West End CABARET Revival (and B’way Transfer?) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 12

[jacobsnchz14]

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.

[Robbie2]

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

Updated On: 12/17/22 at 02:08 PM

[Dylan Smith4]

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. 

[CATSNYrevival]

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?

[blaxx]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

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. 

[CATSNYrevival]

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.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:05pm

Where can you find it?

[Dylan Smith4]

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) 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:13pm

It sounds like the Kick Line to me. Unless that’s the Entr’acte in this production.

[CreatureKitchen]

Posted: 12/17/22 at 6:19pm

Ok but does anyone care to share where they’re listening to this?

[Dylan Smith4]

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. 

[Jordan Catalano]

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. 

[CATSNYrevival]

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'.

[Jordan Catalano]

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. 

[CreatureKitchen]

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

Updated On: 12/17/22 at 07:31 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

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.

 

[CreatureKitchen]

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).

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/17/22 at 8:32pm

You’d think all of that would be ironed out before the performances were recorded.

[CreatureKitchen]

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. 

[steve.sometime]

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.

[CATSNYrevival]

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.

[binau]

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). 

[BETTY22]

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. 

[Kad]

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?