#101
Posted: 9/4/13 at 8:13pm
Limited Engagement? Hell no. This revival will resurrect the rotating cycle of fabulous actresses and actors wanting to make their Broadway debuts -- just like the 1998 production did. I lost count how many times I saw that production between its original home: the Henry Miller Theatre (aka Kit Kat Klub) to its transfer to Studio 54. Each cast replacement was fantastic so (like CHICAGO) it was a show to keep revisiting.
This is what Studio 54 looked during CABARET's run there, with it's 'cabaret' setting featuring small tables surrounding the wooden stage platform, etc. There was waiter/waitress service at the tables before the performance and during intermission and the actors and actresses playing the Kit Kat Klub girls and boys mingled and flirted with the audience while they were on the thrust wood platform stage as the theatre was filling up. Also, the entire ensemble (including the actress playing Fraulein Kost) played in the Kit Kat Klub orchestra/band that was on a raised platform. So much more to say about this groundbreaking Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall reinvention of CABARET.
This is what Studio 54 looked during CABARET's run there, with it's 'cabaret' setting featuring small tables surrounding the wooden stage platform, etc. There was waiter/waitress service at the tables before the performance and during intermission and the actors and actresses playing the Kit Kat Klub girls and boys mingled and flirted with the audience while they were on the thrust wood platform stage as the theatre was filling up. Also, the entire ensemble (including the actress playing Fraulein Kost) played in the Kit Kat Klub orchestra/band that was on a raised platform. So much more to say about this groundbreaking Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall reinvention of CABARET.
