i think the reason that they keep casting celebrities who don’t have “broadway” voices is 1. to get more people to come see the show and fall in love with it and 2. bc it works. sally isn’t supposed to have an amazing voice. many people fail to realize that the stage version is much different than the movie version in that, yes, sally is a glamorous person but she works at a night club where people do not care if you sing well or not. do i think that molly is the best stage version of sally bowles even though i absolutely adore her? no. i much prefer jane horrocks’s sally bowles but then again i’ve never seen an actual stage version. it’s all about preference!
Also bear in the mind at this point in the narrative, she has just dumped her fiancé, lost the flat they shared together and is, in all likelihood, experiencing the induced miscarriage from the abortion she had. In the background of all this, we know from history that the Cabaret scene that has sustained Sally for so long is on the verge of being shut by a Nazi party about to assume power. Her whole world is crumbling before her while she has to sing this song of how life is carefree and easy She’s probably on the verge of a breakdown at this point All of this combined with the fact that, from the outset, Sally is meant to be an average singer at best, which is why she’s the leading act in a seedy bar, not one of the darlings of the scene. Liza had to be able to belt it out to make the film a commercial success. Her Sally was one that had the talent that lacked the ambition. Sally was meant to be the opposite of that
Look, to those who doesn’t know: Sally Bowles is NOT meant to be agood singer. Ever since the original 1966 they cast singers and ask them to not perform in their original voices when they cast Sally Bowles. Yes, Molly is not doing a great voice, but that is the point. Now, can we all move on?
I love her as an actress but her voice is not good enough for Broadway. Plz stop casting Hollywood film actors (Molly, Emma, Michelle, Brooke, Lea) in this role!!! It doesn’t work. It needs to be played by amazing singers who can make their voices sound unrefined-not by people who actually can’t sing shouting & screeching.
Sally isn't supposed to be a great singer. That's the point; that's why she is singing at a sketchy club. The stage show is different than the movie. I believe the not perfect singing was intentional
mags med I disagree. And hate this argument. I’ve seen the stage show when it was cast with an amazing singer, Andrea Goss. IMO it was as it should be. Sally is supposed to be a good singer but not amazing enough for stardom. Even still the songs in the show are extremely difficult for someone who can’t sing. Stage Sally does not have a perfect voice but you certainly need an extremely talented singer to pull that off.
Imo it doesn't seem like she's very well trained when I hear some of the other songs. Like perfectly marvelous... in that one , she doesn't have the breath control and skip over words. Still a decent performance tho
At this point in the stage production she has just been told by her future fiancé to basically “f*** off I’m going back to America.” But sally wants to stay. So this is her emotions portrayed through the song that’s why it sounds sketchy and off because of her mental state. From an audience perspective you feel sorry for her and understand her emotions through the song. Remember as well it’s part of the character and sally isn’t meant to be a great singer like it was mentioned before. So, I think this is a perfect example of sally that has been well thought-out and portrayed very well.
She was singing since she was little before she was ever an actress. Her dad is a famous jazz player. She has a beautiful voice. Audio on this is terrible because someone is filming it probably with a phone.
