CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star- Page 3

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/18/25 at 6:07pm

ER765 said: "RippedMan said: "You'd have to think about cast/orchestra size. "Just in Time" is a very small show. Cats, the original, ran at the Winter Garden or the Neil Simon, which are both bigger houses. It's not a small show. Not sure what this current revival would require, but I'd think they'd want more seats."

But this isn’t the original…

And if I’m counting correctly, this production has only 8 people in the orchestra."

Nor am I saying it is? Just saying it's not a tiny show by any means. You'd have to crunch the numbers and see if it makes sense. Oklahoma was a super stripped down version. Not sure if that falls in this category of not as I've not seen it. I'm sure the producers have cracked the numbers and will make the best call for their situation. 

[Skywalker3]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 6:03am

 The casting for the London version was so full of big (American) names. I'm so surprised the casting for Broadway couldn't find more big names. Or ask some of those artists back, even if it was just for 4 weeks...

Aimee Lou Wood, Maude Apatow, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Cara Delevingne, Jake Shears...

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 6:32am

Anericans may know some of those names, but they aren't drawn enough to spend big bucks on seeing them perform live, especially not a UK-specific performer like Rebecca Lucy Taylor. 

Aimee Lou Wood would have been the most generally identifiable & enticing (due last season’s The White Lotus) but who’s to say that would be enough for people to pay Broadway prices. 

[Skywalker3]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 4:55am

True. But who knows Eva Noblezada outside the theater world? Or Auliʻi Cravalho outside the families who watch Moana.

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 11:41am

Is Billy Porter turning into the next James Corden?

Discuss...

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 11:58am

At least he's actually a gay fay and not just doing it for the cameras...

[east side story]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 12:05pm

verywellthensigh said: "Is Billy Porter turning into the next James Corden?

Discuss..."

Not sure, but if it is, no complaints here. They both had reputations for being less than kind or perhaps not the most professional to those deemed not on their level long before the public caught on. Both have talent, Tonys and Emmys, but they are not irreplaceable. Cannot speak to Corden’s situation, but Porter’s behavior was clocked long before he collected any tchotchkes from the industry.

Updated On: 6/20/25 at 12:05 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 7:49pm

TheatreFan4 said: "Again, Billy is supposed to be filming Hunger Games in what I believe is not a small role next month. Is he going to be scheduled to be out a good chunk of this run?

Also LOL to the guy who emphatically said it wasn't them."

 

LOL You people are really pathetic! Yea that guy is me and was told it was not them when I asked an industry friend.

I was told a new cast announcement was coming and it did a day or so later. I asked the friend who's replacing and he would not say and then asked - hope it's not Billy and that girl and he told me nope. That's what I then shared. Got it. Playing around no sense of humor. 

Move on! People take everything so seriously-chill. 

 

Now back to Porter and Wallace 

Closing with Billy and the other girl (Wallace) who I don't know is a big disappointment and I doubt this will last for the remaining scheduled run and close earlier. They should have just closed with Orville and Eva and market as last 4 weeks with them!  They needed a better casting director with fresh ideas such as the team over at Hadestown as they know what they're doing and continue to cast with interesting ideas. I'm surprised that the show didn't do better wth Orville and Eva because they are AMAZING and gave the show a much needed lift and both received widespread praise from critics and audiences so what happened ... Is it marketing or what? 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 7/14/25 at 8:24am

Marisha Wallace to release "Cabaret" single on July 18