Cabaret. Part five.

[@MAlexandra152]

I wish more PEOPLE were like that. "People are people," Sally said, and for a silly woman, she's really right.

[@TheGreatLobotomy]

Alan really puts his last name into "Two Ladies".

[@ehudsolomon1720]

this play was written in 1966??? wow! I can't believe it. how ahead of its time!

[@roymackenzie-jy4lr]

The original had a few differences, but yeah

[@finleyforevermore]

It was, but it got revised a few times! This proshot is a blend of the 1987 script and the 1998 script.

[@Vladimoskov]

She's certainly grown on me, a lot of my friends don't like her as Sally but I really like how unhinged and unstable her Sally is. This is by far my favorite production of Cabaret, much more so than the movie.

[@MAlexandra152]

Everyone is talking about how annoying they find Sally, but I love this kooky version of her. It's the first one I saw and I can't imagine her as a perfectly sympathetic sexy character. I actually find her pretty sympathetic in this, she seems like a real person with flaws - lots of them - but with a good heart, and a beautiful soul behind the walls and facades she puts up for her own protection.

[@StandAsYouAre]

I think people have to remember the character is meant to be 19 years old. 19 year olds usually make a total mess of their lives when all they do is party all the time. And Sally pretty much does party all the time, but she has fun while being a mess...

[@richardengelhardt582]

Of course, Sally, the MC, and all, are meant to be grating -- the Kit Kat Club is for no talent losers who represent the clueless population of irresponsible hedonists who through their willful ignorance, self-absorption, and inaction made Hilter's rise inevitable. Cabaret is a high stakes morality play.

[@kangadillo]

AC said that after the show when he would go out the stage door there'd be a bunch of fans and some of them would say "You are so disgusting but I love you!" Joel Grey also said that the character is repellent and mesmerizing at the same time. You can't take your eyes off him in spite of yourself.

[@donyahezaway769]

ooh where did he say that haha

[@thetreacherousleech8990]

I also like that a lot because it showcases cliff's bisexuality through the song.

[@TheGreatLobotomy]

Alan's dancing in "Two Ladies" is just perfectly marvelous.

[@valmacclinchy]

Indeed. Had the honor of experiencing this show in 1999 on Broadway, and Alan Cumming is perfect in this role. Mesmerizing.

[@BlueMenace19]

i cant help but wonder what audience member alan is flirting with

[@evilxeye]

wish it was me :/

[@ОльгаПчелинцева-ъ7л]

Shia LaBeouf

[@thunder_heads]

I wish it was me

[@haute03]

@@ОльгаПчелинцева-ъ7л No.

[@richardengelhardt582]

Actually, when you're on stage with the stage lights in your eyes, you can't distinguish individuals in the audience

[@35bam]

My obsession with Alan Cumming brought me here.

[@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.

[@kasia8014]

Alan Cumming, tho. He's unbelievable! A genius.

[@janeminwell4395]

Kasia, Cummings is truly fantastic in this, he is mesmerising.

[@valmacclinchy]

Alan Cumming completely reinveted the Emcee in the 1998 Broadway Revival. I was honored to have experienced it in 1999. He was debauched, charming, witty, menacing.. perfect!

[@kmjdlc]

at first i found jane horrock’s take on sally annoying. but after watching this all the way through, she’s incredible. i love how raw she makes sally. it’s real, it’s tragic, it beautiful. i love how there are so many different versions of sally. i love this show!!

[@Melomush]

As soon as I heard “mein kampf” I just went 👁👄👁

[@lily-tu7hv]

Imagine seeing this live in the front seat. My face would melt off because of hot it would get of embarrassment.

[@valmacclinchy]

I was honored to have danced with the magnificent Alan Cumming in 1999. He's a creative genius and perfect in this role. And quite humble offstage.

[@americanboy99]

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

[@chloemackenzie666]

This is literally the best performance I've ever watched of two ladies 😭😭

[@daisybtoes]

..as for the chilling finale, the emcee is revealed beneath his Nazi uniform to be a concentration camp prisoner with a variety of badges on his shirt. Is he Jewish? Is he Gay? Is he both? And what is that third badge for? I don't recognize it at all. Like everything else in our Cabaret, this is just more symbolism. It symbolizes all of our characters left behind where life is a Cabaret - except a Cabaret of horror where all the participants are doomed. Gives me chills.- part three

[@Cotton_Candy.__]

Daisy Brambletoes Jew, Homosexual, I think communist

[@i.cs.z]

@@Cotton_Candy.__ Red is for "polothical prisoners" so it could be anything. Tbh how they put it on his clothes isn't accurate, but it doesn't really matter.

[@basil-nl6su]

i believe that he's gay, jewish, and a communist sympathizer.

[@valmacclinchy]

​@@basil-nl6suexactly

[@KarlieStarrSings]

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 :)

[@owenclay8230]

The woman on the right of "Two ladies" was my vocal lecturer at drsma school.... She was a horrible person! She could have been a great teacher had she not had an ego, favourites, attitude and above all, was kinder to people. In my 3rd year, I remember her practically singling me out in front of my entire course saying I'd never make it as an actor .. Was so incredibly disheartening to know she thought that about me the entire time she was my lecturer.. 🤷‍♀️ Props to her though, she did very well fir her part in this show and to work with Alan Cummings, gotta admire that

[@daisybtoes]

It also shows him with the yellow star and some other patch I don't recognize. But don't forget that the emcee and the cabaret performers are symbolic characters, like a Greek chorus. He lures people into his cabaret with promises that life will be beautiful. He lured in Sally and Clifford and plays out their fantasies. - part one

[@97mip]

I like this Cliff, but I also keep thinking about him as the vicar in Nanny McPhee

[@celined9183]

Il fait le vicaire de Nanny MC Phee ? Dans le mariage alors... il faut que je vérifie ça !

[@georgechlada4868]

The co-direction of rob Marshall really exceeded the production

[@SaSa-dj3gb]

I see the perfect Harley Quinn and the Joker

[@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??

[@maestroclassico5801]

Around 2:10 we hear an instrumental of the song Don't Tell Mama in the background which Sally sings in the 1966 play but it is replaced by Mein Herr in this version.

[@125ponygirl]

I find Jane horrocks the best voice for Sally. I think it sounds better when she belts those notes. It gives her more of a personality. Vs when the notes aren't belted. Yay for Jane Horrocks

[@MAlexandra152]

I like that, for how overtly sexual "Two Ladies" is, the girl on the left is smiling in such a cutesy way XD

[@Judill]

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

[@stereohotel483]

love this play so much! but feel bad for the people sitting front row cause it must be very awkward to them

[@IWillBeHers]

Fraulein Kost...God bless her!

[@gladrial89]

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

[@Saskia-xc5pk]

Amazing cast!

[@lovelyleyley]

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

[@eLurkr]

haha im loving how over the top this play is

[@percy445]

one of the two ladies is supposed to be a guy in drag i’m so sad they changed it :/

[@finleyforevermore]

They changed it for the proshot unfortunately :(

[@tlyoung88]

Every time I hear "Two Ladies" I insert a sample of, "come and knock on my door . . . Take a step that is new . . ."

[@lizzychrome7630]

The thing that weirds me out about this is just how uncomfortable those outfits look, for *anything,* much less a complicated three-way.

[@ameliaky1998]

this is injustice for bobby

[@REIQ]

I think more longer pauses would make it better.

[@ezequielmonterobenitez6058]

La mejor canción! No hay duda de que Jane Horrocks es la mejor Sally!!

[@Adanedher]

This is perfection, at least the first part

[@travellingaccordian]

Who plays Cliff? He looks so familiar!

[@Julia-nj7lc]

travellingaccordian he plays Mr Teevee in the johnny depp version of willy wonka

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

And he's really rocking the bow tie and sweater vest What's the name of the actor pls

[@JeffFreemanPresents]

He plays Elliot in Breaking Bad.

[@haute03]

The actor's name is Adam Godley.

[@TenmaxHarima]

I want to be one of those two ladies :(

[@musicalfool]

I wish they did not change this version for TV!

[@kaity9387]

Goddddd Alan is sooo delicious

[@lovelyleyley]

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

[@Pixelchus]

Sally reminds me so much of Nina Hagen here!

[@grancaramelon]

Wait, I don't get it.. Cliff admit he had an affair with some guy in nighting gale, Sally said that she don't mind that he's like that(gay) then they proceed to have sex ??

[@Zozo-ke2dl]

+Andrew Lam He didn't exactly admit to being gay. I think he's bisexual.

[@grancaramelon]

Zoe Hastie Oooh so Sally meant she doesn't mind having sex with a Bisexual. I get it, thanks.

[@grancaramelon]

+gabsylv yes, I know as I stated in my previous comment.

[@roryhudson5677]

He’s probably bi

[@basil-nl6su]

he's by definition bi but he says later that sally is the only girl hes ever loved so he definitely leans towards men

[@havefun137]

I like Sally's personality, but I HATE her voice. It sounds like she's causing some serious vocal damage or like she can't actually hit the notes.

[@AbbeyBenold]

Jane Horrocks is an incredible singer, but she is purposefully singing poorly in this because Sally Bowles is not supposed to be a good singer.

[@havefun137]

Yes, but if she continues doing so, she will ruin her perfectly good actual singing voice. By straining your voice in an unnatural way, such as she is doing here, you can permanently damage, or possibly completely destroy, your vocal chords.

[@havefun137]

Unfortunately, she IS straining her voice. That is the thing. Her body doesn't know she's playing a character and therefore what she is doing is detrimental to her vocal health. Screaming and belting can cause vocal nodules and hemorrhages and can possibly ultimately lead to complete loss of voice. Vocal chords are very delicate and what she is doing just sounds unhealthy.

[@GilaSpaceleigh]

why don't you ask her what the long term effects were . This is 20 years ago, after all.

[@giavictoria9381]

MistressAddams the point is that she sounds bad

[@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".

[@CandyPopRainbow]

Alan Cummings Is Amazing

[@maestroclassico5801]

Is the Telephone Song not in the production? Or was it cut along with the homosexual kiss?

[@finleyforevermore]

The kiss between Bobby and Cliff was added for the 1993/1998 Sam Mendez productions, which cut the Telephone Song. The proshot is a blend of the 1987 revival script and the 1993/1998 script, so it includes the kiss, but cuts The Telephone Song, putting Mein Herr from 1993/1998 in its place.

[@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

[@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.

[@carrotjuse]

I keep seeing Bubbles in Ab Fab.

[@bubbly92c]

i thought so, too. but apparently they replaced the transvestite by Texas, the lesbian ... i think it's quite fine like that :) reminds me of the movie ... btw ... now we know what they did under the bedsheet x)

[@Carwench]

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

[@cazia9]

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

[@laurenolshan4565]

makeup

[@tubehara]

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

[@아티아티-h2i]

2019? Hi!

[@shifra1967]

2021

[@jemb2000]

It was cut for the broadcast.

[@egmacheath]

That face at 7:00

[@omirosv]

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.

[@makaylarenee625]

I like Sally she’s funny

[@10s3r1]

Me and Sally are one in the same

[@Oiyuki]

You realize that a stage production is called a show too right? For example "on with the show" usually refers to the stage.

[@fountainchain126]

is that a wig she's wearing - sally?

[@robertheyes3975]

Cool

[@yerknayin]

You guys remember spy kids? I don't either 😊

[@lizzychrome7630]

I don't see the contradiction. Is it some kind of a surprise to some people that Mr. Floop can out-Frank N. Furter Dr. Frank N. Furter?

[@frdgordon]

Where's the Money Song?

[@Carwench]

@GreggNowhere spats, i believe.

[@ernestinaquezada940]

is jerry lewis still alive anmyone know please tell me he is

[@TheAmazingJoeman]

he is, but you could have Googled that

[@ernestinaquezada940]

i did but everybody said he is and isnt i finally found out when he had his b day he was on the news

[@weirdestpersonguaranteed2244]

2:24 5:17

[@charleyamadeus]

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

[@JeffFreemanPresents]

Ja means yes in German.

[@patriciasorensen6741]

Well, I don't think it would help much if he said: "Well, you see, yes, I sleep with men, but I ALSO sleep with women, so I should have a different triangle." Not ones for subtleties, the Nazis. Or any bigots, really.

[@daisybtoes]

The original in 1968 was much more conventional. A number of lines were added later, in the more recent productions.

[@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.

[@ftrlength]

no one commenting on the book title??

[@ErinABray]

@Carwench Lmao @ "Goodies"

[@cateylove123]

Isn't the Emcee supposed to be a homosexual because of his pink triangle in the ending or is he bisexual or the fact that hes gay is really just a plot twist...??

[@Azula1100]

Catey Phiel he is bisexual, not gay

[@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

[@juliarandomidiot9834]

5:03

[@omirosv]

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

[@Boonedaba]

She would be better as Roxie Hart.

[@zazuzazz5419]

I know Jane is an excellent actress - But her affectation to be mediocre is so forcibly phony it’s hard to get an emotional connection. I really don’t like her. So obnoxious. I think this version is a goal misguided.

[@ZekeBaylor]

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

[@misswoopa]

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

[@AutismThespian1993]

Originally it wasn’t a man in drag. That was added for the 1998 Broadway production

[@phant0m0fthe0pera7]

I can't stand this Sally. But Alan Cumming is sooo delicious and I really like this Cliff.

[@chickachickabombom]

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

[@broadwaylovg]

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

[@aformalia]

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

[@silvershields]

how RUDE...YAY hahahahaha

[@JugaJuga14]

This is like a high school drama class’ version of what they think being sexy is. Which is incorrect and strange.

[@phant0m0fthe0pera7]

cant stand her as Sally. SO incredibly irritating. She's overdoing it. LOVE him though

[@daisybtoes]

She's okay, but I still think I prefer Liza Minelli as Sally.

[@tombennett3827]

Daisy Brambletoes I think Katharine Hepburn would have been better casting for the film version.

[@HollieGallimore]

I don't like her as Sally.. She's too much..