Posted: 5/7/21 at 2:04pm
I didn't understand the restructuring of the 2006 revival. The album sounds like a few of the songs are just accidentally out of order. Maybe it worked in the show but I struggle to understand how it worked without getting to see it. Was it the 2006 production that ended with everyone stripping?
Posted: 5/7/21 at 3:04pm
Yes, if I recall correctly, at the end the Emcee was made to strip and was rounded up into a huddle of other prisoners. I can't remember what they reordered because I didn't know the show well at the time. It was a good production but didn't feel definitive like the Mendes staging must have been.
Posted: 5/7/21 at 3:44pm
Jessie Buckley is a big yes. Eddie I think can pull it off very well, after all he was one of the best singers of the Les Miserables film and he kind of looks the part. So I think he'll do a very good job with it.
Posted: 5/7/21 at 4:29pm
ImaginaryManticore said: "So it's been more like 15 years since London saw a new take on Cabaret."
My introduction to "Cabaret" was the original 1968 London production. It starred Judi Dench, Lila Kedrova, Kevin Colson and Peter Sallis. More than half a century later, I have so many wonderful memories of that evening. Of the four main actors, only Dame Judi survives. I hope the audience for this new production will be as enthusiastic as we were 53-ish years ago.
Here is a clip of Dame Judi as Sally Bowles.
Posted: 5/7/21 at 9:27pm
HogansHero said: "I am not getting where all this Eddie hate is coming from but ok.
Did I miss the name of a producer and director somewhere?
I can't imagine these two would want to do a copy cat."
It is presumed that Jamie Lloyd will be directing.
Posted: 5/8/21 at 7:42pm
It is a new version/director, it is not Jamie Lloyd.
The 2006 revival I enjoyed. The main nudity came as end of act 1, it was representing their full bodied selves dancing, contrasting by the end them naked, shivering and malnourished, echoing the sad horror of what was to come. It then hit the road in UK pretty much for ten years, it even came back to The Savoy Theatre for a run.
This new production is really exciting and we are long over due a new Cabaret revival in general. I adored the Mendes revival too, but I think the time has come to see this show in a new revival.
Posted: 5/8/21 at 8:16pm
As other have pointed out, the problem isn't finding "new" productions of Cabaret: there have been plenty of regional productions with high-profile directors and actors. The problem is that they're all so derivative of the Mendes production. At this point, I don't even think they're doing it on purpose. The Mendes version has become so ubiquitous, that I think many theatre artists just think "well, we're doing Cabaret, and this is how Cabaret is done."
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Posted: 5/9/21 at 6:23am
binau said: "Maybe this would disappoint some but I’d also be completely keen if they were to just remount the Sam Mendes production, too. "
Honestly, I never had to privilege to see it in it's final Broadway form - only the DONMAR video recording - so I'd also be okay with it. I would only slightly prefer a new production, but Cabaret is Cabaret for me, so I don't care much. 
Also, slightly unrelated, has anyone here listened to the 2004 Madrid cast recording? I am in LOVE with it! The energy is phenomenal, especially the intro to the title song. Also, the low string instrument (can't tell if it's a cello or bass, forgive me) at the start of the Finale is chilling.
Updated On: 5/9/21 at 06:23 AM
Posted: 5/9/21 at 10:18am
binau said: "Maybe this would disappoint some but I’d also be completely keen if they were to just remount the Sam Mendes production, too."
Same! I was so happy when they remounted that production back in 2014 as I was too young to see it the first time is played Broadway. It will forever be one of my favorite theatergoing experiences ever.
Posted: 10/13/21 at 6:33pm
Posted: 10/14/21 at 5:23am
Jordan Catalano said: "For anyone interested, they just released a lot of tix for the first week of previews next month."
Have booked two of the very cheap ones in the upper circle. Hopefully the view won't be too bad up there.
Posted: 10/14/21 at 5:35am
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Posted: 10/14/21 at 9:08pm
I'd fly to London just to see Eddie, centre, full spot, naked, black out.
Posted: 10/15/21 at 3:29am
Jordan Catalano said: "The Upper Circle is very high at The Playhouse. If you go to Seatplan.com, you’ll be able to see views from your seat."
I've sat up there before for La Cage aux Folles many years ago, but I know the circles have both been reconfigured (half the number of rows now it would seem in the upper) and they're doing this in the round.
Posted: 10/15/21 at 5:00am
BizBuzz said: "It is a new version/director, it is not Jamie Lloyd."
I'm not sure it's been mentioned yet but Cabaret will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall who directed an amazing, stylistic production of Summer and Smoke at the Almeida that transferred to the West End. It is the only time I have liked that play.
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Posted: 11/4/21 at 3:47am
Owen22 said: "Got an email from the theatre. Everyone who sees the show, double vaccinated or not, will have to show a Covid test taken within 48 hours of attendance. "
Thanks I actually might have missed this. A bit unusual but a lateral flow test is relatively convenient.
Posted: 11/4/21 at 4:57am
Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:46am
Owen22 said: "Got an email from the theatre. Everyone who sees the show, double vaccinated or not, will have to show a Covid test taken within 48 hours of attendance."
Owen22, anything you can post here? I didn't receive an email from the theatre and can't see it on their website.
Oh, and thanks for flagging. Much appreciated.
Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:47am
