CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star — Page 18

Updated On: 9/9/25 at 11:25 AM

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None of that pre-show decor or experience was necessary. I know those performers/extras were non union but it’s still an expense.

Updated On: 9/9/25 at 06:59 PM

Kad said: "Whatever this production’s faults, I don’t really see this lawsuit as having much merit. The production hasn’t been consistently profitable for months and has a running cost of around $1mil weekly. Even supposing the production had kept pulling in the numbers it did when Redmayne was in, it still wouldve taken at least two years or more for any investors to start seeing returns."

I haven't read the lawsuit, so probably I shouldn't comment, but might it not be the case that those facts actually support some kind of lawsuit? I assume the lead producers of any production have some obligation to investors to maximize profits or, in this case, minimize losses. If those producers keep a production open when it's clear to a rational observer that this will just result in more losses, they're violating this obligation to investors. If producers make boneheaded decisions that will predictably just lose more money, this seems to me like very good fodder for a successful lawsuit. (Unless, of course, investors sign agreements that render producers immune to such lawsuits, which would be a dumb thing to do.)

BorisTomashevsky said: "None of that pre-show decoror experience was necessary. I know those performers/extras were non union but it’s still an expense."

I actually like the entire preshow setting, it felt like stepping into another time and feeling like you weren't just in the basement of an nyc theatre on a Wednesday night in the middle of November. I do feel a different space would've done the show a bit better, the august wilson made this show feel swallowed up by all the space in the venue. What was also different was the contrast in quality in the bars, where as London's was large and extravagant, the broadway iteration actually felt more like a ****ty nightclub that the kit kat club was supposed to be.

I do think it was too much, seeing as a majority of the show takes place in some wack-ass studio apartment. But, it was nice for what it was. I would never spend 400$ on it again, god no, but it was really cool for what it tried to be.

BorisTomashevsky said: "None of that pre-show decoror experience was necessary. I know those performers/extras were non union but it’s still an expense."

They had to have been union. Even if only for an hour, they are still part of an Equity production. Some of the performers (like Ida Saki) even have previous Broadway credits. I know a few equity performers who were called in to audition for those featured parts.

If the show was using non-union labor, that’s a major problem.

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It’s kind of like that show that played the Broadway theater and everyone was posting “Broadway debut” but they were non-Union and it was more of a concert production?

RippedMan said: "It’s kind of like that show that played the Broadway theater and everyone was posting “Broadway debut” but they were non-Union and it was more of a concert production?"

Ah yes, Rocktopia.

And absolutely, The Inheritance extras. And The Lehman Trilogy ending extras as well.

There’s no reason for the Cabaret pre show people to be union. They’re not even in the auditorium. If they’re union, they’re doing a job that is not under union jurisdiction.

WldKingdomHM said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "RippedMan said: "It’s kind of like that show that played the Broadway theater and everyone was posting “Broadway debut” but they were non-Union and it was more of a concert production?"

Ah yes, Rocktopia.

And absolutely, The Inheritance extras. And The Lehman Trilogy ending extras as well.

There’s no reason for the Cabaret pre show people to be union. They’re not even in the auditorium. If they’re union, they’re doing a job that is not under union jurisdiction."

Don’t they do the little dance on the stage before the emcee comes out ?"

Yes - they are all union

Angel of Harlem said: "WldKingdomHM said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "RippedMan said: "It’s kind of like that show that played the Broadway theater and everyone was posting “Broadway debut” but they were non-Union and it was more of a concert production?"

Ah yes, Rocktopia.

And absolutely, The Inheritance extras. And The Lehman Trilogy ending extras as well.

There’s no reason for the Cabaret pre show people to be union. They’re not even in the auditorium. If they’re union, they’re doing a job that is not under union jurisdiction."

Don’t they do the little dance on the stage before the emcee comes out ?"

Yes - they are all union"

I don't know about Cabaret but it's a common misconception that all actors in Broadway shows have to be in the union. Joy Woods for example is not in the union and she has obviously done multiple big roles as of late. Most are but it's a show by show basis whether they allow non-union actors or not.

bwaydreamer said: "Angel of Harlem said: "WldKingdomHM said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "RippedMan said: "It’s kind of like that show that played the Broadway theater and everyone was posting “Broadway debut” but they were non-Union and it was more of a concert production?"

Ah yes, Rocktopia.

And absolutely, The Inheritance extras. And The Lehman Trilogy ending extras as well.

There’s no reason for the Cabaret pre show people to be union. They’re not even in the auditorium. If they’re union, they’re doing a job that is not under union jurisdiction."

Don’t they do the little dance on the stage before the emcee comes out ?"

Yes - they are all union"

I don't know about Cabaret but it's a common misconception that all actors in Broadway shows have to be in the union. Joy Woods for example is not in the union and she has obviously done multiple big roles as of late. Most are but it's a show by show basis whether they allow non-union actors or not."

I don't know if its current, but Backstage lists her as Equity.