Judi Dench as Sally Bowles in Cabaret

[ohsnapiam59]

Love Judi Dench. I had NO idea!

[kamwrites]

Seems these days everyone expects singers to sound like Beyonce. Broadway is made of characters. This is a character performance, and it's perfect.

[TheFlondo]

have known the recording for decades - but this is the first time I have seen any footage

many thanks

[Bluedolphingirl01]

Dame Judi just did that same production not too long ago. Still sings the same in that deep sexy throaty voice. Check out her solo in Nine on the stage. It is her at her age on top of the piano. They begged her to do it.

[grai]

Apparently people at the stage door regularly thanked Judi Dench for going on even though she had laryngitis! Not realising that that was her normal singing voice

[Mojosbigstick]

It's great to be reminded that there are many ways to play a character. Liza Minelli was fantastic, but she was not the only Sally Bowles.

[woolley5928]

It's very relaxed. More like a rehearsal than the night.

[vivienmerchant]

Utterly dreadful.

[keepthemusicplaying0]

Goodness!!!! Thanks for posting, very interesting to see Dench back there!!!

[mykeybabay]

Thank you so much for this. I didnt think that I would ever get to see Judi play this role. Thank you thank you thank you.

If you have any more footage please would you email me?? Thanks again!!

[chelle329]

Wow, can you post Judi singing "Mein Herr"?

[Amapola1964]

What a wonderful treat to find this gem !

The venerable Judi may not be much of a singer but it certainly isn't every actress whose careers have covered so versatile a range of roles - from Sally Bowles to Queen VIctoria !

BTW, I doubt she sang Mein Herr as this was not part of the original musical score, but written for the Bob Fosse film of 1972

[Jeanne90275]

This is fabulous! I have the CD, but it's great to see it on video. Is there something wrong with

the sound (breaks in a couple of places) or is

it just my computer? Doesn't matter...it's great!

Thanks you very much for posting it.

[etraig]

oh wow! look at jean pargeter go! I love this, what a treat!

thanks for posting. I knew she was the original london sally, but never saw this.

[Bluedolphingirl01]

Listen to her sing in Nine her caberet song she is absolutely the same as she was years ago just as great. Folles B.

[BabyDillGerkin]

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS? I'M IN HEAVEN.

[Bluedolphingirl01]

She is still sexy or they would not have put her and Sophia Loren in Nine with all those young babes. Believe me if you meet her in person she gives you the chills.

[EricMontreal22]

Who played the Emcee?

[VRNProductions]

If I heard correctly, he's played by Barry Dennen, the same person who played Pontius Pilate in the 1973 version of Jesus Christ Superstar.

[ElectricShark]

Judi Dench was so damn sexy back then!

She looks so gorgeous in that red dress!

[Bluedolphingirl01]

This is a good one she is doing in London 2010 Midsummer Nights Dream and the tickets are getting sold out she did it in early years and it will be great to see how she does it now for the second time.

[Bluedolphingirl01]

i believe ebay had a record for sale but who listens to records anymore?

They should have saved all these how sad.

[musicals82]

AMAZING! Love her!

[diddymuck]

judi was a first class babe! what the hell happened??? Did she discover the Dove Bar or something??

[thetimonator]

Yaaa... she had a few lunches -- during the 42 FREAKING YEARS its been since she performed this role!!!

[JohnnyNW]

Dame Judith has always been a favorite of mine for her classy Anglo presense... now to see her as a femme fatale is the raspberry icing on the cake! GO JUDI! ;-)

[sammybessie]

i juste heard that this was inspirational to David Bowie, it has Brechtian lighting - that he first used on station to station

[KarenTheDoorsFan]

I love this song =) "Don't tell momma"

So funny to do =) We were a group that sang and dance on chairs. So much fun.

[johnyzero2000]

HOLY CRAP the stage version Cabaret was FILMED?! WIth Boris Aronson's sets and Patricia Zipprodt's costumes and the original London cast! Wow why the hell didn't Broadway film and videotape their shows to preserve them? The only record of Lotte Lenya's Frau Schneider is the cast recording and photographs. Shame on Broadway and the Unions!

[newrochellephoenix]

All stage shows such as this should be filmed and  made public !

[blahblahgiantsblah]

This is one of the greatest moments of my life. It's been impossible to find a recording of Judi as Sally, so I guess this is all the better it will get. Haha.

[sisalrug]

Is this way before Bob Fosse got hold of it? Is this the original score, which I have assumed is Kander and Ebb? In Noel Cowards diaries he wrote he saw this on Broadway and it was superb, it makes me wonder how similar and different it was to this. thanks.

[paulseattle]

Yes, this was several years before the film and was based on the Broadway version which was quite different in storyline and style from the Bob Fosse movie

[paulseattle]

and Kander and Ebb did the music for the stage version as well as the movie

[Bluedolphingirl01]

Hillarius I love to hear her sing with her cracked voice. She is one fine talent she can do any part play any character. I wonder how she pulls the feelings out for each individual person on stage or movies.

[hiladz]

wow- where did you find this!? its fantastic- i hate the choreography- but so interesting to see it! thank you so much.