Cabaret casting?
Cabaret casting?
#0Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 8:43am
So its alleged by WhatsOnStage that the following people are to be cast in Cabaret:
Anna Maxwell-Martin as Sally Bowles, Sheila Hancock as Fraulein Schneider and James Dreyfus as the Emcee.
Personally, i like the idea of Anna Maxwell-Martin and Sheila Hancock but i think casting James Dreyfus leaves a lot to be desired! Any views?
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 9:54amDenise Van Outen isnt in it then good good!do you think it will last long on the west end?
#3re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:12amI think theres a potential market for Cabaret at the moment but they really need to get the casting right for it to make a substantial impact - get it right, it will be brilliant but get it wrong and it could be a disaster. I'm glad that Martine McCutheon and Denise Van Outen are not in the frame for Sally Bowles - supposedly at least. I just dont understand the logic about James Dreyfus - i mean, why on earth?!
JohnBoy3
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#4re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 3:15pmI heard that Eddie Izzard was to play Sally Bowles!!!! Not sure how reliable that was but what a laugh
DeathStar
Broadway Star Joined: 3/28/06
#5re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/17/06 at 8:39am
James Dreyfus is always a surprise and very good at things he choses to do.
I agree though that it has to be the right cast, but with Burger King producing it is likely to be a crap cast.
JohnBoy3
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#6re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/19/06 at 9:05amI was wrong about Eddie izzard-he is supposedly doing the MC- now I dont beleive anything my friend says
J LA
Understudy Joined: 12/13/03
#7re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/19/06 at 2:02pmI thought Glenn Carter was supposed to be in.
Jayla
#8re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/19/06 at 4:03pmI can't wait until this thing get's up and running so we can see how it turns out.
"Dont look at me that way
Your ears and your eyes
Got used to the lies
But you're getting the truth today"
"Ah the city. So many lights you can actually pretend one of them is shining on you."
CLIFF: "There was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany - and it was the end of the world and I was dancing with Sally Bowles - and we were both fast asleep"
"Ah the city. So many lights you can actually pretend one of them is shining on you."
CLIFF: "There was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany - and it was the end of the world and I was dancing with Sally Bowles - and we were both fast asleep"
#9re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/20/06 at 3:27pmI think Anna Maxwell Martin will be fantastic, but like you i'm not sold on James Dreyfuss. Its a shame that we are not getting thae Sam Mendes version. In saying that Rufus Thomas may well surpise up all.
princessofpower
Understudy Joined: 6/10/06
#10re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/20/06 at 3:51pmWe did have the Sam Mendes version before it hit Broadway.... although the Donmar to Studio 54 was not the same scale!!!!
#11re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/20/06 at 4:06pmI did see the Donmar version with Jane Horrocks, but this was extremely stripped down compared to the broadway version. It did work on a different level though. I love Jane Horrocks but i didnt warm to her as Sally Bowles.
DeathStar
Broadway Star Joined: 3/28/06
#12re: Cabaret casting?
Posted: 8/21/06 at 5:59am
Thought the Sam Mendes Donmar production - before it went to Broadway - was superb. Truly superb.
Yup it was a "stripped down" production... but I thought that was its appeal... it focused so much on the performances and the plot with out anything un-necessary getting in the way and distracting the audience!
Its just a shame it didn't run in London longer or as long as it did on Broadway.
