CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star- Page 4

[KrupYou]

Posted: 7/25/25 at 4:47pm

Press have been invited back to see the show. Which means they are hoping for new reviews. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/25/25 at 4:49pm

Not the ones I think they hope they're gonna get for Billy. I feel they're a lot less kind here than in the UK.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 7/25/25 at 5:36pm

Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)

Updated On: 7/25/25 at 05:36 PM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/25/25 at 5:50pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)"

...Are you familiar with Cabaret? It's kind of a big plot point that Schneider isn't Jewish. 

Updated On: 7/25/25 at 05:50 PM

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 7/25/25 at 5:53pm

TheatreFan4 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)"

...Are you familiar with Cabaret? It's kind of a big plot point thatSchneider isn't Jewish."

Totally right. My bad. My brain was on Bebe and not the actual character. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 2:00pm

Calvin Leon Smith is set to return to the show tomorrow after a leave of absence to recover from Ramsey-Hunt syndrome.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNBUg1puTIP/?igsh=NzlrbXUxNGZ5Y3Ex

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 2:56pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)"

Fraulein Schneider isn’t Jewish. For someone who claims to know a lot about theatre, you’ve really missed the mark here on a pretty basic plot point of the show.

Since it’s clear how ignorant you actually are, you should consider logging off.

[KrupYou]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 3:24pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)"

You should see the show again before it closes and pay close attention to the plot. I think you have missed what the entire show is about. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 3:37pm

iluvtheatertrash said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)"

Fraulein Schneider isn’t Jewish. For someone who claims to know a lot about theatre, you’ve really missed the mark here on a pretty basic plot point of the show.

Since it’s clear how ignorant you actually are, you should consider logging off."

 

A difference of fifty marks!

 

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 3:52pm

Why should that stand in our way?

Updated On: 8/6/25 at 03:52 PM

[denali.fire]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:11am

Anyone know when Billy Porter will be out on any scheduled dates ?

Thanks! 

 

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:23am

Could  have been worse,they could have gotten Todrick Hall as Emcee.

 

 

 

TheatreFan4 said: "Not the ones I think they hope they're gonna get for Billy. I feel they're a lot less kind here than in the UK."

 

Updated On: 8/7/25 at 10:23 AM

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:25am

denali.fire said: "Anyone know when Billy Porter will be out on any scheduled dates ?

Thanks!

"

8/21 through 8/24

David Merino is on 8/21 and 8/22 and Marty Lauter is both shows on 8/23 and 8/24

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 2:15pm

Dom P said: "Could have been worse,they could have gotten Todrick Hall as Emcee.







TheatreFan4 said: "Not the ones I think they hope they're gonna get for Billy. I feel they're a lot less kind here than in the UK."

"

Trust and believe if it ran long enough, he'd be there eventually. He'll land in the UK production soon I'm sure. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:24am

Okay. *cracks knuckles*

I went last night courtesy of a cheap ticket from Theatr. 

Billy is really as bad as the videos and sound bites have indicated. 

Marisha absolutely ATE. Her “Cabaret” might be my top 5 song performances of the year.

But Billy…He couldn’t pick a note, or an accent, or a character. Probably more heinous is that his fourth wall breaks are totally out of character and pure Billy. He was nauseatingly bad for most of it. He did about 5 different accents - German, French, British, Southern, and Pray Tell.

He did make some subtle character choices throughout the show that I asked him about and got a cool explanation. But otherwise…eeep.

Honestly, go on a day he is out to see Marisha (8/21 to 8/24) and you’ll get a stellar show. Otherwise, avoid. I was also recently told from someone connected to the production that they may actually be wrapping up by Labor Day - so something to chew on if you are uncertain about going.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:38am

I wonder if we’ll see the grosses climb across the week that he’s out. Probably so. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 8:54pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "I wonder if we’ll see the grosses climb across the week that he’s out. Probably so."

You’re still here after making a fool of yourself earlier in the thread?

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 9:02pm

iluvtheatertrash said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "I wonder if we’ll see the grosses climb across the week that he’s out. Probably so."

You’re still here after making a fool of yourself earlier in the thread?"

You mean the Schneider thing? I owned that. And yet people couldn’t resist pointing it out even then. 

Updated On: 8/8/25 at 09:02 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 9:59pm

Friend sent me this screenshot from the clock app. Can confirm he did actually say this last night in one of his full character breaks. 

Basically, whenever the audience didn’t respond to the joke or give an enthusiastic enough response, he completely broke character as almost a catty reprimand to the audience 

[Skip23]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:03pm

"8/21 through 8/24

David Merino is on 8/21 and 8/22 and Marty Lauter is both shows on 8/23 and 8/24"

 

 

Who shouid I absolutely see?  

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:12pm

quizking101 said: "



Friend sent me this screenshot from the clock app. Can confirm he did actually say this last night in one of his full character breaks.

Basically, whenever the audience didn’t respond to the joke or give an enthusiastic enough response, he completely broke character as almost a catty reprimand to the audience"


 

Doritos should sponsor her for all those chips on her shoulder.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:49pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "TheatreFan4 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Many critics were either mixed or negative when it opened, and I can’t see that improving especially with Billy being there and Bebe being gone. Although I’ve heard good things about Ellen Harvey. (Is she even Jewish? Quick, somebody tell her to give up the role!)"

...Are you familiar with Cabaret? It's kind of a big plot point thatSchneider isn't Jewish."

Totally right. My bad. My brain was on Bebe and not the actual character."

Nah, your brain was up your @ss

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:01pm

Well wherever it was, I owned my mistake. Enjoy losing elections for the rest of your life with an attitude like that, Carlos. 

Enjoy this clip of an audience member screaming “No, No!” at the end of Billy’s I Don’t Care Much on Thursday night, everyone else. 

https://www.tiktok.com/@faraway.fromtulsa/video/7536309756802108702

 

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 8/9/25 at 2:11am

It's sad to see this show end with such a weak ass casting.

[binau]

Posted: 8/9/25 at 4:27am

Didn’t Adam lambert also make similar ‘ad libs’ around the jokes? Something like these are the jokes in a dead pan way. 

People seem to be loving hating him haha.