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Cabaret Canceled Tonight (3/28)
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#75Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 3:48pmWhy is that "interesting?" They expect him back tonight but they won't know until 6pm. Seems pretty straight forward ...
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#76Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 3:54pm
Their tweets are: "We will not have confirmation about Mr. Cumming being in the show until after 6 pm." and "We're still waiting to hear. We'll announce it as soon as we know."
I don't see how that reads as they expect him to be in the show tonight, more like they have no idea.
If I asked Roundabout whether I would be able to see Alan if I came on May 7, then it would make sense to say they expect him to be playing the role that day. But not in the middle of a flu where they are deciding one performance at a time whether he can do it.
#77Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 4:04pmThank you Jeff--my clothing fetish has finally become a reality...x
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#78Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 4:09pmSweetLips, be sure to post a pic of yourself in your gear then, heh.
#79Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 4:26pmThat picture isn't doing it for me. It looks like Christian Borle in drag makeup.
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#80Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 4:36pm
"It looks like Christian Borle in drag makeup."
You say that like it's a bad thing?! 
#81Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 4:43pmLeeds Hill looks like he really fills out his costume... ahem.
#82Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 5:14pm
"I don't really know what people don't understand about this, understudies not being rehearsed before previews begin is a pretty common occurrence. As someone else said, all of the rehearsal time allotted is being devoted to rehearsing the actors who will be playing the roles on a regular basis and there isn't time/money/personnel to separately rehearse the understudies in the tracks they are covering. This is a pretty unusual circumstance, and I'm sure Cumming is pretty ill to not go on, especially in the first week of previews."
I think we understand but my feelings are that it would probably have been cheaper in the end to find time and invest in rehearsing an understudy beforehand, instead of cancelling a performance. I don't buy that they couldn't have done this if they planned it in advance. They chose to take a risk because, as you mentioned, it is probably unusual for a star to be out in the first week. But that risk didn't pay off in this instance.
I suppose if it is so unusual though then over the long-term they would save money not rehearsing vs rehearsing across all their shows. But still. I don't believe they couldn't plan to do this. They just chose not to. It didn't seem to take long to rehearse the understudy in the end :P.
#83Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 6:24pmHindsight is 20/20.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#85Cabaret Canceled Tonight
Posted: 3/29/14 at 6:35pmIn this case it is not so much an expense issue as a time issue. No matter how willing you are to spend extra money, you can't manufacture time where it does not exist. And it is also well to remember that it is not just a matter of rehearsing the emcee understudy-those covering his multiple regular tracks also have to be put in. So they got it done for this afternoon but not last night. Sounds pretty heroic. I guess if it was stupid we will hear in due course.
#86Cabaret Canceled 3/28
Posted: 3/29/14 at 7:02pm
Alan Cumming will be going on tonight.
Roundabout Theatre ?@RTC_NYC 24m
Tonight's performance of @cabaret_musical will go on as scheduled with @alancumming back in as Emcee!!
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#87Cabaret Canceled 3/28
Posted: 3/29/14 at 7:54pmim seeing it tomorrow hopefully he will be in it!
#88Cabaret Canceled 3/28
Posted: 3/29/14 at 9:18pmSo, any matinee people... how was Leeds? And how packed was the house?
#90Cabaret Canceled 3/28
Posted: 3/29/14 at 9:23pmWell, we already saw he was packed and ready to go...
#91Cabaret Canceled 3/28
Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:46amI saw the matinee today and I was really impressed with Leeds. I would have loved to see Alan in the role, but I also was excited to see someone else in the role. At first you could tell he was a little tense, but he really got into it as the show went on and impressed me! He only had one little slip-up with the words during "Money, Money" but for someone who had one rehearsal, and filling in for Alan, he did a wonderful job
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