Sam Mendes' Cabaret TV-Recording?

olipool · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

Hello everybody,

I heard there exists a tv recording of Sam Mendes version of Cabaret.
Does anybody know where I can find this recording?

Thank you very much in advance!

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Mikey · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

"olipool" wrote in message @o77g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hello everybody,
>
> I heard there exists a tv recording of Sam Mendes version of Cabaret.
> Does anybody know where I can find this recording?
>
> Thank you very much in advance!

It was recorded and broadcast on BBC in the UK. It was similar bunt
identical to the Broadway revival. It did star Alan Cummings in his Tony
winning role. I have a copy of it.

Stephen Farrow · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 473

olipool wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I heard there exists a tv recording of Sam Mendes version of Cabaret.
> Does anybody know where I can find this recording?
>
> Thank you very much in advance!

It's a taping of Mendes' London production of "Cabaret" at the Donmar
Warehouse, starring Alan Cumming and Jane Horrocks. That production was
a bit different from the wildly successful Broadway revival that
followed (and the London production wasn't nearly as good). It was taped
for television and broadcast on BBC2, but has never been commercially
released.

--

Stephen

I haven’t been this excited since Madonna just dropped by
Total Request Live.

olipool · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

On 19 Feb., 00:00, Stephen Farrow wrote:
> olipool wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
>
> > I heard there exists a tv recording of Sam Mendes version of Cabaret.
> > Does anybody know where I can find this recording?
>
> > Thank you very much in advance!
>
> It's a taping of Mendes' London production of "Cabaret" at the Donmar
> Warehouse, starring Alan Cumming and Jane Horrocks. That production was
> a bit different from the wildly successful Broadway revival that
> followed (and the London production wasn't nearly as good). It was taped
> for television and broadcast on BBC2, but has never been commercially
> released.
>
> --
>
> Stephen
>
> I haven't been this excited since Madonna just dropped by
> Total Request Live.

Has anybody recorded this braodcast? I really would like to see it...

Stephen Farrow · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 473

olipool wrote:
> On 19 Feb., 00:00, Stephen Farrow wrote:
>> olipool wrote:
>>> Hello everybody,
>>> I heard there exists a tv recording of Sam Mendes version of Cabaret.
>>> Does anybody know where I can find this recording?
>>> Thank you very much in advance!
>> It's a taping of Mendes' London production of "Cabaret" at the Donmar
>> Warehouse, starring Alan Cumming and Jane Horrocks. That production was
>> a bit different from the wildly successful Broadway revival that
>> followed (and the London production wasn't nearly as good). It was taped
>> for television and broadcast on BBC2, but has never been commercially
>> released.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> I haven't been this excited since Madonna just dropped by
>> Total Request Live.
>
> Has anybody recorded this braodcast? I really would like to see it...

I don't have it myself, and it's not (legally) available for sale. It's
hard to track down. And, actually, it's disappointing anyway - Horrocks,
a terrific actress who on paper is great casting as Sally Bowles,
doesn't really pull it off, the physical restrictions of the Donmar mean
that the staging concept doesn't work nearly as well as it did in
subsequent incarnations of this production, and the overall effect,
compared to Mendes' "Cabaret" at the Roundabout, is muted.

--

Stephen

A doodle. I do doodle. You too -- you do doodle, too.

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