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Cabaret returns to Studio 54
#50re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 12:02pmI am honestly speechless. I practically started crying tears of joy when I saw the article on Playbill.
#51re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 12:13pmIt's soon - but hell, I don't care. I never got to see this production and would be excited to get the chance - especially if Cumming is involved.
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#52re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 12:17pm
Munkunstrap, I know it's kind of a crazy idea, but I don't think the load in and out would be the problem. Six months is longer than the average scheduled run of a musical revival at Studio 54, and those shows have to start from scratch with everything except the writing. Also, remember that Roundabout often has to struggle to get audiences in. "Cabaret" revival revivals would probably play to fullish houses.
Obviously I'm just hypothesizing, and I don't have any numbers to back it up or anything, but considering the fact that so much is already built, organized, and ready to go for "Cabaret" (including the audience) I don't see the load in/out preventing a profit.
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#53re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 12:19pm
As MB said, Collete's tumultuous working relationship with Mandy Patinkin combined with the grind of the show and the increasing demands of LaChiusa behind the scenes made the experience of working on "The Wild Party" a very difficult one for her.
I believe personally that she just wasn't prepared for what she was getting herself into. She was making her Broadway debut in a city that she wasn't familiar with in the least and it was just alot of pressure (both on stage and off) that she couldn't deal with very well. Though she enjoyed working on the piece, it all became a bit too much by the show's end.
While I know that Collette is still very much open to playing the role of Sally (she has said privately that she'd love to be apart of the rumored film remake in development,) I just don't know if it would be enticing enough to bring her back to theater after she had such a torrid experience the last time around, not to mention her blossoming film career (though she does seem to have a rare opening in her schedule at the moment.)
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 5/2/07 at 12:19 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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#54re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:07pmWell I missed it last time around and have since fell in love with the recording with Cummings. I'll definatly will be going !!
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#55re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:26pm
I'd find it funny that Joel was involved in the first Cabaret revival and now once again we get a carry-over Emcee from the last production, except this is like 4 years later instead of 20. No complaints though!
edit; and since it isn't like Mary Louise Wilson would reprise Fraulein Schnieder or probably even be asked to reprise, I REALLY think it would be great to get the exquisite Sheila Hancock over here. She is certainly a highlight of the current London cast in my opinion.
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#56re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:36pmThe reason it worked so well in 54 was the tables, now that the tables are gone it will be nothing but another tired old production put on by Roundabout.
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#57re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:42pmI should think that they would return the theatre to the state it was in during the revival, tables and all.
#58re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:51pmThat would cost a lot of money, especially if it were only for a limited engagement.
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#60re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:59pm
Oh, I missed it the first time, so I will be so happy to see this if it happens.
Though it is a bit bazaar.
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Posted: 5/2/07 at 1:59pm
From Roundabout's website:
"One of the most exciting aspects of the renovations is an innovative system of flexible seating in the orchestra level.
Following Pacific Overtures, seating in the lower level will undergo a complete transformation when traditional seating is installed on a removable platform system. By building detachable raked platforms and seats, Studio 54 will have the ability to switch back and forth from a configuration of cabaret seating to traditional theatre seating, depending on the artistic needs of the production.
Studio 54 will be the only Broadway theatre to have this unique seating flexibility."
This would leave me to believe that putting the table seating back in place for "Cabaret" would be a fairly easy transition, no?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 5/2/07 at 01:59 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#62re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:03pmThe seating arrangement is extremely flexible. When i went to see The Apple Tree, it was my first time revisiting Studio 54 since Cabaret. Though it was a shock to see the "traditional seating", it was quite obvious that it hadn't been permanently installed. They sort of just resemble a more glamorous version of risers in a gymnasium.
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#63re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:04pm
Well whadda ya know.
Maybe they planned this the whole time.
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#64re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:07pmThe reality of this is beginning to sink in. I still feel a bit dizzy at the prospect of seeing this with Alan as I'd so much desired in 1998...I could hardly dare to have imagined this actually happening. And now my son is more than old enough to come and enjoy it too, it's like a dream come true! We are so there.
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#65re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:19pmThis coupled with Roundabout essentially bringing over Sunday kind of leads me to believe that Roundabout has swayed from its mission, and I for one think it's s shame.
#66re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:25pm
Every other Roundabout show has pretty much been original.
SUNDAY is the first cross-the-pond transfer since CABARET.
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#67re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:36pm
This could turn in to their A Christmas Carol.
They do it every few seasons or so to fill up the coffers. With the extra cash they can go about the work of reviving less bankable shows like The Apple Tree or 110 in the Shade.
Good luck to them.
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Updated On: 5/2/07 at 02:36 PM
#68re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:40pmI mean I love Cabaret, but I feel like it just closed.
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#69re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:44pmI feel like it shouldn't have closed so this is good news.
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#70re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 2:57pm
First LES MIS.
Now CABARET.
What's next; CATS or MISS SAIGON?
#71re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 3:07pmSant- don't even compare the revival of Cabaret to Les Mis, Cats, or Miss Saigon.
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#73re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 3:56pmThis is great news. It should be a wonderful revival!
#74re: Cabaret returns to Studio 54
Posted: 5/2/07 at 4:01pm
I just hope Alan Cumming doesn't go into hysterionic mode - actors returning to roles they created years later can either be brilliant (Carol Channing in HELLO DOLLY) or descend into self parody (Zero Mostel in FIDDLER, Joan Diener in LA MANCHA).
Cummin,g while brilliant, is completely capable of descending into self indulgance (see THREEPENNY) -- hopefully Sam Mendes will actually be on hand to keep him in check.
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