Something I love about this is something I learned in an acting class "suffering isn't compelling. Trying and struggling not to is." Her version doesn't jump into the deep end like others, but treads until it starts to thrash. That's a really nice build that displays her pain and conflict without distracting from the message.
Yes. She is mad. Absolutely mad. This song is a turning point for her characterization. She is a woman who is so caught up in keeping things perfect and joyful that she will trade real joy for a facade. She is willing to expunge and rid herself of anything that threatens the fantasy that she is choosing to live in. If the audience is not convinced by her words; she must convince them. Life is a cabaret. Yet, she's also trying desperately to convince herself.
Brilliant performance. What astounds me is that Natasha Richardson was a very beautiful woman, and yet with makeup and lighting, she was made to appear as someone whose face shows the harshness of the years that have caught up with her. Unbelieveable.
In my opinion I feel like people shouldn't always compare the different actresses who have played Sally since each actress seems to add a twist to their take as Sally. Idk that's just how I say it
After her death there was this amazing review of her performance by Sheila O'Malley at Slant and this paragraph is beautiful. “To say that she made me forget Liza Minnelli is an understatement. I sat with my friend at one of the nightclub tables up front, and when Richardson stood in the stark spotlight, center stage, and sang “Maybe This Time,” something started going on inside of me. I can count on one hand the times I have ever felt what I felt as an audience member that night, and in that moment in particular. I started to feel hot. Uncomfortably so. Not one tear fell down my face. There was no catharsis with her performance, no letting the audience off the hook. I felt hot with suppression. All kinds of personal griefs came washing up with the tide as she sang, a shaky and desperate ragdoll up there, her arms dangling uselessly, her eyes mad and huge, trying to sing her way out of the pit she was in. I forgot where I was, who I was. I forgot that I had a glass of wine on the table, I forgot it was a show. I forgot about Liza Minnelli, and I forgot about comparing the sound of the songs to the well-known versions in my head. Instead, I was stuck in my chair, riveted, unable to look away, and at the same time I wanted to flee down the street, because Richardson’s performance was dredging up too much pain. At one point, during “Maybe This Time,” my friend reached out across the table and grabbed onto my hand. And so I was not having that experience alone. Natasha Richardson reached up and out into that blinding spotlight, and grabbed all of us by the damn throats, with nary a gesture-she never moved her arms. She just, with the sheer raw power of her performance, made us sit there and take it. If she could take it, we could.”
what does a Broadway performance have to do with a movie performance? or for that matter one Broadway performance to another. Julie Harris won a Tony Award playing Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, Liza Minnelli won an Oscar for the same role in Caberet - different times, different characterizations - completely different, yet brilliant performances. "to say x made me forget y is an understatement" just shows the writer doesn't know much about her subject matter.. By the way, Christopher Isherwood lived long enough to see his character Sally Bowles on Broadway in 2 different generations and in Hollywood once - he said the actress who came closest to the real Sally Bowles (meaning the real woman he modeled the fictional character from) was Julie Harris
@@BernardProfitendieu you have to consideration that though it might not be the best Liza Minnelli’s performance is the most well known portrayal of the character. I personally think it’s unfair to compare anyone to their predecessor but it’s often inevitable. If you look at the writers other work it’s mostly film centered so she’s coming from the perspective of a film person who probably knows the movie way better than the show. I know personally that I know a lot about theatre but not nearly as much about film. She likely didn’t have too much background info about the production history of the show. With iconic roles like these everyone will have their favorite for whatever reason. I just shared this because I thought it was a beautiful statement and really expressed how Richardson’s performance affected people. ❤️❤️
I had the unforgettable joy of seeing Ms. Richardson live and this song gave me chills. She was totally riveting: raw and totally real. So much so that it was sometimes painful to watch, especially this song. She's trying to cover the pain but you see it, especially in her eyes, and you hear it in her voice. What this clip misses is the final moment of the song, when she throws the mic stand over with the rage that finally boils over. I still can't believe she's gone.
I was lucky enough to see her in this role live, too. I only wish I had been a little older and more advanced in my understanding of the craft so that I could have truly made the most of the chance to see this - well, astonishing - performance from one of the greatest actresses of the modern era.
for everyone commenting that Jane Horrocks version was "too much" : the intense screaming at the end of the song was a strategic directors choice. Her screaming and straining was actually her mimicking Hitlers famous rants where he would similarly scream into the microphone
This shows the importance of seeing a performer's face. I have heard her sing this song on the cast recording CD, and was not very impressed. But now, seeing her facial expressions, her emotions are palpable. Brilliantly acted, not just sung. What a talent she was. Gone too soon. :-(
I’ve come back to this recording over the years because it captures the spirit of the song, in context: A (paradoxically) defiant dissociation. Well, it’s late June 2022 here in the United States. Here we are.
Natasha is the only Sally I've seen who gets this song EXACTLY RIGHT. Liza is wayyy too "showboat," Emma Stone and Jane Horrocks just scream the song, etc. Natasha builds gradually to the madness of the ending, but it's not too much, then she drops the mic at the end, after she has finished. I like that she starts out singing the song quite well, but then the subtext kicks in snd you can see her trying to save the world with optimism, and when it's not working, the helplessness makes her angry. She conveys this all perfectly.
I don’t see any reason to pit them against each other. The production Ms Horrock was in shook things up significantly compared to others, and her performance was a capstone that complimented it perfectly.
Broadway is a worse play without her. Her and Alan were an unstoppable duo. Miss her. Miss them together. This song is iconic, and no one sung it better than her.
I love Annie Lennox's version of this, because she is both as raw as Sally Bowles is intended while allowed in the final few movements to end with incredible strength, stability, and range. (Edit not to take away from this. This perfects Sally's rage and fury, Benelli displays Sally's *potential* range outside that world, and Lennox specifically displays both -all 3 purely due to director's choice)
This is my favorite song in the show and this will forever be my favorite performance of it. Natasha's interpretation of the character is one of the most iconic and perfect portrayals of a character. I love this video and will forever cherish it.
Creepy, but brilliant. Expresses the rage that one might have stuck in a life such as hers. And the desperation that might accompany that rage. Of course, you're right, no cabaret singer could do that multiple times per week, but I guess you could allow the artist that license. In any case, she's a brilliant performer, whether or not you agree with her interpretation of this particular character in this particular moment. She does seem on just this side of insane, and very vulnerable in that way. Liza's vulnerability and ferocity were equally palpable, but very different, and, for me, ultimately more satisfying to watch. And, of course, she could sing like no man's business.
What I love about this performance is that it's dark, but not too dark. I've seen so many Sallys that played the scene as though she were having a massive emotional breakdown, which is wrong and completely inconsistent with the character. Sally is a professional singer used to doing 8 shows a week for the roughest audiences possible............ her primary motivation is to entertain people. That's what she loves doing and that's what makes her feel the most alive. She would never give in onstage like that and allow feelings from her life to mess with her ability to entertain. It's far more compelling to see her struggling against these devastating feelings she has and trying her damnedest to put on a great performance. It's really the only thing she's got left. Mo matter how much life sucks, the show must go on!!!!! (She has "Maybe This Time" to really let her guard down)
Cam, your remark doesn't read with this performance for me. She doesn't come across as a professional singer at all and is much more dark. Although I do find this performance strangely fascinating, I think your description fits Liza Minelli's Sally, especially since you say that she doesn't let life influence her stage performance, which for me this performance does.
Sally's a professional, but that doesn't mean her goods are professional quality (just look at most of what passes for professional performing artists today). Remember, Sally has ended up at the trashy Kit Kat in Berlin because she couldn't make it in London and Paris. But she's still doing her best (onstage and in her personal life) - which isn't very good. It's part of what makes her so tragic.
Cam Martin well...no. This song is Sally having a breakdown. She ended in the looney bin after this. She had just gone thru a horrid abortion, lost everything and the war is moving ever closer. Read the books and read about the real Sally. The worst performance, theatrically, of this song was Lizas. Way way way too upbeat.
You're missing the progressively dark tone of the whole play. The revival focused more on the political changes of Germany in the 30's and the move to repressive, murderous Nazism. The genius of the revival was this progression reflected in the change of tone in the performances, until the disturbing end. Richardson perfectly reflects that darkness.
I've never seen Liza in the movie or any other stage performance but I can't imagine anyone being any better than Natasha Richardson is here. Bless her.
Wow. That was such a raw emotional journey with ups and down, twists and turns in song. Amazing performance. I wish I could have seen her perform the whole show.
She sings the song exactly as intended. Sally wasn't supposed to be a good singer, which is why she was stuck at the crummy Kit Kat Club. Hal Prince used to instruct Jill Haworth not to sing so well.
@@robertchandler4033 ....because they're trying to live up to Liza Minnelli. I think Minnelli's performance works, but mostly because the film encourages a sense of unreality. Nevertheless, when this song is presented out of context I'm always disappointed when it's under-sung...
Also- Sally is supposed to be English, right? Maybe her voice getting more tense and her obvious fear is supposed to reflect how long it took Europe as a whole to figure out how bad things were in Germany.
Ugh, I was thinking about her yesterday cause and friend and I were talking about celebrity deaths with the passing of Donna Summer, and now seeing her brilliance again I'm depressed over her untimely death again. I love her ever so much!
The things I see in this remarkable performance ... Sally's becoming unhinged. Her Shangri-La is crumbling. "Did I make the right choice?" I can see where the Nazi soldiers are sitting and I can see where her few remaining friends are sitting. This is, by far, the best interpretation of the title song that I've ever seen.
I "fell in love" with Natasha Richardson decades ago, when I saw her in "A Handmaid's Tale." She was so stunningly beautiful, and the way her character is treated, I can remember wanting to jump through the screen to save her. My heart was broken when she married Liam Neeson, as if I had a chance! When she passed away, my heart truly went out to him. I knew how devastating that loss was. I admired his courage and stoicism that he displayed for the world, but mostly his two boys. The lesson, I think, from Natasha and in this clip is "none of us are getting out of here alive, we don't know how long we have or what dangers are waiting for us. Natasha hit her head in a fall while skiing. How many hundreds of times have I fallen while skiing without a helmet and been perfectly fine? It is haunting how in this clip Sally beats the same drum. Don't sit alone in your room, GO LIVE!
Damn well done, methinks. Liza... okay, the film version of Cabaret is a COMPLETELY different animal, so really, you cannot compare the shows. This is one of the most understated and subtle portrayals of Sally falling apart I've seen. Bit nasally with the vocals for my digs, but Sally isn't meant for stardom anyhow! WHEEEEW!
she was the best Sally Bowles of them all! Did anyone see her Anna Christie? How about Closer? Not the movie the play. Thanks Natasha for some terrific performances. How to believe that Wednesday will mark six years since she died.
Scott A wouldn't it be something if her husband (Liam Neeson) got into Broadway as well? If she were still alive today, I bet they would make the perfect Phantom and Christine
This is really good because it actually is true to the original Isherwood vision of her being a kind of amateur entertainer. In the film version that was all thrown overboard and Sally was made American. This makes the character more interesting I think.
I know right! I've been trying to find where a full production of 1998 Bway Revival might be lurking but it seems to have been deleted off everywhere! Only these bits and bobbles seem to remain.... Could someone give us a pointer on where to look??
I'm having a hard time finding the book. Just ordered it from my local library, but even they don't have it in stock....need to import it from a different library. I do wonder even before I pick up the book, what's with the changes in ethnicity? Do you know? In the filmed productions, for example, the writer is originally from the United States (Harrisburg, PA?) but the real life author is from England. Why the change?
why the hell not? in my opinion there are not enough adaptations that stay faithful to their original source. Being a bad singer is part of the who the character is plain and simple.
The off-register nature of the VHS rip only adds to the effectiveness of this performance.
Something I love about this is something I learned in an acting class "suffering isn't compelling. Trying and struggling not to is." Her version doesn't jump into the deep end like others, but treads until it starts to thrash. That's a really nice build that displays her pain and conflict without distracting from the message.
With the resolution of this version I feel like I might be murdered by Sally
Remember the subtext. Sally is leaving after this song to go have an abortion.
Yes. She is mad. Absolutely mad. This song is a turning point for her characterization. She is a woman who is so caught up in keeping things perfect and joyful that she will trade real joy for a facade. She is willing to expunge and rid herself of anything that threatens the fantasy that she is choosing to live in. If the audience is not convinced by her words; she must convince them. Life is a cabaret. Yet, she's also trying desperately to convince herself.
Brilliant performance. What astounds me is that Natasha Richardson was a very beautiful woman, and yet with makeup and lighting, she was made to appear as someone whose face shows the harshness of the years that have caught up with her. Unbelieveable.
Fools compare this to Liza Minnelli. The film was a different animal.
This is so much more "real".... dark and F*CKED! That is what makes it great theatre.
+Nick Mayor ikr?!
In my opinion I feel like people shouldn't always compare the different actresses who have played Sally since each actress seems to add a twist to their take as Sally. Idk that's just how I say it
That is not the point!
the resolution of the video is kind of... creepy.
As it should be.
it actually adds to the power of it...ghostlike!
I agree.
After her death there was this amazing review of her performance by Sheila O'Malley at Slant and this paragraph is beautiful. “To say that she made me forget Liza Minnelli is an understatement. I sat with my friend at one of the nightclub tables up front, and when Richardson stood in the stark spotlight, center stage, and sang “Maybe This Time,” something started going on inside of me. I can count on one hand the times I have ever felt what I felt as an audience member that night, and in that moment in particular. I started to feel hot. Uncomfortably so. Not one tear fell down my face. There was no catharsis with her performance, no letting the audience off the hook. I felt hot with suppression. All kinds of personal griefs came washing up with the tide as she sang, a shaky and desperate ragdoll up there, her arms dangling uselessly, her eyes mad and huge, trying to sing her way out of the pit she was in. I forgot where I was, who I was. I forgot that I had a glass of wine on the table, I forgot it was a show. I forgot about Liza Minnelli, and I forgot about comparing the sound of the songs to the well-known versions in my head. Instead, I was stuck in my chair, riveted, unable to look away, and at the same time I wanted to flee down the street, because Richardson’s performance was dredging up too much pain. At one point, during “Maybe This Time,” my friend reached out across the table and grabbed onto my hand. And so I was not having that experience alone. Natasha Richardson reached up and out into that blinding spotlight, and grabbed all of us by the damn throats, with nary a gesture-she never moved her arms. She just, with the sheer raw power of her performance, made us sit there and take it. If she could take it, we could.”
what does a Broadway performance have to do with a movie performance? or for that matter one Broadway performance to another. Julie Harris won a Tony Award playing Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, Liza Minnelli won an Oscar for the same role in Caberet - different times, different characterizations - completely different, yet brilliant performances. "to say x made me forget y is an understatement" just shows the writer doesn't know much about her subject matter..
By the way, Christopher Isherwood lived long enough to see his character Sally Bowles on Broadway in 2 different generations and in Hollywood once - he said the actress who came closest to the real Sally Bowles (meaning the real woman he modeled the fictional character from) was Julie Harris
@@BernardProfitendieu you have to consideration that though it might not be the best Liza Minnelli’s performance is the most well known portrayal of the character. I personally think it’s unfair to compare anyone to their predecessor but it’s often inevitable. If you look at the writers other work it’s mostly film centered so she’s coming from the perspective of a film person who probably knows the movie way better than the show. I know personally that I know a lot about theatre but not nearly as much about film. She likely didn’t have too much background info about the production history of the show. With iconic roles like these everyone will have their favorite for whatever reason. I just shared this because I thought it was a beautiful statement and really expressed how Richardson’s performance affected people. ❤️❤️
@@metikabegleiter1770 well said ❤️❤️
@@BernardProfitendieu Your name caught me totally off guard! ... a house called Collinwood ... :o)
I had the unforgettable joy of seeing Ms. Richardson live and this song gave me chills. She was totally riveting: raw and totally real. So much so that it was sometimes painful to watch, especially this song. She's trying to cover the pain but you see it, especially in her eyes, and you hear it in her voice. What this clip misses is the final moment of the song, when she throws the mic stand over with the rage that finally boils over.
I still can't believe she's gone.
I was lucky enough to see her in this role live, too. I only wish I had been a little older and more advanced in my understanding of the craft so that I could have truly made the most of the chance to see this - well, astonishing - performance from one of the greatest actresses of the modern era.
for everyone commenting that Jane Horrocks version was "too much" : the intense screaming at the end of the song was a strategic directors choice. Her screaming and straining was actually her mimicking Hitlers famous rants where he would similarly scream into the microphone
This performance is just amazing.... Watching her come undone is horrible and beautiful. What an actress she was; simply amazing.
Guys, Natasha is supposed to sound terrible. That's her character. RIP, beautiful
This shows the importance of seeing a performer's face. I have heard her sing this song on the cast recording CD, and was not very impressed. But now, seeing her facial expressions, her emotions are palpable. Brilliantly acted, not just sung. What a talent she was. Gone too soon. :-(
Natasha IS Sally Bowles in that terrifying moment. Nothing else to say. A brilliant MASTER CLASS in character and performance.
I’ve come back to this recording over the years because it captures the spirit of the song, in context:
A (paradoxically) defiant dissociation.
Well, it’s late June 2022 here in the United States. Here we are.
Natasha is the only Sally I've seen who gets this song EXACTLY RIGHT. Liza is wayyy too "showboat," Emma Stone and Jane Horrocks just scream the song, etc. Natasha builds gradually to the madness of the ending, but it's not too much, then she drops the mic at the end, after she has finished. I like that she starts out singing the song quite well, but then the subtext kicks in snd you can see her trying to save the world with optimism, and when it's not working, the helplessness makes her angry. She conveys this all perfectly.
The mic drop is a genius move...
I just saw Jane Horrock's rendition and talk about overacting. Jeez Louise. It felt to one note compared to Richardson's brilliant take on this scene.
I don’t see any reason to pit them against each other. The production Ms Horrock was in shook things up significantly compared to others, and her performance was a capstone that complimented it perfectly.
Love this and Jane’s I think Jane was supposed to symbolise Hitler shouting into the mic
@@chandreshlefevre3034 haven't even thought of that, very good point!
Her acting was absolutely stunning.
Broadway is a worse play without her. Her and Alan were an unstoppable duo. Miss her. Miss them together. This song is iconic, and no one sung it better than her.
Soup Yahhh Jane Horrocks did. It's widely regarded as the best portrayal of Sally to date.
I love Annie Lennox's version of this, because she is both as raw as Sally Bowles is intended while allowed in the final few movements to end with incredible strength, stability, and range.
(Edit not to take away from this. This perfects Sally's rage and fury, Benelli displays Sally's *potential* range outside that world, and Lennox specifically displays both -all 3 purely due to director's choice)
Amy Lennox, no relation to Annie.
This is my favorite song in the show and this will forever be my favorite performance of it. Natasha's interpretation of the character is one of the most iconic and perfect portrayals of a character. I love this video and will forever cherish it.
Creepy, but brilliant. Expresses the rage that one might have stuck in a life such as hers. And the desperation that might accompany that rage. Of course, you're right, no cabaret singer could do that multiple times per week, but I guess you could allow the artist that license. In any case, she's a brilliant performer, whether or not you agree with her interpretation of this particular character in this particular moment. She does seem on just this side of insane, and very vulnerable in that way. Liza's vulnerability and ferocity were equally palpable, but very different, and, for me, ultimately more satisfying to watch. And, of course, she could sing like no man's business.
Just brilliant - the demonstration of lose and wasted opportunity couldn't have been done better. A true talent sadly missed
This performance is her legacy, truly spectacular interpretation. Nobody will ever do sally better.
Reminds me a bit of Blanche Dubois in a Streeetcar Named Desire...I wonder how the late Vivien Leigh would have played this part...
Natasha's final Broadway Role was Blanche.
or a remake with Vera Farmiga, btw she sings maybe this time in Bates Motel
straight up chills omfg!!! this is literally such a good version nothing can live up. nothing.
I wish more of this was available. This is the soundtrack I have. Love Alan and Natasha in this.
I feel so lucky i saw this production that was the best "cabaret" off all times. Studio 54 was a dream.
What I love about this performance is that it's dark, but not too dark. I've seen so many Sallys that played the scene as though she were having a massive emotional breakdown, which is wrong and completely inconsistent with the character. Sally is a professional singer used to doing 8 shows a week for the roughest audiences possible............ her primary motivation is to entertain people. That's what she loves doing and that's what makes her feel the most alive. She would never give in onstage like that and allow feelings from her life to mess with her ability to entertain. It's far more compelling to see her struggling against these devastating feelings she has and trying her damnedest to put on a great performance. It's really the only thing she's got left. Mo matter how much life sucks, the show must go on!!!!! (She has "Maybe This Time" to really let her guard down)
Cam, your remark doesn't read with this performance for me. She doesn't come across as a professional singer at all and is much more dark. Although I do find this performance strangely fascinating, I think your description fits Liza Minelli's Sally, especially since you say that she doesn't let life influence her stage performance, which for me this performance does.
Sally's a professional, but that doesn't mean her goods are professional quality (just look at most of what passes for professional performing artists today). Remember, Sally has ended up at the trashy Kit Kat in Berlin because she couldn't make it in London and Paris. But she's still doing her best (onstage and in her personal life) - which isn't very good. It's part of what makes her so tragic.
Cam Martin well...no. This song is Sally having a breakdown. She ended in the looney bin after this. She had just gone thru a horrid abortion, lost everything and the war is moving ever closer. Read the books and read about the real Sally. The worst performance, theatrically, of this song was Lizas. Way way way too upbeat.
You're missing the progressively dark tone of the whole play. The revival focused more on the political changes of Germany in the 30's and the move to repressive, murderous Nazism. The genius of the revival was this progression reflected in the change of tone in the performances, until the disturbing end. Richardson perfectly reflects that darkness.
Which other Sally's would you rate? (hopefully with clips available on youtube!)
This musical is such pure genius. The lyrics of this song in particular. I'm seeing this tonight and am SO excited
Excellent! What a voice. I had no idea she was so versatile!
So real and heartfelt. Her acting subtle but hitting the marks. Bravo.
terrific rendition..just what it should be
I was so lucky to have seen the original cast with Natasha 🙂
Hard, vicious, defiant and spit in your eye wonderful. (If Sally Bowles was real, and Natasha made her real, she would have picked her herself.
Knowmore Sally Bowles was real
1:00 to 1:11 are why this is the best performance of this song ever.
I've never seen Liza in the movie or any other stage performance but I can't imagine anyone being any better than Natasha Richardson is here. Bless her.
She won the Tony. That should tell the naysayers something.
not if you know anything about Tony voting
Wow. That was such a raw emotional journey with ups and down, twists and turns in song. Amazing performance. I wish I could have seen her perform the whole show.
she and liam could have been the phantom and christine on broadway
Fabulous performance!
The ad before this was for the revival. Coincidence--you be the judge.
She sings the song exactly as intended. Sally wasn't supposed to be a good singer, which is why she was stuck at the crummy Kit Kat Club. Hal Prince used to instruct Jill Haworth not to sing so well.
you are correct-most over do it.this is done perfection
@@robertchandler4033 ....because they're trying to live up to Liza Minnelli. I think Minnelli's performance works, but mostly because the film encourages a sense of unreality. Nevertheless, when this song is presented out of context I'm always disappointed when it's under-sung...
Exactly. The original intention is a cry for help and a breakdown!
Also, hadn’t Sally just got the crap beat out of her?
Also- Sally is supposed to be English, right? Maybe her voice getting more tense and her obvious fear is supposed to reflect how long it took Europe as a whole to figure out how bad things were in Germany.
Ugh, I was thinking about her yesterday cause and friend and I were talking about celebrity deaths with the passing of Donna Summer, and now seeing her brilliance again I'm depressed over her untimely death again. I love her ever so much!
Love Natasha Richardson!!
Stunning performance
The things I see in this remarkable performance ... Sally's becoming unhinged. Her Shangri-La is crumbling. "Did I make the right choice?" I can see where the Nazi soldiers are sitting and I can see where her few remaining friends are sitting.
This is, by far, the best interpretation of the title song that I've ever seen.
extraordinary…it was a brilliant performance.
Natasha (God rest her soul) is here able to LET THE BEAST OUT!!!!!!!!!!!💗 love you sweets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I "fell in love" with Natasha Richardson decades ago, when I saw her in "A Handmaid's Tale." She was so stunningly beautiful, and the way her character is treated, I can remember wanting to jump through the screen to save her. My heart was broken when she married Liam Neeson, as if I had a chance! When she passed away, my heart truly went out to him. I knew how devastating that loss was. I admired his courage and stoicism that he displayed for the world, but mostly his two boys. The lesson, I think, from Natasha and in this clip is "none of us are getting out of here alive, we don't know how long we have or what dangers are waiting for us. Natasha hit her head in a fall while skiing. How many hundreds of times have I fallen while skiing without a helmet and been perfectly fine? It is haunting how in this clip Sally beats the same drum. Don't sit alone in your room, GO LIVE!
she's perfect.
Damn well done, methinks.
Liza... okay, the film version of Cabaret is a COMPLETELY different animal, so really, you cannot compare the shows.
This is one of the most understated and subtle portrayals of Sally falling apart I've seen. Bit nasally with the vocals for my digs, but Sally isn't meant for stardom anyhow!
WHEEEEW!
she was the best Sally Bowles of them all! Did anyone see her Anna Christie? How about Closer? Not the movie the play. Thanks Natasha for some terrific performances. How to believe that Wednesday will mark six years since she died.
+voicegirl555 you've seen the all? Wow.
if you have video of Anna Christie please download it
Oh thank you for posting this. Natasha was so great in this role. R.I.P.
I had no idea she did this play till recently! She's awesome!
Scott A wouldn't it be something if her husband (Liam Neeson) got into Broadway as well? If she were still alive today, I bet they would make the perfect Phantom and Christine
***** nO ;~; why must you do this.......
YouGandered101 you don't think they'd do well together?
Krystal Harwood No no, I mean you said "if she was alive today" which is incredibly sad, because they would've done really well together
YouGandered101 yeah if liam had singing lessons..
I LOVE - KIT KAT KLUB !!!!
This frightening.
Great! Just how Sally would have sung it!
Alan Cuming just said that of all the ones that have played the role that Natasha was his favorite. He was on Watch what Happens Live.
What an amazing actress. Gone too soon😢
I hate Liza's version and that's the one that mostly pops up on youtube... Love this!!!!!
Perfectly done
what a beautiful performance
RIP old chum, u were great.
love this so much
I i feel like all the comments saying that its "too dark" or that she needs to sing prettier are KIND OF MISSING THE POINT.
I never thought of it as a song to be sung pretty.. One of desperation and loneliness, yes.
Perfection.
Good to see this online again - it disappeared for while.. :-)
I miss Natasha Richardson.
This is really good because it actually is true to the original Isherwood vision of her being a kind of amateur entertainer. In the film version that was all thrown overboard and Sally was made American. This makes the character more interesting I think.
believe me so would I... I have the soundtrack (got it on Amazon) but i would LOVE to see the stage show... someone must have it...
this is so powerful
She had this nailed!
Where can I find the whole musical filmed like this because money was in this version I think
Do you have the full stage show recording? Or anyone reading this? I will legit pay for it, I would love to watch the whole performance.
I know right! I've been trying to find where a full production of 1998 Bway Revival might be lurking but it seems to have been deleted off everywhere! Only these bits and bobbles seem to remain.... Could someone give us a pointer on where to look??
HI, SUPER SUPER CABARET - WILLKOMMEN !!!! I LOVE YOU NATASHA !! NATASHA RICHARDSON IS SUPER SUPER !!!! HI ,NATASHA !! ERICH !!
Still brilliant...
rip Natasha Richardson 3>
She sings the best version, really.
oh bless her
Best Version
Natasha is deserving.. RIP.. we love you!!!
Brilliant.
Still brilliant.
All the clips that come from this recording look like a cursed video from a Ring style horror movie.
Did Natasha Richardson get a Tony for this performance?
Yes!
RIP Natasha Richardson
If anyone happens to know where one cold find the full 1998 Cabaret, please help a fellow nerd out.
If this was made in 98 why is it so antique looking
The REAL Sally Bowles.
I'm having a hard time finding the book. Just ordered it from my local library, but even they don't have it in stock....need to import it from a different library. I do wonder even before I pick up the book, what's with the changes in ethnicity? Do you know? In the filmed productions, for example, the writer is originally from the United States (Harrisburg, PA?) but the real life author is from England. Why the change?
Anyone know where to find a full video of this production? Would kill to see it.
Would she have been known as Dame Natasha today?
Better than Liza but not a scintilla as good as Jane Horrocks, gosh her rendition was astonishing.
Is she wearing make up or is the quality of the video just very low?
Lemme stay positive... This is me being positive
why the hell not? in my opinion there are not enough adaptations that stay faithful to their original source. Being a bad singer is part of the who the character is plain and simple.
Kander and Ebb incorporated some Brechtian elements in Cabaret, that's why. I personally find it a bit disturbing at times. :p
do you have a bootleg
Wow i feel like all the comments saying its "too datk
Why am I just realizing the profit of Doom is the guy warning her about the nazis smh the truth is doom
of course she wasn't, im just saying she portrayed the character very well. No need to get offended hun
She was my favorite sally next to Liza and Jill Haworth
I love Richardson, but there's no need to be that dismissive about Minelli. Just a very different take on what is already a very altered character.