Why is Cabaret closing?
Why is Cabaret closing?
Here_I_Go_Again
Broadway Star Joined: 9/17/03
#1Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:27pm
It seems to be selling well? Sorry if this was answered before
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:31pm
Probably Cumming is leaving to return to The Good Wife. No Alan & no show
Add to that he is probably tired of playing the role after all this time.
Poster Emeritus
#3Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:34pm
Add to that he is probably tired of playing the role after all this time.
I'll say -- he practically slept-walk through every single public cast appearance I've seen him do for this show.
Formerly gvendo2005
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#4Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:39pmThey are closing the show instead of recasting him which just seems so damn strange, considering all the work they put into renovating the theater back into what it was before.
#5Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:47pmNo one wants to replace him, the Roundabout says. More like they didn't bother to ask.
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bfreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/6/11
#6Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:48pmHe absolutely didn't sleep walk through the actual shows, though!
#8Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 7:30pm
Or Darren Criss. He's apparently right for these kinds of roles now.
I guess.
Nicole109
Swing Joined: 2/6/15
#10Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:30pmNo, he's becoming a father, you insipid little twit.
bfreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/6/11
#11Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:37pmAre you serious that he is becoming a father? Where did you hear that?
#12Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:38pm^Uhhh...
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#13Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:51pmI have no idea if he's going to be a father. But he's a man, so he wouldn't be a mother as that idiot Nicole seems to think.
#14Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:05pmI assume it was a joke- Calling yourself Mama is something lots of gay guy refer to themselves as. Not just as a pet name, but i know Gay guys who have become fathers jokingly say "I'm gonna be a Mama". I doubt Nicole was saying he was a girl.
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#15Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:06pmthey shoulda got Joel Grey to do it :)
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bfreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/6/11
#16Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:07pmI mis-worded my own comment. I'm not ignorant like Nicole109 and I obviously know he's a man and would be a father, but what I was asking was if he was actually having a baby. Obviously not. Thanks for sparking a ridiculous and false discussion about whether Cumming is becoming a father.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#17Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:14pmJoel is a little long in the tooth for it.
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#19Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:31pmYou know who I wanted to see next? Don't laugh- Bill Hader.
#21Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:35pm
But can be Bill sing? That would be neat casting.
I do not know they haven't cast a new person.
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bfreak
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#22Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:40pmI'm sorry for not taking the joke. When you are reading text you can't really understand the semantics of how someone says something and I like Alan Cumming and was happy that he was becoming a father. If that happens it remains to be seen but either way I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Much respect, x.
#23Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:44pmIt was considered a "limited engagement", and Alan Cumming's contract with the show will be up in March. Roundabout Theatre Company I'm sure has plans for the next show they'll put on at Studio 54. Making Cabaret a long-term show would prevent them from putting on other productions at Studio 54. If Cabaret was an independently produced show with no ties to a non-profit theatre company, it would go on as long as tickets are still selling. However, being that it is a Roundabout Theatre Company production, I understand why they've decided to end the engagement.
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#24Why is Cabaret closing?
Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:45pm
In the three weeks Before Emma the figures were
83% Capacity, $115 Average Ticket
76/111
89/116
The first three weeks After Emma results
85/115
94/122
99.4/133
And her last week
100/136
If they get those numbers with Sienna Miller, they might change their minds.
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