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Post by unseaworthy on Dec 2, 2024 11:08:41 GMT
Is 16 weeks longer than normal for the leads in Cabaret?
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Post by WireHangers on Dec 2, 2024 11:12:54 GMT
F*ck ME.
Just when casting starts to go stale they pull out some interesting punches! Whether they’ll do a great job or not almost seems irrelevant as this is some fascinating casting!
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Post by dot on Dec 2, 2024 11:13:27 GMT
Very interested in seeing Marisha, has she done British before? Less interested in Billy, even though he’s obviously the ‘big’ casting here
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Post by budd on Dec 2, 2024 11:13:42 GMT
Is 16 weeks longer than normal for the leads in Cabaret? It's the standard I think (I hope they don't extend, like some have) |
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Post by normasturban on Dec 2, 2024 11:15:32 GMT
Poor Shona McGarty.
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Post by blamerobots on Dec 2, 2024 11:18:00 GMT
As much as I'd love the Playhouse back, the fact that we're still getting decent casting 3 years later is alright. I like these two so maybe I'll see it from the cheapest seats. This production already took enough of my money when I sat at one the tables.
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 2, 2024 11:22:11 GMT
F*ck ME. Just when casting starts to go stale they pull out some interesting punches! Whether they’ll do a great job or not almost seems irrelevant as this is some fascinating casting! Is it?! I find it quite "lowest common denominator", personally. |
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Post by erik24601 on Dec 2, 2024 11:27:51 GMT
Are these two of the most inappropriately cast actors in this musicals history?
Sure they are talented, in their own way, and in the right roles, but THESE roles? Really?
Very pleased to be proven wrong but I shan’t be wasting my money on a revisit to see these two.
Too loud, too brash, and they will be fighting for riff-offs at every opportunity. Both of these roles require some level of delicacy that I don’t believe either of them possess in their rep.
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Post by doornumberthree on Dec 2, 2024 11:28:13 GMT
F*ck ME. Just when casting starts to go stale they pull out some interesting punches! Whether they’ll do a great job or not almost seems irrelevant as this is some fascinating casting! Is it?! I find it quite "lowest common denominator", personally. Yup! I like Sallys who can act - although this production has shown that that isn’t actually in the criteria for getting the role! |
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Post by thedrowsychaperone on Dec 2, 2024 11:30:14 GMT
I've always been BAFFLED by the praise for Marisha in Guys and Dolls, she was so bland and dead behind the eyes for me (and I just have no interest in Adelaide growling her way through the score) - How on earth did this casting even come about? Whose idea was this?
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Post by blamerobots on Dec 2, 2024 11:30:42 GMT
I agree on the casting being quite random but that's exactly the reason I want to see them. If they're good, I'll be pleased. If they're bad, it'll be delightful conversation  |
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 2, 2024 11:31:04 GMT
I've always been BAFFLED by the praise for Marisha in Guys and Dolls, she was so bland and dead behind the eyes for me (and I just have no interest in Adelaide growling her way through the score) - How on earth did this casting even come about? Whose idea was this? She was embarrassing. I'd never seen Guys and Dolls before, and her interpretation of the character - as written - made no sense to me. |
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Post by LaLuPone on Dec 2, 2024 11:36:08 GMT
I think it will just be camp as tits from both (which I am fully aware is not the point of Cabaret)!
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Post by viscountviktor on Dec 2, 2024 11:40:22 GMT
Very excited by this casting - need to book my 4th visit now!
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 2, 2024 11:40:22 GMT
This made me laugh out loud. |
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Post by andrew on Dec 2, 2024 11:47:20 GMT
Is Damon first cover Emcee now? I'd maybe try to catch him with Marisha as you couldn't pay me to see Billy Porter.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 2, 2024 11:55:51 GMT
As others have said, they're both very talented in their specific ways, but I cannot understand how they're remotely suited to this production based on all the performances we've seen them give in the past.
Lengthy runs in the parts as well - I can't see them setting the box office alight either, but then you could say that for basically all pairings that has been in for the past year since Self Esteem and Jake Shears.
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Post by midge on Dec 2, 2024 12:02:07 GMT
I think on paper it's quite exciting casting, but knowing the show, it feels all too apparent that Frecknall isn't interested in the show at all anymore. But then again, putting your narrator to the sidelines maybe confirmed that from the get-go.
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Post by A.Ham on Dec 2, 2024 12:05:13 GMT
Just checked the production’s website for any holiday dates etc, and Marisha has quite a list. Billy scheduled to appear at all performances. Check the dates carefully kids, we don’t want any Jason Donovan-esque disappointment here! Marisha Wallace is not scheduled to appear on Wednesday 29 January at 2.00pm, Thursday 6 February at 7.30pm, Wednesday 12 February at 2.00pm, Thursday 20 February at 7.30pm, Wednesday 26 February at 2.00pm, Thursday 6 March at 7.30pm, Monday 10 March at 7.30pm, Tuesday 11 March at 7.30pm, Thursday 20 March at 7.30pm, Wednesday 26 March at 2.00pm, Thursday 3 April at 7.30pm, Wednesday 9 April at 2.00pm, Thursday 17 April at 7.30pm, Wednesday 23 April at 2.00pm, Thursday 1 May at 7.30pm, Wednesday 7 May at 2.00pm, Thursday 15 May at 7.30pm and Wednesday 21 May at 2.00pm. At these performances, the role will be played by our alternate Sally Bowles, Anne-Marie Wojna. Billy Porter is scheduled to appear at every performance between 28 January and 24 May 2025. From kitkat.club/cabaret-london/tickets/ |
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Post by blamerobots on Dec 2, 2024 12:13:51 GMT
Hahahahahaha
Basically strike two weeks off that run for Marisha
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 2, 2024 12:14:54 GMT
In Marisha's defence, she's doing 7 shows a week as all Sally's have since Amy Lennox left, and there's one additional Monday and Tuesday she's missing - it just looks like a lot because of the way it's written out, but it's one show a week for 16 weeks and an additional 2 holiday dates.
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Post by andrew on Dec 2, 2024 12:32:50 GMT
Just checked the production’s website for any holiday dates etc, and Marisha has quite a list. Billy scheduled to appear at all performances. Check the dates carefully kids, we don’t want any Jason Donovan-esque disappointment here! "Billy Porter is threatening to appear at all performances of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club until further notice". |
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Post by WireHangers on Dec 2, 2024 12:34:57 GMT
I think we know your issue with them…….. That’s a shame Oh, do WE?! Well you'd be wrong. That's on you. I think she's a great entertainer, but not much of an actor. As many people are agreeing on here. And Billy Porter is, well, just Billy Porter. Oh I agree, she’s no actor. Twice I’ve seen her, once during a Waitress matinee where I put her lack of acting down to it being a matinee. Then I saw her in Hairspray on a Saturday night quite early in the run and it was the same. But that aside, the girl can SING. And I’m fascinated to see what she does with the role. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 2, 2024 12:39:07 GMT
At least she’ll be singing it and not croaking out some odd interpretation for the “Sally isn’t supposed to be a good singer” crowd. Presumably.
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