Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25
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#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25
Posted: 6/11/25 at 2:49pm
In Stone's case, she was the first pick and was going to do it, but the scheduling didn't work out with The Amazing Spider-Man 2. She replaced because playing Sally Bowles was a childhood dream. So yes, if there's someone who wants to play it badly enough to be the replacement, anything can happen. It's just very unlikely.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/emma-stone-confirms-starring-role-in-broadways-cabaret-6222012/
Williams announcement noting Stone had to drop out:
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/michelle-williams-to-star-in-new-broadway-version-of-cabaret-5680155/
Also, Williams may have been the more acclaimed actress at the time, but Stone was the bigger star. Even outside Spider-Man, Stone had headlined movies and was a box office draw, which Williams wasn't, and still isn't.
#26Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25
Posted: 6/11/25 at 6:26pm
Stone was certainly an exception, but so was the Mendes Cabaret revival, which was able to pull in notable replacements during both its runs. If this revival had been as lauded here from the get-go, it maybe would be able to attract bigger name replacements.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#27Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25
Posted: 6/11/25 at 6:28pm
Also Sam Mendes directing couldn’t have hurt because the connection might have been good for perceived further opportunities in film or beyond.
Cabaret needs Billy more than it needs Marisha.l though. Clearly the problem is not finding talented actors the problem is finding names that will sell tickets. It’s time to get David Hasselhoff or Jerry sprinter in or something but the show must be edging towards life support now.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#28Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25
Posted: 6/11/25 at 8:33pm
binau said: "Also Sam Mendes directing couldn’t have hurt because the connection might have been good for perceived further opportunities in film or beyond.
If I remember correctly, Damian Chazelle saw Emma’s performance while he was developing La La Land, which later went on to be her first Oscar winning role.
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