Why is Cabaret closing?

[Here_I_Go_Again]

Why is Cabaret closing?#1

Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:27pm

It seems to be selling well? Sorry if this was answered before

[jbroadway4]

Why is Cabaret closing?#2

Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:29pm

I believe, it was a limited engagement.

[Mr Roxy]

Why is Cabaret closing?#2

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.

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[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Why is Cabaret closing?#3

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.

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[Jordan Catalano]

Why is Cabaret closing?#4

Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:39pm

They 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.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Why is Cabaret closing?#5

Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:47pm

No one wants to replace him, the Roundabout says. More like they didn't bother to ask.

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[bfreak]

Why is Cabaret closing?#6

Posted: 2/18/15 at 6:48pm

He absolutely didn't sleep walk through the actual shows, though!

[CATSNYrevival]

Why is Cabaret closing?#7

Posted: 2/18/15 at 7:14pm

C'mon. Jeremy Jordan could have done it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Why is Cabaret closing?#8

Posted: 2/18/15 at 7:30pm

Or Darren Criss. He's apparently right for these kinds of roles now.

I guess.

[Nicole109]

Why is Cabaret closing?#9

Posted: 2/18/15 at 7:55pm

Updated On: 2/18/15 at 07:55 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Why is Cabaret closing?#10

Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:30pm

No, he's becoming a father, you insipid little twit.

[bfreak]

Why is Cabaret closing?#11

Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:37pm

Are you serious that he is becoming a father? Where did you hear that?

[starcatchers]

Why is Cabaret closing?#12

Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:38pm

^Uhhh...

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[Jordan Catalano]

Why is Cabaret closing?#13

Posted: 2/18/15 at 8:51pm

I 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.

[darreyl102]

Why is Cabaret closing?#14

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:05pm

I 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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[Phillypinto]

Why is Cabaret closing?#15

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:06pm

they shoulda got Joel Grey to do it :)

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[bfreak]

Why is Cabaret closing?#16

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:07pm

I 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]

Why is Cabaret closing?#17

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:14pm

Joel is a little long in the tooth for it.

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[n2nbaby]

Why is Cabaret closing?#18

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:20pm

@bfreak please learn how to take a joke.

[darquegk]

Why is Cabaret closing?#19

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:31pm

You know who I wanted to see next? Don't laugh- Bill Hader.

[icecreambenjamin]

Why is Cabaret closing?#20

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:34pm

^he'd be great but can he sing?

[JRybka]

Why is Cabaret closing?#21

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]

Why is Cabaret closing?#22

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:40pm

I'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.

[atuomala]

Why is Cabaret closing?#23

Posted: 2/18/15 at 9:44pm

It 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.

"Mostly, I loved the size of these people's emotions. Nobody has emotions this size anymore. Outsized emotions. Operatic emotions. Kushemski and Vanda are like Tristan and Isolde, they're Paolo and Francesca. Nobody's in total thrall like this anymore. Nobody's overcome by passion like this, or goes through this kind of rage." Thomas, Venus in Fur

[OlBlueEyes]

Why is Cabaret closing?#24

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.