CONFIRMED: CABARET at the August Wilson Theatre, Spring 2024 — Page 16

Does anyone know if people will go in through the stage door entrance ? Is the renovation the same as London? In the round?

Does anyone have a sense of what the layout of the theatre will be and what the view will be like from the back of the orchestra? I'm looking at seats in row K or row L of the orchestra and I'm not sure if those will be obstructed or too far back, or if those rows are right beside the sound booth, which would not be my preference. Would row K or L be equivalent to row Z in the usual layout of the theatre (which was beside the sound booth in past iterations)? It looks like the stage is going to be moved to the middle of the theatre, so it looks on the seating map like row K is the tenth row and row L is the eleventh row, but of course I'm not sure how far back that actually is in practice. If anyone has any insight, I would appreciate that!

I am wondering how the view from the last row of the Mezzanine would be since it looks like the stage is beeing moved to the middle of the Auditorium. Or at least further forward than usual. I guess they would need to make the Mezzanine steeper, otherwise you wouldnt see the stage. Im a bit hesitant to buy Tickets now. Of course I can pay more Money for better seats but I am visiting from germany and have a lot of other Shows on my List as well 🙈

I haven't read anything. Does anyone know if this is selling well? I have not purchase tickets to this yet, because i can't wrap myself around the prices and I remember the rear mezz of that theatre extremely uncomfortable. I haven't sat in the rear mezz in decades. Am I remembering correctly. I am 6 feet and slim.

Jarethan said: "I haven't read anything. Does anyone know if this is selling well? I have not purchase tickets to this yet, because i can't wrap myself around the prices and I remember the rear mezz of that theatre extremely uncomfortable. I haven't sat in the rear mezz in decades. Am I remembering correctly. I am 6 feet and slim."
Also holding off on buying tickets. I have a hard time believing they are going to be able to sustain these prices in the current environment. Also, could care less about Redmayne, so willing to wait it out a bit even if it means missing him.

Updated On: 1/23/24 at 07:28 PM

They will for sure have some kind of rush for cheaper seats, but I don't know how far from NY you are, so if you have limited opportunity to see it better to buy ahead.

Woah! Found photos online, & it looks like that was a pretty good production. The costumes look fantastic.

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2023/07/12/asfs-production-cabaret/12240116002/

But, yes it is always interesting to see another interpretation. That is the beauty of classic shows. Hopefully every time someone new does a production they can add a little bit. It is just the same as how different people may make the same dish of food, but by a slight change of seasoning or different preparation method they have something original.

inception said: "Woah! Found photos online, & it looks like that was a pretty good production. The costumes look fantastic.

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2023/07/12/asfs-production-cabaret/12240116002/"

These production photos honestly look like the director saw the current London production and ripped it off as best as they could. Not that I’m surprised - the show has been stuck in the Sam Mendes mold for nearly two decades; it needed a shake-up - but it’s clearly heavily influenced. Down to the Emcee’s birthday hat and the big babydoll bonnets for “Don’t Tell Mama”.

ColorTheHours048 said: "inception said: "Woah! Found photos online, & it looks like that was a pretty good production. The costumes look fantastic.

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2023/07/12/asfs-production-cabaret/12240116002/"

These production photos honestly look like the director saw the current London production and ripped it off as best as they could. Not that I’m surprised - the show has been stuck in the Sam Mendes mold for nearly two decades; it needed a shake-up - but it’s clearly heavily influenced. Down to the Emcee’s birthday hat and the big babydoll bonnets for “Don’t Tell Mama”."

I will say this, It was Heavily inspired by both the Mendes and the current London Production. The party hat costume was for the Scenes in the club from the beginning of "Don't Tell Mama" to the end of "Mien Herr", And the baby doll costumes were for ''Don't Tell Mama." But why rip on one production of a show when countless other theatres just ripped the Mendes production right out of the depths and put them on their stage. The director has said on multiple occasions that He's wanted to direct "Cabaret" since he saw it on Broadway with Alan Cumming and honestly did a damn good job. Yes a lot of the costumes are inspired from the London Production. Yes it might look like just a blatant ripoff of the London production but i can assure you it is not. Why make art if no one enjoys it, If it makes people come back around again and again like a lot of people have according to front of house, Why criticize it.? It did was it was supposed to do and was only around for a month, and that was the best damn month of theatre I have had.

I received a mailer the other day with a discount code. Valid though March 2025! I said they priced the show too high. Now that they've run out of suckers willing to the pay those obscene prices, they are reducing and discounting.

InTheBathroom1 said: "Unfortunately, it appears that the code doesn’t do anything. I put in the code and the tickets and prices were identical. So not sure there’s discounting happening yet."

Agree with this or it’s just the fees adding up to the original price again. Crazy crazy

I just checked and specifically for the May 28th performance it drops the $99 seats to $89 (which is $99 with fees where it was previously $111 with fees). I'm assuming it's only for the cheapest tier so if those seats have sold out for other dates, that could be why it's not doing anything?

The code is CABARETMAIL, with the promo being weekday tickets from $99 and weekend tickets from $119, valid for performances through March 29, 2025 (blackout dates may apply). It also specifically says it's for use on SeatGeek or by phone only, so not sure if the box office would accept it or if the Jujamcyn theaters mention that on all their promo codes regardless.