CABARET at the Kit Kat Club Previews — Page 9

Robbie2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Just keep your phone in your pocket and when you get to the person handing them out just say you left it at home."

Now, how does one do that when you enter through security show your ticket scanned from your phone is already out? So how does one keep your phone then in your pocket as all this goes by quickly when entering?"

Try to get a printed ticket. I'm going to do that at the box office and say I didn't bring my phone. I just got my new phone last week and there's no way I'm putting a sticker on it with glue. I'd rather not go at all than ruin my thousand-dollar phone.

AEA AGMA SM said: "Broadway Flash said: "I haven’t seen this production, but I am in love with the Sam MendesCabaret. Roundabout should have just remounted it at Studio 54 and we all would be watching the DEFINITIVE production of CABARET. No reason for this one. The choreo in this new onelooks ugly. And the costumes. You cant beat the WONDERFULRob Marshall choreo and William Ivey Long design!!"

Roundabout has already remounted the Mendes production, and that remount didn’t even last a year (and anybody who claims Roundabout wasn’t hoping/expecting it to last longer doesn’t know what they are talking about)"

Mendes version is very hard to cast since the ensemble have to act, sing, dance, and play an instrument! In any Cabaret revival, you'll need A-list celebs either as the Emcee and/or Sally Bowles to sell tickets and recoup. It would be cool if they can cast Emma Stone again as Sally Bowles. She's now 35 years old with 2 Oscars. Back when she performed in Cabaret as Sally Bowles back in 2014, she was 26 years old with no Oscar wins yet.

More to the point, exactly which costume from that production with its parade of dirty white slips, is supposed to have been 'wonderful' ?

The ripped stockings, sallys pink feather boa, her all black ensemble for mein herr, the brown fur coat, her black slip at the end, emcees trench coat. The costumes felt more naturalistic to the time than some of the funky colors I’m seeing in this revival.

What about saying, "I've heard that your stickers are hard to remove, and leave residue. I'm perfectly capable of not taking pictures if that's the rule, so I'd rather not put anything on my phone, if that's ok?"

This doesn't sound like a complicated issue to me.

djoko84 said: "Robbie2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Just keep your phone in your pocket and when you get to the person handing them out just say you left it at home."

Now, how does one do that when you enter through security show your ticket scanned from your phone is already out? So how does one keep your phone then in your pocket as all this goes by quickly when entering?"

Try to get a printed ticket. I'm going to do that at the box office and say I didn't bring my phone. I just got my new phone last week and there's no way I'm putting a sticker on it with glue. I'd rather not go at all than ruin my thousand-dollar phone."

I understand not wanting the residue on your phone, but are you seriously so addicted to it that you need to go through lying to the people in the theater?

I am not Frecknall, but I interpreted the costumes and handheld mic not being specifically period because it blurred the lines between what happened then, and still is happening today. The original costumes for London were allegedly designed to be pieces anyone could easily see in a queer space today, as well as Reigen artwork from 1927.

And for crying out loud, I cannot imagine anything more sleep-inducing than that Mendes/Marshall production being brought out of moth balls again. We have all seen it, one way or another. Practically every production since 1998 has stolen that production’s themes, and even the 2014 revival smelled like grandma’s fur coat. I loved that Frecknall’s production is nothing like that mounting except for the book edit and song list, leaving the rest to the new creative team’s imaginations. Time for something fresh.

Updated On: 4/5/24 at 10:43 AM

dramamama611 said: "That works, but only if the staff allows it.
If not, I might just pull it off once I'm seated."

That’s what seems so silly about this solution. Anyone hell bent on taking pictures and/or recording is going to pull off the tape. Anyone concerned about leaving residue on their phone is going to remove the tape. Anyone oblivious to this entire conversation is going to take their phone home and be pissed when they realize the aftereffect. I’ve got to believe they are pursuing a better solution.

What are the chances of this cast getting a recording? I’m assuming slim to none (with the excuse of having Eddie Redmayne’s live performance on an album already).

However, with the rest of the cast being brand new (and including theater legend Bebe Neuwirth in a role people are already giving her raves for) I’d love to see this be in the works.

hearthemsing22 said: "
I understand not wanting the residue on your phone, but are you seriously so addicted to it that you need to go through lying to the people in the theater?"

Explain how not wanting to damage a $1000 phone means someone is "seriously so addicted to it"?

I had forgotten Eddie and Gayle were only in this until 8/31. Wonder if all future casting pairs will be “shorter” stunts like this.

hearthemsing22 said: "djoko84 said: "Robbie2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Just keep your phone in your pocket and when you get to the person handing them out just say you left it at home."

Now, how does one do that when you enter through security show your ticket scanned from your phone is already out? So how does one keep your phone then in your pocket as all this goes by quickly when entering?"

Try to get a printed ticket. I'm going to do that at the box office and say I didn't bring my phone. I just got my new phone last week and there's no way I'm putting a sticker on it with glue. I'd rather not go at all than ruin my thousand-dollar phone."

I understand not wanting the residue on your phone, but are you seriously so addicted to it that you need to go through lying to the people in the theater?"

Not wanting to get residue on it does not mean you're addicted to your phone. Maybe the poster needs the phone before or after the show. It's not unreasonable to both need your phone and not want residue on it and if that's the case, a little white lie might be necessary and it hurts no one...

Jordan Catalano said: "I had forgotten Eddie and Gayle were only in this until 8/31. Wonder if all future casting pairs will be “shorter” stunts like this."

So was that an intentional "stunt" or a mistyped "stint"? The power of one vowel to change the entire meaning.