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Post by osdtdg on Sept 25, 2024 5:32:11 GMT
Is shouty guy a good source for west end cabaret though? (I dont like them at all... so this may be my bias talking tbf lol)
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Post by lolaluffneggle on Sept 25, 2024 7:30:09 GMT
I can’t see Billy Porter doing it
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 25, 2024 8:32:07 GMT
It's the rumour I heard a few weeks back from a very reliable source if that helps 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by theatrefan62 on Sept 25, 2024 8:37:59 GMT
Hard to take someone who claims to be a theatre expert/insider seriously when they say 'on the west end'.
Seems an odd move. Both Billy being a replacement so far down the line in London, and also box office wise. His name would mean more in NY and I'd have thought being the next broadway replacement would be more palatable to his ego.
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Post by unseaworthy on Sept 25, 2024 9:53:11 GMT
Just imagine the ticket prices if that happened
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Post by budd on Sept 25, 2024 12:03:46 GMT
Yikes, I hope not. Billy's shtick would be truly grating, particularly in this version of the show.
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Post by Dave B on Sept 25, 2024 13:27:38 GMT
Billy Porter is due in London to direct a play next year, industry reading in just a few weeks time.
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Post by distantcousin on Sept 26, 2024 13:46:09 GMT
Is there a specific reason Clifford keeps being cast as a non-white actor?
Makes no sense to me within the historical context.
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Post by curiouskc on Sept 28, 2024 13:26:06 GMT
Is there a specific reason Clifford keeps being cast as a non-white actor? Makes no sense to me within the historical context. First off, last time I saw Cabaret, we had the Cliff understudy on and they were a white actor. So there's no strict rule about Cliff's race in the Frecknall production. And (though it has taken a while), it seems it's not the case that the two leads have to be cast as white either, with London now having had one lead Emcee and the new alternate Sally being actors of colour. There's also a lot of diversity in the actors playing the KKC boys and girls and these actors are often swings and emergency covers for leads too. I imagine part of reason Cliff is most often cast as a black actor may be because the role was originated by Omari Douglas, so when casting for takeovers it may be that more black actors turned out to audition for the Cliff role, knowing that their race wasn't going to be any kind of obstacle. Nor should it be. I don't really know why people claim it makes no sense in the historical context. There were black/mixed race people living in (and visiting) 1930s Germany. Some of them ( such as this man) were black Germans who became Nazi collaborators in the hopes of avoiding persectution. They still would have been descriminated against and barred from a lot of regular jobs. But could they have been cabaret performers or penniless writers? Yes, definitely. The wiki page I linked describes a mixed race German man who could only make money as a circus performer. So the diversity in the KKC performers totally makes sense.
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