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CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
#150CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
Posted: 8/19/25 at 2:06pm
binau said: "This is going to really hurt Billy’s career. I wonder if he will ever find the right vehicle to return to Broadway in a musical again. Maybe he will redeem himself in La Cage."
He may find himself in featured roles or as part of an ensemble piece, but these box office numbers pretty much kill the idea that he himself is any kind of a draw right now.
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#151CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
Posted: 8/19/25 at 3:05pm
I truly hope they removed or "bow out" of La Cage. Before Cabaret in the US, they was not an exciting idea. Billy is Billy in La Cage is not interesting. We had a group interested in going to La Cage but the casting put a halt on those plans.
#152CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
Posted: 8/19/25 at 4:54pm
binau said: "This is going to really hurt Billy’s career. I wonder if he will ever find the right vehicle to return to Broadway in a musical again. Maybe he will redeem himself in La Cage."
Based on his interview with Graham Norton last year before his London run, he also only got the job because Marisha did the same legwork/research he did and had the clout to get him the gig since the producers asked her input and Billy “was on a strike and needed a gig”.
I don’t think this will impact his run at City Center unless he decides to pull a Todrick and try and take over control of as many aspects as he can. But I’m already cringing at the thought of him adding unnecessary histrionics to “I Am What I Am” (but the parody videos will probably be hilarious).
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Updated On: 8/19/25 at 04:54 PM
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#153CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
Posted: 8/19/25 at 5:03pm
To cut him some slack, La Cage seems like a infinitely better fit for him than Cabaret. We'll see.
#154CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
Posted: 8/19/25 at 5:12pm
verywellthensigh said: "To cut him some slack, La Cage seems like a infinitely better fit for him than Cabaret. We'll see."
The role of Albin is indeed chaos, but also can bring it all inside when the moments need restraint (like during the “Masculinity” sequence). I have seldom know this era of Billy to do anything quietly
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