Who did you see in Cabaret?- Page 2
Who did you see in Cabaret?
Brian07663NJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#25Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:31amSaw the entire original cast at the "Kit-Kat Club" including Natasha right before the entire building dilemma! Then I saw it several times before it closed with cast changes.
#26Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:41am
I saw Natasha Richardson and Alan Cumming. I actually saw it about 2 weeks before going to see the remake of THE PARENT TRAP, which also starred Richardson.
A wonderfully gifted and versatile actress. She is missed.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#27Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:46amJoel Grey as the EmCee at The Muny in 1971, from I believe, the "free seats" waaaaaaaay in the back. Opera glasses help a lot.
#28Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:47amI somehow found myself at opening night. It was like nothing I had seen before. Or since. Natasha Richardson gave the best performance I've ever seen.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#29Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 1:17pm
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming, Blair Brown and, if I recall correctly, Ron Rifkin. And Michelle Pawk who just about stole the show.
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#30Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 2:22pmI saw Molly Ringwald, who was excellent, and Raul Esparza's understudy who was okay.
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#31Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 4:08pmI saw Kate Shindle on tour, as well. She was amazing -- a the time I had no idea who she was, and remember reading in the program that she was a Miss America and expecting the worse.
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/04
#32Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 4:15pm
Saw it several times. The last was with Matt McGrath and Kate Shindle (who must have been very young when she did the show, if my math is right, especially compared to the other Sally's.)
McGrath was very good and much more subtle than other Emcees. Shindle was amazing. Her "Cabaret" blew the walls out of Studio 54--as much with emotion as with vocal power. For the life of me, I can't understand why we keep seeing the same people on Broadway over and over again, and she hasn't been back to Broadway since Wonderland.
Ushers told me that she got a standing ovation more than once during that last number. I've never heard that elsewhere, however.
#33Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 5:24pm
I saw it three times on Broadway. Alan Cumming, who of course was flawless with Jennifer Jason Leigh, who wasn't very effective. It was clear she wasn't broad enough for the stage. I guess she was too used to the camera.
Then I saw it with Raul who was also flawless,with Molly R. who was fine.
Then with Matt McGrath who was also flawless in his own haunting way. I'm a big fan of Matt and all his work. I never read a thing about him on these boards however. That's sad, I think.
Kate Shindle was Sally and I don't remember how she was.
I may have my pairings wrong.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#34Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 5:28pmSaw the original with Jill Haworth & Joel Grey. I also saw the Natasha Richardson version.
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bryan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/06
#35Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/18/13 at 8:17pmI saw Matt Mcgrath and Brook Sheilds...I loved the show I thought they were both really great..When Brooke came out before the show with the kit-kat girls to stretch and walk around people were calling her Brooke and she kept correcting them saying I am Sally darling...which was cute..I liked her
Siena Tonah
Swing Joined: 11/19/13
#36Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/19/13 at 6:45amI am just wondering Lisa is the Australian production is so good in Sound Of Music and South Pacific Guys and Dolls. I am just wondering what she did wrong in Cabaret? I am not doubting you but I am wondering if she always has to play the girl next door.
#37Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/19/13 at 1:02pm
I saw
Molly Ringwald and Susan Egan
AND I got a chance to see it in London with Jane Horrocks who IMHO was the best I have ever seen.
I also say Joel and Alyson Reed in 87
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#38Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/19/13 at 1:14pm
I saw Lea Thompson on tour. She was marvelous.
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#39Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/19/13 at 1:25pmI saw Andrea McArdle on tour. Loved her.
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#40Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/19/13 at 1:42pm
Richardson (amazing), Jennifer Jason Leigh (unique), Lea Thompson (incredible, my favorite Sally aside from Richardson), Mary McCormack (very good), Katie Finneran (merely good, nothing special), Gina Gershon (adequate).
As far as Emcees go, Robert Sella is my absolute favorite.
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Mark-o
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#42Who did you see in Cabaret?
Posted: 11/19/13 at 5:10pm
This is the production I most wish I had seen earlier on in the run because looking back, there are so, so many great actors I would have given a lot to see play those parts. I got in just under the wire of the original run, finally cracking my mother's resolve to keep me away from the show, but I did see it three times: Jon Secada and Adam Pascal as the Emcee, Adam twice. Susan Egan as Sally all three times.
April can't come soon enough. I even can't wait just to hold the tickets in my hands. They're with my family in New York right now. My eyes get a little misty any time I even think about what's coming.
