West End CABARET Revival (and B’way Transfer?) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 19
West End CABARET Revival (and B’way Transfer?) - News & Discussion Thread
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#450
Posted: 6/14/23 at 7:16pm
More important that who plays Sally, which theatre will be gutted for the production? (We saw neither Redmayne nor Buckley - we saw Fra Fee and Lennox - and, imo, those were special performances)
And the ticket prices may set records for face value.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#451
Posted: 6/14/23 at 7:23pm
How well did Maude Apatow sell in Little Shop? Perhaps she will be Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#452
Posted: 6/14/23 at 7:30pm
I saw the show in London. It's the darkest Cabaret I have ever seen.
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/21
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#453
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:00pm
No Buckley seems very very odd to me and gives me pause. She had been so excited about the prospect of transferring it when asked last year and Redmayne always makes them sound like a package deal. Maybe her attendance record was more of a concern.
Understudy Joined: 8/22/22
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#454
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:06pm
Rebecca Frecknall is supposed to open Julie in Amsterdam March '24 though. Not sure this tea is quite solid?
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#455
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:11pm
Are we assuming Buckley isn’t involved because she wasn’t mentioned in the announcement, or has something previously been said about her not reprising the role on Broadway? I’m really hoping that she’ll be a part of this production on Broadway.
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/21
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#456
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:13pm
Piparoo said: "Are we assuming Buckley isn’t involved because she wasn’t mentioned in the announcement, or has something previously been said about her not reprising the role on Broadway? I’m really hoping that she’ll be a part of this production on Broadway."
The scoop says she is "not involved" in the transfer.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#457
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:14pm
lopside said: "No Buckley seems very very odd to me and gives me pause. She had been so excited about the prospect of transferring it when asked last year and Redmayne always makes them sound like a package deal. Maybe her attendance record was more of a concern."
But weren’t most of her absences related to The Lost Daughter and MEN? Any US production would have had much longer to plan out then the original UK production did. So a better schedule could be worked out.
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/21
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#458
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:21pm
No, I think even the trailer for Men was released after her run, and she barely did any promo for Lost Daughter. She also doesn't seem to have anything lined up till Hamnet, but Mescal has to wrap up two films before that can happen. Maybe she got roped into something Marvel-y.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#459
Posted: 6/14/23 at 8:25pm
On theatreboard someone mentioned Billie Piper and I'd crawl to NYC to see that. She and Jessie mean about the same here in the states. Although I'd reckon Who gives Billie an edge.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#460
Posted: 6/14/23 at 9:06pm
Buckley gets a lot of flack on message boards for her attendance. She unofficially was doing 6-7 shows a week after three months or so, and never missed due to Oscar campaigning or filming other projects, and attended the BAFTAs which took place on a Sunday when the show was dark. Besides, no one missed more performances than Liza Sadovy, who also won an Olivier for her performance in this production. She was out for nearly an entire month and no one said anything.
If Buckley is no longer attached, I am less interested. Her performance in London was out of this world, and NY audiences are absolutely missing out on seeing her Sally. Something I will never forget.
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/21
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#461
Posted: 6/14/23 at 9:22pm
east side story said: "Buckley gets a lot of flack on message boards for her attendance. She unofficially was doing 6-7 shows a week after three months or so, and never missed due to Oscar campaigning or filming other projects, and attended the BAFTAs which took place on a Sunday when the show was dark. Besides, no one missed more performances than Liza Sadovy, who also won an Olivier for her performance in this production. She was out for nearly an entire month and no one said anything.
If Buckley is no longer attached, I am less interested. Her performance in London was out of this world, and NY audiences are absolutely missing out on seeing her Sally. Something I will never forget."
Please don't lie at least. This account has a record. https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers. Liza missed 14 performances (spread through the run), Buckley missed 25.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#462
Posted: 6/14/23 at 9:34pm
Broadway Journal is LEGIT…so this is definitely happening…just this season alone they reported on Parade and Sweeney before the official announcements
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#463
Posted: 6/14/23 at 9:41pm
lopside said: "east side story said: "Buckley gets a lot of flack on message boards for her attendance. She unofficially was doing 6-7 shows a week after three months or so, and never missed due to Oscar campaigning or filming other projects, and attended the BAFTAs which took place on a Sunday when the show was dark. Besides, no one missed more performances than Liza Sadovy, who also won an Olivier for her performance in this production. She was out for nearly an entire month and no one said anything.
If Buckley is no longer attached, I am less interested. Her performance in London was out of this world, and NY audiences are absolutely missing out on seeing her Sally. Something I will never forget."
Please don't lie at least. This account has a record.https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers. Liza missed 14 performances (spread through the run), Buckley missed 25."
Not a lie, regardless of Twitter. Liza missed more performances than Buckley.
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/21
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#464
Posted: 6/14/23 at 9:46pm
east side story said: "lopside said: "east side story said: "Buckley gets a lot of flack on message boards for her attendance. She unofficially was doing 6-7 shows a week after three months or so, and never missed due to Oscar campaigning or filming other projects, and attended the BAFTAs which took place on a Sunday when the show was dark. Besides, no one missed more performances than Liza Sadovy, who also won an Olivier for her performance in this production. She was out for nearly an entire month and no one said anything.
If Buckley is no longer attached, I am less interested. Her performance in London was out of this world, and NY audiences are absolutely missing out on seeing her Sally. Something I will never forget."
Please don't lie at least. This account has a record.https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers. Liza missed 14 performances (spread through the run), Buckley missed 25."
Not a lie, regardless of Twitter. Liza missed more performances than Buckley."
London productions directly provide the information to the account. They even know who is playing the gorilla on any given day.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#465
Posted: 6/14/23 at 11:25pm
Robbie516 said: "Broadway Journal is LEGIT…so this is definitely happening…just this season alone they reported on Parade and Sweeney before the official announcements"
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#466
Posted: 6/15/23 at 3:00am
JSquared2 said: "Robbie516 said: "Broadway Journal is LEGIT…so this is definitely happening…just this season alone they reported on Parade and Sweeney before the official announcements"
Even a broken clock is right twice a day."
Please. Share the dozens of times Broadway Journal has posted an article like this and been totally wrong. I'm waiting.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#467
Posted: 6/15/23 at 3:26pm
Ke3 said: "On theatreboard someone mentioned Billie Piper and I'd crawl to NYC to see that. She and Jessie mean about the same here in the states. Although I'd reckon Who gives Billie an edge."
Billie happens to be at tonight's press opening for the new cast of Cabaret.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#468
Posted: 6/16/23 at 11:02am
Ke3 said: "On theatreboard someone mentioned Billie Piper and I'd crawl to NYC to see that. She and Jessie mean about the same here in the states. Although I'd reckon Who gives Billie an edge."
I would sell a kidney, no kidding.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#469
Posted: 6/17/23 at 11:26am
Maude Apatow performing Don’t Tell Mama featuring Mason Alexander Park at today’s West End Live
https://youtu.be/_Hy48j1Jo5A
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#470
Posted: 6/17/23 at 12:21pm
Is anyone else thinking that Lea Michele could be onboard for Sally? She’s stated that she’s already signed up for her next project? I don’t know the show well enough to know if she’s suitable but it seems like a role to project her career and completely different than FG.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#471
Posted: 6/17/23 at 12:27pm
Doubtful.
Popular opinion is that she’s onboard for Chess.
At this point, I’m wondering who her costars may be.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#472
Posted: 6/17/23 at 1:21pm
Reached out to my industry friends and yes this is happening with Eddie but Sally has not been set yet. I love the idea of Michaela Diamond.
The Hudson has Merrily until January 21 '24
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#473
Posted: 6/17/23 at 1:34pm
Well, if HLL flops, maybe they can leave the club-renovation and Cabaret can repurpose some of it.
West End CABARET Eyeing Broadway Transfer to the Hudson?#474
Posted: 6/17/23 at 1:42pm
Kad said: "Well, if HLL flops, maybe they can leave the club-renovation and Cabaret can repurpose some of it."
I've seen this sentiment before and it's so weird to me. I just don't understand where it comes from. Both shows build out into the orchestra, but that's the ONLY similarity in their designs. Other than that it's totally different.
I guess people see that they're both technically set in clubs and that's where it comes from? No amount of window dressing is convincingly and successfully going to turn a big disco into a 1920s cabaret venue. It honestly might be a bigger hastle to somehow try to do that than just do it in a different theatre.
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