Best Sally Bowles (another wicked topic)
Best Sally Bowles (another wicked topic)
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#0Best Sally Bowles (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:33pm
In solidarity I have decided to make another topic with the word wicked in it.
Now....
Who do you all think is the best Sally and why?
For me, it is Natasha. I know she does not have the greatest voice, but I think it is because of that that you can really feel her pain and suffering. Susan was also really good during the dance scenes and the singing.
I hate how some of the Sallys are played like Liza Manelli - who I think is one of the worst Sallys - although her Mein Herr is awesome.
EDIT: Oops on the title!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Updated On: 12/5/04 at 02:33 PM
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#1re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:35pmSally Bowels. *immature giggling*
#2re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:36pmI never had the chance to see Cabaret, which makes me really sad. I have heard awesome things about Susan and Natasha though.
#3re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:38pm
Sally Bowles.
And, I only saw Susan, but I thought she was almost perfect... my only complaint may be that she was almost *too* good a singer. Sally isn't supposed to be a good singer. She was sweet, cute and quirky, but gave a very powerful performance, as well. Gah. I miss Cabaret.
#4re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:38pmWell it's definately not Deborah Gibson
#5re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:39pmEmcee, interesting that you brought that up - I have read something online about Susan trying to make her voice "worse" for Sally.. I'll see if I can find it.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#6re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:39pm
the only Sally I saw was Teri Hatcher on tour... and i was disappointed... i mean... i liked her, but her singing wasn't great and neither was her accent... oh well... she still looked hot which is all that mattered... ha
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:42pmI thought Jill Haworth was quite good, but then again, so was Anita Gillette.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#8re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:48pm
Check your personality - I think I read the same thing. She was saying that all of those songs were in Natasha's keys, still a bit too low for her own range, making it so that to sing those things, she had to sing in what would be considered somewhat of an 'unhealthy' way. She still sounded gorgeous, though. 
#9re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:52pmYep! That's basically what I can remembering reading - I think she also said she had to learn how to sing "badly" without damaging her chords.. I might cry if that were to happen LOL. She also mentioned the cigarettes she chose to smoke to keep her voice healthy.
#10re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:53pmRight; that's the one! I always wondered how they all smoked during the show and could still sing, but I guess there are ways to be careful. Adam was like a freakin' chimney. *le sigh*
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#11re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:01pmTovah Feldshuh in Golda's Balcony is a chimney.
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#12re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:03pmBut she doesn't have to sing....
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#13re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:04pm
No, I know.
But still, she's a one woman show so she needs her voice to be in top shape.
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#14re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:11pmSusan smoked Lite Capri's, according to her website. I am a mess being around anyone smoking, I start to sound like an 80 year old hacking away... I guess they just get used to it.
#15re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:13pmhaha, I'm pretty allergic to cigarette smoke, especially if it's indoors. The first time I saw Cabaret I was like "whoa... hello!" but I survived. Did Sally have to smoke all that much, anyway? I remember it mainly being Emcee and the Kit Kat Girls/Boys... hence my Adam/chimney commment. His voice has taken a lot of sh*t, though. Still, props to them for doing that.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#16re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:13pm
I could never smoke for a role.
Don't they make fake cigarrettes that just give off smoke for a short period of time? I thought I heard that somewhere.
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#17re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:15pmEmcee, did you see Cabaret with Susan AND Adam? If so.. were they just magical together? Words can't describe how mad I am for missing that one.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#18re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:17pmtasha and alan were magical together
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#19re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:20pmCheck your personality - I saw Susan all three times, Adam twice, and Jon Secada (*headdesk*) once. Susan blew my mind the first time I saw her, and every time after that, as I always knew she would. Adam's transformation was simply magic. I still, a year later, can't express how proud I was of him. He gave everything that you'd never expect to see him give. I almost missed him... I can't imagine how much I'd regret that. Emcee's interaction with Sally was never very direct, but if the pair worked, it was amazing to sense a connection like that.
#21re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:23pm
Ohhh I am so wistful right now. I'm so glad that you enjoyed Susan's performance, from what I've heard/read it was brilliant. And Adam, well, how could you NOT love that?
I don't really know about the interactions between Sally and the Emcee, I guess I assumed there was more between them! Oops.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#22re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:24pmOh...Dear
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#23re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:27pm
Gah. Adam love. My eyes *almost* fell out of my head because they were so huge. I couldn't believe that was actually my Adam.
Emcee's basically the narrator. He does interact with the other characters, but he rarely actually speaks to them; he interacted mostly with the people at the club, obviously, and usually just watched and commented on the scenes with the other characters. He was almost always around, but lurking more than actually being involved. But you have to factor in things like the pineapple scene and the pole dance as "interactions" as far as his scenes went, I think. Yay, this is fun... you can't ever talk this show to death.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#24re: Best Sally Bowels (another wicked topic)
Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:29pmI hope they revive the revival again - if that made ANY sense!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
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