Cabaret-- Two Ladies

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Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:27pm

In the Cabaret number, "Two Ladies"... I've seen it done a number of ways... is it supposed to be the emcee and two females, the emcee and one male and one female, or which?
I'm pretty certain that when I saw it on Broadway it was two females, but on my soundtrack, it most certainly isn't...

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#2

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:30pm

Emcee, Lulu and Bobby (in drag). I don't think they ever used two females on Broadway. Totally defeats the point.

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#3

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:30pm

In the 1998 revival, it was a lady and a man in drag. In other major productions and the movie, it was two ladies.

#4

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Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:31pm

It was originally two women.

#5

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Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:35pm

I saw one picture from the show where Lulu looked like a man in drag.... or maybe just an ugly woman?

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Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:37pm

In your CD, the blonde with pigtails is Lulu. The dark haired one is Bobby.

#7

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Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:44pm

Oh I don't have the CD... I'm a downloader (tsk tsk on me)
This picture was from when Norbert Leo Butz was the emcee..

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#8

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Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:49pm

i was the male in two ladies, and man does it go high!

#9

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Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:56pm

Beedley deedley dee!

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#10

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/1/05 at 11:58pm

Aww, this thread makes me miss Michael O'Donnell.

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#11

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:09am

This thread reminds me of a group project I did on Cabaret last semester - "Two Ladies" became my groupmates' favorite song, so we would sing the "deedledeededee"s all the time.

#12

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:23am

When I did Cabaret I played Lulu, but the director wanted to use two LADIES instead of Bobby.
At the same time, my boyfriend was playing Bobby in another part of Ontario.

Embarassing that we pretty much played the exact same part!

#13

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:02am

The Revival:

It's Lulu and Bobby.

Bobby is in drag and sings like a girl - sort of.

The end.

The OBC (Joel Grey)

Two girls.

Period.

#14

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/2/05 at 10:23am

It's always been two women except for the Mendes production.

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#15

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/2/05 at 10:31am

Two Ladies was done in the original Broadway production with the Emcee and two women, and it was done the same way in the film.

The recent Broadway revisal had the Emcee perform it with a man and a woman.

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#16

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:31pm

Speaking of Cabaret......I auditioned for it last night(I like Ludwig and Bobby....hopefully many guys will over look this part)....anyways, if I get cast as Bobby I'm going to do my best to get to be in the "2 Ladies" number. We are doing the 1998 updated version, so hopefully........

#17

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:36pm

Mendes messed it all up. It's supposed to be a great dance number for the Emcee and two ladies.

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#18

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:47pm

Yep - it was kind of stupid and lame with a guy, much as I love Michael O'Donnell.

Can anyone name (without IBDB cheating) the "Lady" from the 1987 revival who went on to have a successful career in TV?

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#19

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:54pm

Is it usually a guy that dances the gorilla part in "If You Could See Her"?

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#20

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:56pm

In the 1987 revival, it was Grey's understudy - a tiny little guy. In the production I'm in now, we're using a woman. I don't know how it's traditionally done.

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#21

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 2:24pm

Hey, I liked the guy in the number....it gives more substance to the part...

#22

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 2:25pm

No - it takes away from the number.

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#23

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/2/05 at 2:27pm

When a guy plays it, the audience spends the whole number thinking one of two things:

"Wow, that woman is ugly"

or

"Is that a man?"

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#24

re: Cabaret-- Two Ladies

Posted: 3/2/05 at 2:28pm

Well, I just found out that I didn't get a call back, so strike that idea....oh well.....

#25

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Posted: 3/2/05 at 2:29pm

Sorry

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