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Wonderful pictures, Perfectly Marvelous. Made me all nostalgic! Very jealous you got to see Jon Peterson, as he's one of the few Emcees I didn't see and was dying to. I did see him do I Don't Care Much at Broadway in Bryant Park (he was John Stamos's u/s that summer) and got to talk to him....total sweetheart.

In regards to the cover, I can't remember where the hell I read or saw it, but Sam Mendes confirmed it was neither Cumming or Grey.

Where can one obtain a copy of the London cast? I tried searching online but didn't have any luck.

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Both Broadway cast albums (1966 and 199 are excellent each has strengths and weaknesses. The 1966 album has Joel Grey (unbeatable), Lotte Lenya (irreplaceable, and perfectly cast as Schneider) and Jack Gilford (who pretty much owns "Meeskite.") The Cliff is bland, and Jill Haworth is too brassy as Sally. The supporting players steal the show.

The 1998 album represents CABARET as it is usually played these days, dropping "Telephone Song", "Meeskite" and "Why Should I Wake Up?" and using the movie version of "The Money Song." It also adds "Mein Herr", "Maybe This Time" and "I Don't Care Much." On CD the cast are generally fine though only Alan Cumming truly stands out.

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Is anyone else disappointed in the quality of the movie soundtrack? I wish they would remaster it

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Oh, and somewhat related: the revival tie-in book is pretty awesome, for those that are interested. It might be out of print by now, but definitely worth seeking out. It has the script, backstage photos, Alan Cumming journal entries, and so on. Good stuff!

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Oh, and somewhat related: the revival tie-in book is pretty awesome, for those that are interested. It might be out of print by now, but definitely worth seeking out. It has the script, backstage photos, Alan Cumming journal entries, and so on. Good stuff!

I have a copy of this on my bookshelf. I think I'll be pulling it out when I get home from work. Thank you for the great pictures; they're bringing back a lot of great memories. I've said it before: Cabaret brought me back to theater. I'd always loved it, but wasn't going for years. Then a friend took me to the '98 revival tour in San Francisco (Norbert Leo Butz as the Emcee and Joely Fisher as Sally) and I was hooked again. I saw the tour at least 5 times, and when I got to New York for a long weekend, I saw Cabaret there, too (with Neil Patrick Harris and Deborah Gibson).

I miss this show. I was really, really disappointed when it closed.

I didn't even know she was in it. hm! learn something new everyday on BWW

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Yes, the film soundtrack has always suffered from that boxy Hollywood soundstage sound, but unless the original session tapes have been properly stores, teh soundtrack album master may be all we have.

The recording has changed labels. Originally released by ABC, that label was aquired by MCA who traditionally were pretty careless with storing materials. When Universal Music Group absorbed MCA, most of the Broadway cast material went to the Decca Broadway label but certain titles were held back. CABARET was issued on the Hippo label but aside from putting the songs in the correct order, that release is the same as all previous editions.

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