campo, and the other one is incredibly talented, too- not worth missing the show over that (Lambert's absence might be a different story).

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She's promoting Moana 2. This kind of absence is normal when stars have prior commitments of this scale.

Admittedly I did not see the show with Redmayne as the Emcee so I'm not going to judge Adam's performance against his, but there is something about how this ending hits with a queer actor than a straight one. The Emcee has always been queer coded, though some productions made more of it than others. With this particular ending, with the Emcee, along with other members of the cabaret, responding to the Nazi threat by giving up and trying to blend in, there is something especially poignant about a gay man doing so. About returning to the closet after a period of unfettered freedom and knowing that his life hinges on how well he manages to pull off the masquerade was especially tragic. He's going along just to stay alive. This is not to say that a straight man can't play the role effectively or that  Adam's performance is more powerful because he's gay, but there is a reason why all of my favorite renditions of this character have been played by gay/bi men.

I didn't love a lot about this production. It didn't feel as powerful as the more stripped down (no pun intended) Mendes production and a lot of the more modern takes on queer identity felt anachronistic. When you consider that the Kit Kat Club is supposed to be this rundown, seedy venue, this just felt like they were trying to stuff too much in. Had Adam not been in the show (and I would pay to hear him sing the phone book listings), I would not have bothered. If they were trying to translate the story into our modern environment, it just didn't work for me.

Wow, that live performance captures a bit more of the spirit that was lost in the studio version. 

Adam Lambert is truly exceptional. 

Bebe Neuwirth will play her final performance March 29.

Ellen Harvey will be the new Fraulein Schneider.

The following current supporting castmembers will continue on with the production: Calvin Leon Smith as ‘Clifford Bradshaw,’ Steven Skybell as ‘Herr Schultz;’ Henry Gottfried as ‘Ernst Ludwig,’ and Michelle Aravena as ‘Fritzie/Kost’

Updated On: 2/24/25 at 04:04 PM

Finally got to see Adam in the show this afternoon and absolutley loved his performance. Easily the best Emcee I've seen in this production. It was definitely a bit of a quiet Wednesday matinee audience and Adam did some improving early on trying to get people into it. I loved the choices he made with the role and of course his voice is just phenomenal. I did appreciate having a Jewish Emcee too. Not at all a requirement, but I could feel the weight of it. 

Another board is hinting at Sabrina Carpenter doing a brief stint before Miley Cyrus. If true, that’s a pretty big “get” for this production. 

east side story said: "Another board is hinting at Sabrina Carpenter doing a brief stint before Miley Cyrus. If true, that’s a pretty big “get” for this production."

Back at the August Wilson, too.