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| Posted by: DanielVincent 03:39 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
| In reply to: CABARET London - where to sit? - jaymac 09:51 am EDT 08/29/22 | |
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| I sat in Dress Circle H12, and thought the view was great. I wish I could say the same thing about the production... | |
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| re: CABARET London - where to sit? | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 05:33 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
| In reply to: re: CABARET London - where to sit? - DanielVincent 03:39 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
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| I sat down front and stage left. It made leaving difficult, but I did walk out and didn’t return. I hardly ever do that. This was about three casts in. I understand that there’s a new cast playing it now. Hoping it’s better than when I saw it. Bill, still overseas on a four month trip |
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| I'm curious about the cast you saw. | |
| Posted by: DanielVincent 05:47 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
| In reply to: re: CABARET London - where to sit? - BillEadie 05:33 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
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| I saw Fra Fee as the Emcee and Amy Lennox as Sally. Although I wouldn't describe either of their performances as great (though his was fantastically sung--definitely the best I've heard the Emcee sung), my problems with the production were far more about the direction than the actors. | |
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| re: I'm curious about the cast you saw. | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 05:58 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
| In reply to: I'm curious about the cast you saw. - DanielVincent 05:47 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
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| Sorry, Daniel, I can’t remember. I do believe that it was the third set of leads, if that helps. I was in London June 1 through July 25. Bill, traveling through September |
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| re: I'm curious about the cast you saw. | |
| Posted by: sf 05:57 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
| In reply to: I'm curious about the cast you saw. - DanielVincent 05:47 pm EDT 08/29/22 | |
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| I saw the original cast. I liked the supporting performances, particularly Liza Sadovy and Anna-Jane Casey. I thought the direction was intellectually sloppy, a two-act game of "hey, wouldn't it be cool if we...?" that didn't have enough of a unifying concept behind it to bring all the different threads together, and I *hated* the two leads, both of whom gave toxically self-indulgent performances at the (late) preview I saw. And while I have no particular objection to the word itself, and can hardly claim I never use it myself, I don't ever need to hear a Sally Bowles sing "toodle-f***ing-ooo" in Mein Herr again. (In a revival of Cabaret, I also don't particularly need to hear Mein Herr as well as Don't Tell Mama, but that ship appears to have sailed.) And I think there are some *issues* with turning a show about the insidious rise of fascism in Weimar Germany into an expensive, exclusive-ticket theme event with a lobby preshow and a cash (well, contactless) bar. For me, the production came down on the wrong side of the line, massaging the audience rather than implicating them. A lot of people liked it a lot more than I did, including friends whose taste I respect, but for me it didn't really work on any level. |
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