Cabaret. Part five.

[reiqws]

I think more longer pauses would make it better.

[themidnightglitter]

Alan Cumming is so incredibly handsome. I swoon on watching him sing and dance like that.

[SchiffThomas]

Is it just me, or when she started rubbing Emcee at 6:00 did he start getting hard? lol

[fountainchain126]

is that a wig she's wearing - sally?

[rebeccalafferty]

It's funny because Alan is gay :D

[awfulgreythings]

@rebeccalafferty He's actually bisexual.

[SchiffThomas]

@awfulgreythings he was bisexual .... he's actually gay now ..... he was straight, and then he started becoming attracted to men more and now he's full out gay

[TakeAChance1408]

@SchiffThomas false. he's married to a man but is an advocate against bisexual erasure. he still identifies as bisexual.

[SchiffThomas]

@TakeAChance1408 no he doesn't .... he's said on multiple occasions "Gay man" and even stated in an interview that he was bi but full out gay now.

[TakeAChance1408]

@SchiffThomas "the pendulum has swung"

[SchiffThomas]

@TakeAChance1408 what?

[broadwaylovg]

@luckylover91 believe me, me too!!!! :D

[Serenityxisxlove]

In my opinion as an actress, a character is no good if there is only one way to portray them. An actor should always take risks with his character..

If everyone portrayed the Emcee like Joel Grey (who is absolutely fantastic), then we wouldn't have Alan Cumming's fantastic portrayal.

Jane's portrayal is risky compared to Liza's, but her Sally is just as heart-wrenchingly simple. I like Jane.

[chickachickabombom]

The "shemale" in two ladies breaks a strap! What a committed performer!

[TenmaxHarima]

I want to be one of those two ladies :(

[NEXbyDK]

i think it depends on what version you see first too, i saw this one first and then i watched the film and i prefered this portrayal of sally because shes more risque and daring, her characterisation seems to be more apt for the girl she would of been in that tiome period because they were trajic times and so the bolder you pretended to be the more you would forget of your surroundings?? thats just my idea on it :)

[OohcoolProductions]

Her face and hairdo remind me of Briony from Atonement :P

[lovelyleyley]

Sally Bowles reminds me of a more sexual version of Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn's character in Breakfast at Tiffany's)

[mechaguess]

@lovelyleyley Definitely. And Bradshaw is very reminiscent of Fred. I thought this too, and I found out recently that its not a coincidence. Apparently Christopher Isherwood (author of Goodbye to Berlin, on which Cabaret is loosely based) and Truman Capote (who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's) actually became friends when Capote was a young writer and Isherwood had just published his Berlin stories and left Berlin for America, and Sally Bowles apparently was a huge influence on Holly Golightly.

[lovelyleyley]

@mechaguess Wow. That is so awesome. Thanks for that!

[elphabathropp12]

Oh my, what a lucky lady that one is at 6:03. O_O

[leekyungsuh510]

now i understand why my high school didn't leave two ladies in our performance

[1MissKarlieStarr]

I think the whole point of the character of Sally is supposed to be LOUD and peculiar. I like this portrayal of her. It's different :)

[cheeseit126]

haha im loving how over the top this play is

[corvus13]

Adam Godley does a really good American accent.

[sassy363]

I love how sexually expressive this show is. It's so nonchalant about being attracted to a person just because they are a person. I wish more shows were like this...

[Carwench]

they censor the big kiss, but we can watch girls rubbing on alan cumming's goodies? lame.

[EABray0]

@Carwench Lmao @ "Goodies"

[GreggNowhere]

What are those shoes Alan is wearing?

[Carwench]

@GreggNowhere spats, i believe.

[IWillBeHers]

Fraulein Kost...God bless her! 

[nynavee]

'So what' and 'Two ladies' are stunning! I wish they'd performed a broadway version of song 'money'!

[americanboy99]

Horrocks is giving such a brave performance here. Different, daring, and brilliantly successful.

[Crazychic112]

Deediddeli two ladies

[phant0m0fthe0pera7]

I can't stand this Sally.

But Alan Cumming is sooo delicious and I really like this Cliff.

[gladrial89]

You know with how sexual this musical is it's just incredible that the things they censor out is gay kissing. ):<

[aformalia]

@gladrial89 Yeah that was simply annoying. Like they had to censor homosexuality..

[misswoopa]

@gladrial89 and doesn't this production usually use a man in drag as one of the two ladies? stupid censorship.

[imagine2bey0nd]

@misswoopa yes actually, one of the men is suppose to be is drag. Says much about the director. That he or she is making SAFE choices, which we (theater people) know is a BORING choice. Make the daring choice for f*u*c*k's sake

[PuppetsNStuff]

@imagine2bey0nd Actually you could not be wrong. In both the 1966 original production, the 1972 film and the 1982 revival production used two female actresses to play the ladies. The director of this production, Sam Mendes, would later take a version of this production to Broadway in 1998 where he DID have one of the ladies played by a man in drag.

[tlyoung88]

Every time I hear "Two Ladies" I insert a sample of, "come and knock on my door . . .

Take a step that is new . . ."

[silvershields]

how RUDE...YAY hahahahaha

[cazia9]

is that some tattooing on alan's left arm, up near the shoulder, or is it just part of the makeup?

[anatnominuk]

It's part of his makeup. He has bruises and track marks.

[MandyBuglet]

Is this version on DVD?

If so, I wanna buy it!

-Amanda

[PwincessaRae]

me too

[Judill]

I find Jane Horrocks somehow charming as Sally. She's peculiar but I enjoy her portrayal.

[charleyamadeus]

I love alan cumming !

<333333

[ZekeBaylor]

I like her when she acts... when her songs start...not as much

[celticgems]

Alan is genius! Just love this production. Thanks!

[frdgordon]

Where's the Money Song?

[jemb2000]

It was cut for the broadcast.

[Troublemaker1991]

they should have cut perfectly marvellous, not money. If I had to choose that's what I would have done...

[jemb2000]

Perfectly Marvellous is the only Sally/Cliff song. While Money is a more memorable number, it doesn't advance the story a la Perfectly Marvellous.

[Troublemaker1991]

I know, but Money is very representative of the characters' need for money and greed of the times. That, plus it's a classic song. It's not that I don't like Perfectly Marvellous, but I'd prefer Money.

[iamkatiehearmerawrrr]

at about 5:58, what's he mouthing?

[charleyamadeus]

"You and me..." and the last word I cant make out. It looks like "ja" but that don't make sense

[CmarieA08]

I think it makes sense. He's singing about threesomes...and he found someone in the audience and was mouthing you and me...ja meaning yes....it's plausible.

[tigergirl7932]

Man thats just a little much!

[broadwaylover365]

ok. since there is much disputing over this...

those two are actually female cause it's on tv. they just made the blond one look more like a man. she tries to make her voice deep and she has her hair all pinned back.

but, in the actual play, they have a guy playing one of the two ladies.

savvy??

[jemb2000]

I think you're confusing a production choice with a script direction.

The 1998 Broadway revival had a man as one of the "two ladies". And perhaps other productions have done so, but neither the Original 1966 Broadway Production, the Original 1968 London production, nor this, the 1993 London production had a man as one of the "Two ladies".

[TRWolf]

The Kit Kat Klub segments in this version I think are a bit TOO raunchy, its almost embarrassing.

[mechamop]

True, true. Still, at least Alan Cumming does the part well. Can you imagine having someone do the sequences wrong? That would just be truly embarassing.

[mfsgoodlilslave]

I think that's the point. The character of Cliff comes into this world, totally unaccustomed to how "loose" the culture is, so in a way the stakes have to be higher for a modern crowd that's more desensitized, in order to more accurately simulate/recreate the way an American visiting Berlin at this time would perceive the scene. Just my two cents.

[tigergirl7932]

I totally agree with you! Im auditioning for this musical so i was watching it and it is embarresing!

[kwgybo345]

they're both women.

[Boonedaba]

She would be better as Roxie Hart.

[portela911]

the woman in two ladys need to shave their armpits LOL

or are they men? lol

[XxCalyHunxX]

one of thems a man the others a woman lol

[portela911]

which ones the man do you think?

i think it might be the one with the pig tails but then again the other one needs to shave too

[XxCalyHunxX]

lol i think its the other way around im not sure its just the one in pig tails voice is a bit too high to be a man

[mmr11027]

OK without a doubt they are both women. I've seen enough drag queens in my life to know. And unshaven armpits-that's just German style, baby! I haven't been there lately, but in the 90s I was on the subway in Berlin, and I looked down the row and see 5 women in a row holding the subway bar (arms up, sleeveless shirts) and see hairy pits. They don't (or at least 15 years ago) they didn't have the same feelings about expecting women to shave everything imaginable.

[cipt34]

i vaguely remember an interview where Liza Minelli said you could tell she was the main performer at the cabaret because she was the only one with shaved armpits, but of course Sally's british or in the film's case american

[sccrsweetie145]

i dont get it. is Cliff gay or not?

[LaFeeVerte1209]

Yep, but he falls in love with Sally, so bisexual perhaps.

[dolphinofdespair]

In the dutch version of this same show, "Bobby" was one of the girls in "Two Ladies", and he was wearing girls underwear, heels and make-up :-)

[TinaLovesTre4eva]

FUCK ME ALAN!!

[LaFeeVerte1209]

Jane is so excellent, I doubt many have even thought of playing Sally quite like she did.

[leela145]

I like how she makes Sally almost unhinged :D

[ozofagrabah]

OMG! The girl who plays sally is bubbles from ABFAB!

[newrochellephoenix]

I love the victoian lace collar.

[BrazilNemoFish]

I lile it too

[tubehara]

Hm, why did you lose part four? O_o I can't find it.

[LuminousPalmTree]

Two ladies.

Possibly one of the greatest written works of all time.<3