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re: So if Sally Bowles isn't supposed to be a good singer....

Posted by:	sf 04:57 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to:	re: So if Sally Bowles isn't supposed to be a good singer.... - MikeR 02:33 pm EDT 03/31/14

And then they cast Judi Dench in the London production - and again, it's not as if there was nobody else available. It depends on the role. I don't particularly want to hear an Eliza Dolittle who can't hit the high notes - but pretty much anyone can sing the role of, say, Desirée Armfeldt, provided they can act it too. During this 'Cabaret' revival's original 75-year run on Broadway (I'm kidding, but it felt like it), some very strong singers indeed played Sally Bowles. Some very weak ones did as well; the role works either way. That wouldn't be true of every role in every show - we saw in the film of 'Les Mis' what happens when someone who hasn't much of a voice takes on the role of Javert, for example, and it wasn't pretty - but it's true of pretty much all the leads in 'Cabaret'.

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