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Post by anita on Feb 23, 2023 10:25:36 GMT
Hi all- what’s seating like for this one? Are the cheapest ones still okay or is it best to splurge.. or is lottery my best bet?! I was in front row of Upper circle A2 & perfect view. However if you are tall {I'm not} you may need more leg room. Awful toilets.
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Post by mattnyc on Mar 1, 2023 1:23:09 GMT
Saw Aimee tonight and WOW. Another sensational casting call made by this production.
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Post by Seriously on Mar 8, 2023 0:31:11 GMT
And the award for Most Anticlimactic replacement cast goes to…. This show will close in weeks with this new cast. People won’t pay the kind of prices that they’ve been charging and they will simply not get ‘star’ names in for the 2nd re-cast. It just doesn’t work like that. This casting is a bold move that will backfire on them if they think it will continue to be a sell out show. No disrespect to Fra F and Amy L, they are great. But they ain’t ‘stars’. How time flies.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 9, 2023 18:37:19 GMT
Aimee Lou Wood will be on The One Show tonight (Thursday 9th)
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Post by circelily on Mar 21, 2023 23:24:18 GMT
Well I finally made it and I can honestly say that's the most intimate West End show of my life. I can't believe the transformation from the standard layout for Women on the Verge some eons ago. Not a weak note in cast nor music. Love Aimee going from strength to strength. A fab double day contrast to Standing on Sky's Edge.
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Post by luminaire on Mar 29, 2023 18:41:36 GMT
Okay, so we are planning to be in London late May, Early June. I am desperate to see this production, but the seating chart confuses me. Any recommendations of where to sit? Preferably not the highest priced options… the Canadian dollar does not stretch as far in the UK. Thanks in advance! Okay just an update, we got tickets! Went for Dress Circle, row G centre. Read a bunch of seat reviews, and everyone seemed to say it was a great spot still, and it fit in our budget. Cannot wait! We will be there first week of June, so sounds like we will be seeing a new cast?
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Post by Steve on Apr 5, 2023 22:16:46 GMT
Aimee Lou Wood was off tonight, as was Richard Katz. On in their places were Emily Benjamin as Sally Bowles, and Grant Neal as Herr Schultz. I really enjoyed myself tonight regardless, as this is such a wonderful production. Some spoilers follow. . . John McCrea is my least favourite of the 3 Emcees I have seen in this production, as he plays the first part so detached. Consequently, it's very hard to get into "Willkomen," for example, as deep down he's going through the motions and has no warmth for the audience at all. By contrast, Callum Scott Howells was determined to barrell the audience into submission, and Eddie Redmayne was so enormously ebullient and stand-up comedyish that those two brought the house down with "Willkomen," with Redmayne having the clear zany entertaining edge. However, McCrea is the most chilling of all, singing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," because his voice is so angelic. The combination of angelic and detached is hellishly frightening, serial killer like. This frightening quality is at its zenith for "I don't care much," cos he evidently doesn't, and like David Tennant's sociopath in the recent "Good," he'll clearly watch the world burn without batting an eyelid: or maybe he'd just perform an angelic song, like "Walking in the Air" while the world burns. As Herr Schultz, Grant Neal is beautifully beckoningly heartwarmingly gentle, more gentle even than Richard Katz, but he lacks Katz's astonishing zany comedic timing, so his "Pineapple" song is not half so funny. My heart broke to see such a gentle soul in such awful circumstances, though. Emily Benjamin is a great Sally Bowles. More so than Jessie Buckley (unstable Sally) or Madeline Brewer (extremely unstable Sally), she is commandingly good as a singer: you feel this in particular the way she gets the entire audience to stop breathing simultaneously just by deliberately modulating certain moments. She's less tragic than either of the aforementioned Sally's at the end though, as her jolly hockey sticks commanding presence and ability to stop time never leave her. She is like if Lewis Hamilton drove a car drunk: sure, she's out of control at the end, but she's still Lewis Hamilton, so even under the influence of emotions, she can still steer the (theatrical singing) car, and I just didn't worry about her Sally half so much as Buckley's breakdown of a Sally or Brewer's absolute train wreck of a Sally. Anyway, Benjamin is a delight to listen to, McCrea is chilling and angelic simultaneously towards the end, and Grant Neal's Herr Schultz is like aiming a machine gun at a teddy bear. Another great night at the Kit Kat Club! 4 and a half stars for this lineup.
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Post by jkcohen626 on Apr 5, 2023 23:01:53 GMT
Saw this last week and I am still thinking about it. One of my all time favorite theatrical experiences.
What makes it so incredible to me is that there is very unique smart directorial vision and production that could totally work on it's own in a traditional theatre. Then it's elevated by the immersive elements and in-the-round staging.
Aimee Lou Wood was EVERYTHING as Sally. Such a unique take on the character. She felt so real and very accessible. It REALLY felt like it was her show.
I'd agree there was room for improvement with John McCrea. He sings the role beautifully and I didn't feel like he ruined it or anything, but he just doesn't leave such a strong impression. His Tomorrow Belongs to Me was INCREDIBLE though. Easily the song most improved by hearing it live vs. listening to the recording. John NAILED it, but also just the way that it fills the space. It was chilling.
The ending was also INCREDIBLE. I am still thinking about it and it's been a week. They found a unique new vision for it, set it up so well without me even noticing until afterwards, and said so much so clearly, but so simply.
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Post by viscountviktor on Apr 5, 2023 23:30:00 GMT
Rebecca Frecknall must be the most highly rated theatre director in the UK currently, with Streetcar also getting acclaim.
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 11, 2023 10:54:31 GMT
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Post by bb8 on Apr 11, 2023 20:29:50 GMT
Any rumoured cast replacements yet?
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Post by mattnyc on Apr 11, 2023 21:02:57 GMT
Any rumoured cast replacements yet? They haven’t been announcing anything until almost the new start date, have they?
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Post by jacob on Apr 16, 2023 9:58:54 GMT
first visit yesterday, overall very enjoyable! thank you jgblunners for the ticket. Aimee was a delight, not overly expressive in act 1 which nicely contrasted for Act 2. And a surprisingly beautiful voice too! Jamie New.. I mean, John.. as the Emcee was interesting, slightly less ‘out there’ than I’d thought he’d be. Listening to Eddie on the recording there’s definitely more seriousness with John . If anything the sinister portrayal was a clever contrast with his vocals just thought that the big numbers would’ve been pushed further if he did just a little more. After seeing streetcar I cannot fault Rebecca’s push for in the round staging because it truly works. very cool to have other cast members watching in from the wings / aisles and playing around the audience. cannot fault the venue too, staff were approachable and welcoming, although walkie talkie murmurs unfortunately echoed during act 2 from outside but these were minor. convinced that the alcohol sales also make the show more profit that ticket sales. And no one puked in the audience at all! ☺️Albeit some arguably tone death table occupiers on the tables who continue to clap after the anti-semetic remarks in some songs, everyone seemed well behaved
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Post by nottobe on Apr 16, 2023 10:30:56 GMT
I have seen a rumour on tiktok that the new Sally Bowles is going to be Maude Apatow. I would take this’s with a very big pinch of salt but who knows. Also I would find it surprising for them to go for another c list American Actress as opposed to an English actress.
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Apr 16, 2023 15:12:02 GMT
I've heard the new Emcee will be Mason Alexander Park (another American)
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Post by asps2017 on Apr 24, 2023 18:47:22 GMT
Any idea why this hasn't gone to Broadway yet? Sorry if already discussed.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Apr 24, 2023 19:03:05 GMT
Probably because the Sam Mandes production run for years and it was again revived in 2014. Maybe Broadway producers think it's too soon for another Cabaret?
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Post by mattnyc on Apr 24, 2023 19:53:51 GMT
Any idea why this hasn't gone to Broadway yet? Sorry if already discussed. Also they’d want to recreate the atmosphere like at The Playhouse and we have only a couple theaters that could be done at so availability is an issue.
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Post by minion on Apr 24, 2023 23:00:46 GMT
And also I remember reading around the album release when people asked him about it, Eddie Redmayne seemed to be carrying some guilt around, so seems unlikely that it's going to happen soonish at least (sounds very similar to why Billie Piper is reluctant to do a musical on stage). I don't think they'll undertake the investment without his name there to kick things off at least. “Doing theatre when you have young children is really complex,” he says. There is the need to be at the theatre early to warm up, then the late nights working. “Unless you get up in the mornings to take your kids to school, you’re not seeing your children, and then you’re working weekends…” he says in one exasperated flow. He slows down to add, lest he sound ungrateful, “and that is just our actor’s life, if we’re lucky enough to be working. So the answer to your question is I’ve had a thrilling experience, and theatre is in my DNA and blood. But it also takes a toll.” inews.co.uk/culture/arts/eddie-redmayne-cabaret-greatest-career-toll-2113514
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Post by enh2 on Apr 26, 2023 12:13:22 GMT
New cast has been announced. Playing from 29 May. Maude Apatow (HBO's Euphoria) as Sally Bowles, Mason Alexander Park (The Sandman) as Emcee, Teddy Kempner as Herr Schultz and Beverley Klein as Fraulein Schneider.
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 26, 2023 12:47:49 GMT
Didn't Teddy Kempner play Schultz in the Rufus Norris Lyric Theatre version? Or am I misremembering?
Not wowed by the two new leads. Going for very "niche famous" actors again.
And good old "Nepo baby" realness in the case of Apatow.
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Post by teamyali on Apr 26, 2023 12:56:21 GMT
From their recent castings, they really target the millennial and Gen-Z crowd - audiences of Marvel shows, Sex Education, It’s a Sin, Euphoria, etc. Which is a good thing because live theatre needs a new generation of audiences. As for the prices, well…there’s always those rush tickets and daily lotteries.
How long would they recoup their investment here?
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Post by minion on Apr 26, 2023 12:58:52 GMT
People didn't exactly fall over with praise for Apatow in her current stage stint, so this casting is extremely suspect. Not sure exactly who is going to be excited to see her.
Also, having been a couple of times, I don't think the demographic of audience is changing with these casts. I think the show sold exactly as it always does when the alternates were on for two weeks earlier this year. The show itself is the draw.
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Post by benny20 on Apr 26, 2023 13:18:36 GMT
Saw Maude in LSOH last month in New York. She can sing OK but I was not convinced by her acting...and that was just playing Audrey. It did clearly attract fans of a certain age who watched her TV role. It might be an interesting one but not for me
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Post by alece10 on Apr 26, 2023 13:25:41 GMT
Hadn't heard of either actor, Googled them and still none the wiser. I haven't even heard of the TV shows they have been in. I'm guessing a younger person will be aware of them but, at Cabaret prices, would they be queueing up to fork out £200 for a Cabaret table? It's not as if they are even established MT performers which would get me to go for a third visit.
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Post by nottobe on Apr 26, 2023 13:28:05 GMT
Oh dear the rumour was right. Come on we have lots of talented actresses this side of the pond to pick from who would love to play Sally. Don’t know the emcee actor but at least they are more interesting. I’m also surprised that they have not caught any flack yet for only casting Caucasian people as Sally and Emcee,
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Post by minion on Apr 26, 2023 13:36:19 GMT
Oh dear the rumour was right. Come on we have lots of talented actresses this side of the pond to pick from who would love to play Sally. Don’t know the emcee actor but at least they are more interesting. I’m also surprised that they have not caught any flack yet for only casting Caucasian people as Sally and Emcee, I mean the Emcee has to be white for the production to work. Sally they definitely could do better with.
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 26, 2023 13:40:50 GMT
Oh dear the rumour was right. Come on we have lots of talented actresses this side of the pond to pick from who would love to play Sally. Don’t know the emcee actor but at least they are more interesting. I’m also surprised that they have not caught any flack yet for only casting Caucasian people as Sally and Emcee, Interesting, but conversely there feels like a conscious decision to cast every Cliff so far as a non-white actor. (which makes zero sense in terms of authenticity of the character, but hey....)
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Apr 26, 2023 14:22:28 GMT
Oh dear the rumour was right. Come on we have lots of talented actresses this side of the pond to pick from who would love to play Sally. Don’t know the emcee actor but at least they are more interesting. I’m also surprised that they have not caught any flack yet for only casting Caucasian people as Sally and Emcee, Interesting, but conversely there feels like a conscious decision to cast every Cliff so far as a non-white actor. (which makes zero sense in terms of authenticity of the character, but hey....) Gosh darn it, and they were getting it so period-accurate with those handheld microphones.
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Post by luminaire on Apr 26, 2023 18:04:43 GMT
Millennial here - I am very excited by this casting, and love both shows / actors, cannot wait to see what they do! So excited to be there for their first week!
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