You know, Amy Lennox’s performance blew me away. But this one genuinely shocked me. Same production, but two very different and both amazing performances!
This performance is fantastic, but having seen her in action from the table seats her performance is godly. As she turns towards the end she's taking in the audience on both sides and as she finishes everyone needs a moment to recover before coming to their feet to cheer. Can only wish the best for her in future, forever my wife and I's Sally.
This new production seems to be getting close to the raw emotion and power of Jane Harrocks performance at Donmar. She literally screamed the first verse. This song isn't meant to be a jolly eleven o clock number. It's the culmination of the show and performing it like this gets to the core of what happens to Sally.
We saw her as Sally Bowles when Maude Apatow was the main cast, but so glad we did. By far the most profound rendition of this song, and the entire show I have ever heard and seen.
i was shocked by this performance. the singing, the acting.. it was brilliant. i keep watching it back and i’m so excited to (hopefully) see this in the future!
This is one of the most incredible performances I’ve had the chance to see live - I know basically nothing about cabaret honestly but this remains in my memory even a year on. I remember how silent Trafalgar Square was as we were all so in awe at this!
i saw Emily preform after seeing Jessie twice, and i wasn’t disappointed for a second. she’s so incredible and brings something so unique to the character, im so glad i got to experience her live!!
to all saying its overdone, I disagree if only because this isn't the setting the song is intended for, with all the emotional build up leading to this moment. I think it's fantastic, especially with Frecknell's direction in mind and what she has built for this revival. And emily benjamin's almost drunken take, like she's trying to self medicate away the words and the feelings. Phenomenal
Saw Emily cover for Jessie in February - she was phenomenal - a bit more controlled in the theatre than here, but precisely how the character should be feeling in that moment. Those saying its not Liza - the Cabaret film is only a small part f what the actual show is.
I am afraid you’re quite wrong. Sally Bowles is a thinly veiled version of 19-year-old Jean Ross who Christopher Isherwood met in Berlin. Jean Ross would never throw herself around like that. She gripped the microphone tightly and gave a Weimer cabaret style. A tragic brittle character. After a stint in the Spanish Civil War, she spent many a night at London’s Cafe Royal before throwing herself into left wing causes. She sadly died penniless in Hammersmith.
@@williamgardiner2010 so when did I comment about Jean Ross? She was of the opinion Sally Bowles was nothing like her so I guess how an actor portrays Sally doesn't really matter how it compares to Jean Ross - its a dramatic interpretation of how the character has been written
I saw Emily stand in for Jessie Buckley with Eddie Redmayne in the Berlin style nightclub which is the setting for this new version. Anger and irony rather than Liza Minelli's film version. A unique and memorable production go see and enjoy your complimentary shot of schnapps on the way in.
I got tickets for £30. I went twice in the same week for less than £100 and I know that isn't "affordable", but cheaper tickets are definitely available.
@@zoharsarig9474 I’ve sat in one £30 seat and one £60 seat. The £30 seat was high, but you missed nothing except a small corner where no action happens. There isn’t a bad view in that theatre since they changed the layout of it.
@@lydiataylor4376 i’ve been but in the more expensive seats, i was wondering if you feel the view was clear enough? i want to go again but i don’t want to spend a ton of money :)
@@zoharsarig9474 If you’ve seen it before, you miss very tiny interactions between ensemble members. Sit on the side with the two tiers as if you’ve been before, you notice they perform more to that side. I’d recommend first tier, as the second (highest tier), was a good view but the legroom was awful, and the walk up there was.. long, LOL.
In the comment section of a short, some boomer without any context said it was disrespectful and depraved. Now thats a demonstration that your interpretation is correct. She naild it, although i think sometimes it was a bit over the top
This is undoubtedly a tremendous performance but my own preference is for Jessie Buckley. I do love the different interpretations though and somehow it makes Liza Minelli’s seem dated, which of course it is, so maybe I should just say different, for really that’s exactly what those three performances are. Maybe I’ll go and see it again.
I am not un the UK but just saw, maybe 6 weeks ago, Amy Lennox do this on the Olivier Awards...and read below that this performer is/was a swing/understudy...so my question is if this performer whose name I see is Emily Benjamin, now playing Sally or is the still the swing and filling in, above, for Amy Lennox? Please? Anyone? I have searched and searched for Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne in 'Cabaret' but I cannot find anything. Love them both and when I saw Jessie Buckley in during the BAFTA's when "Judy" was nominated, I was thinking..where do I know her from..and then saw her sing a song, 'Belfast' and it hit me....she was one of the "Nancy's" in the search for one in "Oliver" on the BBC and I was dumbstruck. That was years ago and she is amazing! She also seems to be, at least, one of those actors who are "what you see is what you get" in her sincerity and willingness to better herself in her craft. Eddie, well, he is Eddie and a marvelous actor in pretty much everything he does and I did see him on Broadway in a play called "Red", I believe. Again, a kind and humble guy with a mind to better his craft. Anyway, anyone out there, please answer my question above and if anyone knows anyplace I can find the Jessie/Eddie in 'Cabaret', please tell me? Love from Italia! - Gary
혼자 방안에 박혀있어야 좋을게 뭐에요 인생은 캬바레 무대 오세요 캬바레 걸레도 책도 집어던져요 즐겨봐 이 시간 인생은 캬바레무대 오세요 캬바레 술마시고 음악듣고 소리높여 축하해봐요 여기있는 당신 행복 슬푼 앞날은 생각하지마 더 마음껏 웃어요 인생은 캬바레 무대 오세요 캬바레 내겐 엘시라는 친구가 있었죠 우린 더러운 방을 나눠 썼죠 변두리 싸구려 호텔방을 우린 시간당으로 방을 나눠 썼죠 그 애가 죽던 날에 사람들은 술 땜에 죽었다고 비웃었죠 그러나 여왕처럼 누워있는 엘시 너무나 행복하게 보였어요 오늘은 엘시 엘시 생각나 그애가 하던 말이 생각나요 혼자 방안에 박혀있어야 좋을게 뭐라고 인생은 캬바레 샐리 어서와 캬바레 걸레도 책도 다 던져버려 즐겨봐 이시간 인생은 캬바레 무대 어서와 캬바레 그래서 난 그래서 내 맘을 결졍 내렸어요 갈거야 난 엘시처럼 받아 들여요 우리 인생도 긴 시간 아니죠 인생은 캬바레 무대 만남은 캬바레 무대 난 사랑해 캬바레
musical theatre shouldn’t be sung just so it sounds good, you’re supposed to be telling a story and you need to accurately portray the character. sally bowles would not be portrayed accurately if someone sang this and made sure it sounded vocally perfect
In the show she's always drinking or snorting coke lmao and in this scene she just left her man bc he hit her and got an abortion so she's not at all okay
Here is the thing... It is still a musical... there is still singing involved. I love the raw emotion but it is an art to be able to combine both singing and emotion. This was void of any musical line and was just shouting. I am sorry, but I am not a fan.
Well I saved a stack of cash avoiding this performance at the Playhouse. Hideously over the top. Talk about chewing the scenery! Ruined memories of the late Natasha Richardson’s heartbreaking performance in Cabaret on Broadway at Studio 54.
Calm down, theatre is all about interpretation and this is quite frankly a REALLY good interpretation of it. I don’t think you’ve ever seen somebody properly breakdown that’s what this song is about, and this is exactly what most people have in mind of a breakdown
@Hoagie I respect your opinion and of course the Mendes influences are apparent in this performance but I will not dismiss this production based on this concert staging of it. The new production is very clearly a highly themed experienced and is apparently staged/performed in the round. It's just not all that fair to judge it on this event/concert. In addition, every discussion of 'who did it better' is so subjective - Jane Horrocks did great but this does not make this performance any worse. And I totally get if someone prefers Liza's take on this, too. I just cannot agree with dismissing this performance as "horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful".
They have two completely different interpretations of it, you shouldn’t even be comparing them. Liza performs it as a much happier song in the movie whereas Emily performs it as a much more tragic song as it is supposed to be in the stage show.
@Hoagie It's not so much the Mendes interpretation as much as it simply is how Sally is meant to be. Like, she's meant to be a middling talent at best and just plain awful at worst. The book the show is based on describes Sally exactly the same way.
