CONFIRMED: CABARET at the August Wilson Theatre, Spring 2024- Page 8

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/22/23 at 11:01pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Correct. Redmayne and Rankin to be announced tomorrow morning."

Jesus Christ, this is going to be an epic production especially with Gayle leading. The "WHO?" question will flood socials tomorrow but this show doesn't need a massive celebrity to shine in NYC. 

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 10/22/23 at 11:14pm

blasvader said: "Pierre Marais, sure sure. Guy played the role like he was playing Christian in Moulin Rouge, replete with sentimental lovelorn piano playing."

and Eddie Redmayne sounds like Kermit the Frog and does the emcee like a gremlin so what?

[lopside]

Posted: 10/22/23 at 11:21pm

Sutton Ross said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Correct. Redmayne and Rankin to be announced tomorrow morning."

Jesus Christ, this is going to be an epic production especially with Gayle leading. The "WHO?" question will flood socials tomorrow but this show doesn't need a massive celebrity to shine in NYC."

People will try to dismiss her as she's not a name, but she's so chameleonic. I was just looking back and I've seen her in so many things by now without even realising in a way. She'll bring back some of the surreal energy and bite to Sally in this production that Buckley and Low Wood brought

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 1:26am

Gayle being Sally only seems odd to me because she was a lead in the 2014 revival but you know it won't keep me up at night.

Also hearing Ato Blankson-Wood is going to be Cliff which would be a nice booking for him

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 7:31am

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Gayle being Sally only seems odd to me because she was a lead in the 2014 revival but you know it won't keep me up at night.

Also hearing Ato Blankson-Wood is going to be Cliff which would be a nice booking for him"

She was a lead? …

[lopside]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 7:35am

Kost is a great part, even got Peg Murray the Tony, but calling it the lead is very strange. If anything, Rankin having played Kost somehow makes her a more interesting choice for Sally

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 8:06am

Am I alone in wishing they would bring back Danny Burstein to be Herr Schultz again? He was so wonderful and I think he would be even better now!

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 8:13am

Video has dropped and it looks great!

 

 

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 8:29am

Sutton Ross said: "The "WHO?" question will flood socials tomorrow but this show doesn't need a massive celebrity to shine in NYC."

I guess we'll see, but the last two revivals of Cabaret have basically run because of the names attached (look how quickly the 2014 revival closed after Sienna Miller took over, who is a far bigger name than Gayle Rankin). This should easily sell the first 6 months or so based on the name recognition of Cabaret and the NY theatre community flocking to see it, but beyond that? Could be a little trickier.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 8:54am

Just looked at the seating map. It looks like the auditorium will be similar to the Playhouse.
 

 

 

Updated On: 10/23/23 at 08:54 AM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:01am

Anyone else's little sad the rumors were right (about Gayle)?  I'm not talking about HER at all, just the overallness that we seldom actually get surprises anymore. Gayle's name has been rumored for months, and we've known about Eddie since the very beginning. Kind of already knowing your birthday presents before unwrapping them.

 

That being said, I am very much looking forward to this, I love Cabaret. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:06am

I can just imagine the prices …oye

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:09am

I sort of understand what you mean dramamama, and I'll add to that, the general excitement about this production seems to already have peaked a bit.  Perhaps that will change a bit when it actually opens, but  audiences haven't exactly been enthralled this season by other immersive works that have taken years to get to Broadway (Here Lies Love). Plus, we have the similarly themed "Harmony" already running, plus there have been numerous revivals of "Cabaret" in NYC already. This feels like a very expensive gamble to me.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:24am

By casting a nobody as Sally, they’re really rolling the dice with such an expensive production. They’ll be entirely relying on word of mouth from the moment they start previews to ramp sales up. And that just doesn’t happen the way it used to. If it did, Shucked would have been making $1mil a week after it’s first couple weeks of previews with how effusive that chatter was. You need look no farther than what’s happening at the Broadway to know that selling “an experience” isn’t enough to make it these days. What this show has though is relevance in current events along with a known title in a way Here Lies Love does not. On the flip side, how much of the core theatergoer audience feels like they’ve already seen Cabaret enough between the broadway revivals and countless community productions.

Eddie Redmayne is also not a bankable name in and of himself. But I’d be thrilled if I were wrong here, but his star was at its peak here a decade ago. 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:24am

[OMG U Guyz]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:45am

EDSOSLO858 said: "Correct. Redmayne and Rankin to be announced tomorrow morning."


Great now do the Sweeney replacements! 

[Sammy232]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:46am

QueenAlice said: "I sort of understand what you mean dramamama, and I'll add to that, the general excitement about this production seems to already have peaked a bit. Perhaps that will change a bit when it actually opens, but audiences haven't exactly been enthralled this season by other immersive works that have taken years to get to Broadway (Here Lies Love). Plus, we have the similarly themed "Harmony" already running, plus there have been numerous revivals of "Cabaret" in NYC already. This feels like a very expensive gamble to me."

Agree - as someone who absolutely adored Alan Cumming's portrayal of the emcee and saw it several times, I can't imagine paying a bloated price for this. A regular price maybe out of curiousity, but an inflated one - definitely not. I've also heard from friends that saw it in London that it's actually not all that immersive, just the entering and exiting the theater where you wind your way through hallways (like great comet?) and that otherwise it's basically the sam mendes production down to the same cocktail tables they had at studio 54.

[BETTY22]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 9:54am

I'm not sure the show needed a new title.....

However, I saw this in London and it is fanatic. VERY VERY dark. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:16am

Have we heard when tix will go on sale?

 

 

[pathman2]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:20am

Can someone summarize where the best place(s) to sit will be, in terms of viewing the actual show but also experiencing the preshow, based on the London production. We plan to splurge on this one but eating/drinking in the “Pineapple Room” sounds better than at a table by the stage. Is one end (or side) of seats better? Any help would be appreciated! My Amex is ready for Wednesday!

Updated On: 10/23/23 at 10:20 AM

[amiyagi]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:24am

Sammy232 said: "Agree - as someone who absolutely adored Alan Cumming's portrayal of the emcee and saw it several times, I can't imagine paying a bloated price for this. A regular price maybe out of curiousity, but an inflated one - definitely not. I've also heard from friends that saw it in London that it's actually not all that immersive, just the entering and exiting the theater where you wind your way through hallways (like great comet?) and that otherwise it's basically the sam mendes production down to the same cocktail tables they had at studio 54."

I saw it in London and you're correct. Other than getting in and out of the theatre, and maybe a couple cocktail tables, it's not really immersive. The show was fine but I won't see it again in New York. It has a couple intense moments (it is Cabaret) but I didn't find this production particularly ground-breaking. Glad I got a cheap ticket because I wouldn't have found it worth it especially if you've seen Alan Cumming. 

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:28am

dramamama611 said: "Have we heard when tix will go on sale?"

American Express Card Member Early Access Begins October 25 at 10am EDT

Priority Mailing List Pre-Sale Begins November 1 at 10am EDT

ATG and Seat Geek Pre-Sale Begins November 1 at 1pm EDT

Public On-Sale Begins November 2 at 10am EDT

https://kitkat.club/cabaret-broadway/tickets/

[SisterGeorge]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:29am

Can anyone who has seen Gayle Ranking in a live performance of a stage musical please comment on what you saw and how you think she'll fare as Sally?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:29am

Found the on sale info (from the website): 

American Express® Card Member early access begins October 25, 2023 at 10AM EDT. Tickets will go on pre-sale to those signed up to the CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB website mailing list, ATG email subscribers and SeatGeek subscribers at on November 1, 2023. Tickets go on sale to the general public on November 2, 2023 at 10AM EDT.

 

Did we now Redmayne and Rankin were only doing FOUR  months?  

[Kad]

Posted: 10/23/23 at 10:40am

Both have film / TV commitments so I’m not super surprised by that.