West End CABARET Revival (and B’way Transfer?) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 12
West End CABARET Revival (and B’way Transfer?) - News & Discussion Thread
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#275
Posted: 12/17/22 at 2:05pm
Hopefully planning a London trip for the summer and would love to see it at The Playhouse if it's still there! Would also see a stateside transfer, especially if it's Eddie and Jessie onboard!
During a recent interview with Aaron Tveit on The Drama Podcast, he said he would love to be a potential Emcee one day. I forgot he costarred with Eddie and Fra in the Les Mis film! That would be a funny coincidence.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#276
Posted: 12/17/22 at 2:08pm
Creating Cabaret: the immersive set of the year's most talked about production
https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/cabaret-playhouse-set-design
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#277
Posted: 12/17/22 at 2:49pm
I think it's supposed to run through December of next year. I hope to be in London next summer as well and will try to see it then. Also, those photos are simply beautiful! I still think they could replicate this in a Broadway house, it just depends on which one.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#278
Posted: 12/17/22 at 3:49pm
I wonder if they plan to tour it and restage the production for proscenium houses or if it was always intended to only ever play this one theatre and that’s it. Was there ever even any intention from the producers to bring the production to Broadway or is it just speculation?
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#279
Posted: 12/17/22 at 4:05pm
CATSNYrevival said: "I wonder if they plan to tour it and restage the production for proscenium houses or if it was always intended to only ever play this one theatre and that’s it. Was there ever even any intention from the producers to bring the production to Broadway or is it just speculation?"
Pure speculation. I still think the design would get lost in a Broadway house.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#280
Posted: 12/17/22 at 5:11pm
Listening now. It sounds beautiful. The “frantic” energy of Buckley’s performance is thankfully toned down a bit here it seems, as it plays very good on the recording.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#281
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:01pm
Were the tempos sped up for the Roundabout cast album? The tempos here seem much slower by comparison and Eddie especially seems to be milking every… single… word. I don’t hate it, it’s just a huge shift after listening to the Roundabout album so much. Bummed they didn’t include the Entr’acte.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#282
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:05pm
Where can you find it?
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#283
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:10pm
CATSNYrevival said: "Bummed they didn’t include the Entr’acte."
It actually does. The only song I didn’t hear was Married (Reprise)
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#284
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:13pm
It sounds like the Kick Line to me. Unless that’s the Entr’acte in this production.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#285
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:19pm
Ok but does anyone care to share where they’re listening to this?
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#286
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:20pm
CATSNYrevival said: "It sounds like the Kick Line to me. Unless that’s the Entr’acte in this production."
I guess that is.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#287
Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:53pm
CreatureKitchen said: "Ok but does anyone care to share where they’re listening to this?"
You can’t ship a couple copies to a couple shops and expect it not to end up “on those sites” very fast.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#288
Posted: 12/17/22 at 7:00pm
Jordan Catalano said: "You can’t ship a couple copies to a couple shops and expect it not to end up “on those sites” very fast."
Unfortunate reality. They had it comin'.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#289
Posted: 12/17/22 at 7:02pm
If their intent was to create some buzz and have people just excited to wait another month for what a select few were able to have, then they need to fire whoever had that idea.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#290
Posted: 12/17/22 at 7:31pm
Also thought people might be interested...a few accounts on Tumblr (so take it with a grain of salt) are saying that the album has not been released yet because of legal and/or contractual issues. The few boxes that got shipped to stores and opened were not supposed to be sold. Yikes.
https://www.tumblr.com/scamanderishredmayniac/703902510672429056/the-cabaret-cast-album-cd-at-hmv-was-not-meant-to?source=share
https://www.tumblr.com/occamyeggshells/703917433763856384/so-when-is-the-cabaret-recording-supposed-to-be?source=share
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#291
Posted: 12/17/22 at 8:24pm
CreatureKitchen said: "Also thought people might be interested...a few accounts on Tumblr (so take it with a grain of salt) are saying that the album has not been released yet because of legal and/or contractual issues. The few boxes that got shipped to stores and opened were not supposed to be sold. Yikes."
That would make more sense to me than some sort of soft release. Can’t imagine what the legal issue would be though.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#292
Posted: 12/17/22 at 8:28pm
It would also explain why they put the release date up online and then promptly deleted those links. I don't seen why they would've done that if this was a publicity stunt. I do wonder how this bodes for a transfer if there are legal issues going on (as I would imagine any legal issues would be related to contract negotiations).
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#293
Posted: 12/17/22 at 8:32pm
You’d think all of that would be ironed out before the performances were recorded.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#294
Posted: 12/17/22 at 10:19pm
Ok, well, may have gotten my hands on the album. Listened to the first couple songs and unfortunately don't have time for more.
I can say this is not what I expected based on what I've heard. Eddie is certainly making Choices in "Willkommen". I do respect that he's doing something different and absolutely going for it. But wow do I find the voice he's doing extremely grating. He sounds...how to put this in the most politically correct way...almost like he's playing a disabled person. Or maybe a Muppet. I won't deny that it's intriguing and weird, but I absolutely could not listen to this repeatedly. I think someone else here complained about Eddie's acting being mannered, and oh boy does this turn those tendencies of his up to 11. He seems almost inhuman, which I'm sure is what he's going for, but I feel like he goes too far (especially for the first number in the show). "Willkommen", at least to some extent, needs to invite the audience into this world and into the party. This seems purely offputting in a way that even Grey's Emcee isn't.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#295
Posted: 12/17/22 at 10:33pm
I agree that Eddie went a little too far in Wilkommen and I Don't Care Much. But thankfully he toned it down the rest of the album and was wonderfully weird.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#296
Posted: 12/17/22 at 11:10pm
CreatureKitchen said: "He sounds...how to put this in the most politically correct way...almost like he's playing a disabled person. Or maybe a Muppet. "
I can hear that but I have to assume the performance loses something when you subtract the visuals. To me, based on the audio alone, he sounds stuck somewhere in the middle between Joel Grey and Alan Cumming, but also Michael Arden’s Quasimodo.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#297
Posted: 12/18/22 at 7:05am
Eddie’s emcee was played like a bit of a weird but endearing creep or oddball in my opinion, especially in the opening number with that awkward posture. it is a very different tone than Alan Cumming, with the larger than life charisma and sexual undertones basically gone. I think I prefer the Sam Mendes take on the role but I do think it’s impressive they were able to find a new character in the emcee in this production as I feel it’s been very hard for people to break the mould (I guess that goes for a lot of choices in this production of course).
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#298
Posted: 12/18/22 at 8:13am
Im not if this is coming to Broadway.
They would never have licensed the show to another NYC if they had plans to come to NYC.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#299
Posted: 12/18/22 at 10:38am
BETTY22 said: "Im not if this is coming to Broadway.
They would never have licensed the show to another NYC if they had plans to come to NYC."
What are you talking about?
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