This is such a unique version because all the other Sally's online have been dressed in a state, makeup smeared and the song is sung like someone in the throws of a colossal mental breakdown. Emma's version is collected and prim and proper with a plastered fake smile of someone trying their best to keep it together and I enjoy the subtlety of her struggling to get through the song while trying to keep her composure. I enjoy the rabid, feral take on this song most do but I really appreciate the inner struggle Emma's version seems to be having with herself in her portrayal of Sally
the touch of her throwing the mic to the ground is so perfect. not only does it encapsulate the breakdown portrayed by this number, but also tributes Natasha Richardson
It was literally in the direction from the original production... Every Sally did that because that was the direction... Don't laud this performance for something so basic. 😊
I was fortunate to see her perform. At the end of Cabaret, she was gone and started yelling at us. It was so raw and disturbing. We collectively lost our bleep. Standing O! 👏👏👏👏
I love how many amazing spins on Sally you can find on TH-cam. For me, Emma Stone's version is remarkable for making her vulnerable. The way she drifts off at 1:50 and is dragged back into her horrible life by the band at 3:30 is acted amazingly. Sally's moment of shock and irritation when the music picks up is stunning.
I didn’t know Emma Stone did Broadway! This is an incredible performance!! She really has come so far in doing so much acting work; both onscreen and on stage. 👏👏👏
She prob won’t do it much in the future, she talked about how difficult it was for her and she doesn’t know how others can handle it. It’s a different type of work than film.
Jane Horrocks' performance captures that element of the Sally Bowles character well. Sally is meant to be a fairly talentless, very unhappy and damaged character - in short, totally unlike how she was portrayed by Liza.
@@Ali-Bea stop ripping on Liza! Source material is allowed to be reimagined! Within the retelling of the film version - which was utterly genius in its own right by the way(!) - it completely made sense aswell! No need to put Liza down in order to praise Emma either, they both did Sally justice in their own, unique ways!☆☆
Magnificent performance. She’s to talented. My fave performance of this song is by Amy Lennox (it’s on TH-cam). That one really punches you in the gut. I highly recommend any musical theatre fan check it out. It’s a masterclass.
Just watched Amy’s take. I got to see Emma perform. She looked lost and unhinged. She started screaming at the end. So raw!!! The force of her performance could be felt.
Interesting- somewhere between and encompassing both the high pitched whinge Natasha Richardson used, and the low, masculine tone of Jane Horrocks, both fine interpreters of this. And the combination works just as well as either to capture Sally's limited talents and personal desperation.
I like that they made her look beautiful, yet you see inner turmoil via facial expressions, gestures, and body language. It shows the inner reality, but also that she’s choosing the outer fantasy which is what the original 1967 staging communicates at the end. What I didn’t notice until I saw this performance was how disjointed the music was within the song, as if the music is mimicking her downward spiral. Emma uses this disjointed-ness to brilliant effect. Each pause she takes as subtle gesture and body language cues that show what’s really going on. You get a range of emotions from anger to pain to confusion to sadness to ultimately, I believe, acceptance of her fate. In his stories, Isherwood always meant Sally’s abortion to be a moment of truth - a turning point, if you will - where she completely embraces the fantasy world and persona she creates for herself. It’s quite nihilistic if you think about it.
She actually got her Oscar-winning role in "La La Land" thanks to her run on Cabaret! Apparently Damien Chazelle happened to see her on one of her performances.
What I love about sally, and this scene is there are so many ways to play it. Is she already breaking down? Or does she start during the performance? At which point? Or is she breaking down from the very beginning and by the end is she is a manic mess?
Just a bit off-topic, but would the uploader of this video happen to have the full 2013 Mystery of Edwin Drood recording? I have some videos I'm willing to trade if necessary! Thanks :)
To be quite honest, i have not seen Cabaret so i have no context going into this, but following a bit of lyrics and her performance, it made it much clearer the poor girl portrayed wanted to die in glory, something she can achieve and control by using and doing drugs. Gave me much more motivation to listen to the entire soundtrack 😂
A lot of productions imply that the Emcee is taking heroin by the time of this number, which is why he seems so disorientated. I can't tell from this video but Alan has had bruises on his arms in some productions to drive home this point.
30s Berlin cabaret of libertines sold a lot of sexuality, sensuality, not as much the "grotesquely happy clown". Emma's toolkit has proven enormously versatile outside of Broadway workhorses.
Not a great vocalist. But then, Sally Bowles never was a great vocalist (according to the descriptions of the character from the novel). Good job, Emma!
The true test of a "Sally Bowles" is the contrast between the "on-stage" numbers, and the "real life" songs of the play- the on-stage numbers should be infantile and overdone, and the "real" songs like "Perfectly Marvelous" and "Maybe This Time" should be beautifully sung.
It is! Like another commenter mentioned, in this production, the Emcee is implied to be taking drugs, and you can see him get more addicted throughout the show. Since this number is towards the end, you can see it’s especially bad. He wasn’t actually sick or high :)
Because Sally Bowles is having nervous break down at this point. Hitler is coming into power, her life and lives of everyone in KitKat Klub is coming to the end, and she knows it.
Sorta manic and erratic. All over the place. Straight for the crazy side of Sally. Really, Liza's witty, sharp but still truly sad Sally seem like better choices. Liza's was nuanced and understated (and delivered with um...better musical showmanship) compared to this! But, didn't see the whole show, so there's that. I have heard that it's fun to watch various renditions of the character, so maybe in the greater context of the entire production Emma's performance made more sense.
@@tishcarter3918 She was a cabaret singer, not so much a musician. And no I think Liza's Sally was up to the job. Ha ha. She didn't have the same pedigree that Liza the actress had however, and that was probably a big factor, I'll admit.
For a two time Oscar winner that was the worst performance I ever seen of this song. She was so focused on sounding good and stying on pitch (which she failed at) over actually acting. Susan Egan was in the role before her and her performance is how this role should be done. Stick to movies emma
her character is not supposed to be a good singer, so I think she did a fantastic job. She's only supposed to sing well when she's not "performing at the cabaret."
How does she not act the shit out of this? She us so focused on sounding good she forgot to act. This js the blandest performance of this song ive ver seen. Especially in this revival when Natasha, Gina and Susan did such insanely grounded and enotional performances. This was way too calculated. No emaotion at all. It was note by note and direction by cldirection. Nothing felt organic or true to the character. These people gave her a standing ovation because she is Emma Stone. That was a bad, emotionally devoid performance. Stop applauding the most mediocre thing youve ever seen just because if the name. If a big name star doesnt deliver stay seated and give them the gulf clap they deserve. This was bad.
If you think her performance is emotionally devoid, perhaps her performance was TOO good! While a lot of actresses scream through this song to outwardly show Sally's turnoil (and understandably so!), Emma's performance is very much an internal struggle. She's not at all forgetting to act, it's just that her acting is more subtle. You can visibly see her Sally trying hard to look put together and not in anguish, nothing showing this better than the pause after "the day she died.." and the way she takes a moment to not let her emotions get the better of her. You can see her smile looks strained throughout the entirety of the number and there are several moments where her vocals show the emotions Sally is going through. Her take isn't bad, or lacking emotion, it's just a subtler take. She's trying to appear happy and content, and if her performance is too lacking in emotion, then she's doing something right!
Might be alone here but......what? For starters Alan Cumming`s characterization., weird out of context and I'm sorry, Emma's singing isn't great, it seems rushed
that's kind of the point though, isn't it? this is a play, they're meant to present their character. sally bowles is a decent vocalist at best. she's meant to be mediocre, that's why in multiple stage productions, the person who plays sally sounds mediocre at best, because they do that on purpose to sell the character they're playing. liza's version may be gorgeous and technically well done, but character wise? it doesn't sell it as well as other productions in my opinion, especially with this song, which is supposed to be showing sally at her lowest.
@@tamptman it’s terrible. This is Sally’s and I am telling you moment! She better be able to blow the roof off the place and move! No one wants to see Sinead O’Connor as Sally Bowles!
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This is such a unique version because all the other Sally's online have been dressed in a state, makeup smeared and the song is sung like someone in the throws of a colossal mental breakdown. Emma's version is collected and prim and proper with a plastered fake smile of someone trying their best to keep it together and I enjoy the subtlety of her struggling to get through the song while trying to keep her composure. I enjoy the rabid, feral take on this song most do but I really appreciate the inner struggle Emma's version seems to be having with herself in her portrayal of Sally
the pause after “the day she died” and the raw delivery of “the neighbors came to snicker” is so heartbreaking and well-done 😭
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the touch of her throwing the mic to the ground is so perfect. not only does it encapsulate the breakdown portrayed by this number, but also tributes Natasha Richardson
Same directors. Basically the same production.
It was literally in the direction from the original production... Every Sally did that because that was the direction... Don't laud this performance for something so basic. 😊
It's part of the blocking for this production. Every replacement performer has to follow it
I was fortunate to see her perform. At the end of Cabaret, she was gone and started yelling at us. It was so raw and disturbing. We collectively lost our bleep. Standing O! 👏👏👏👏
It was magical in person, she really got the essence of Sally Bowles
I so agree!!!
I love how many amazing spins on Sally you can find on TH-cam. For me, Emma Stone's version is remarkable for making her vulnerable. The way she drifts off at 1:50 and is dragged back into her horrible life by the band at 3:30 is acted amazingly. Sally's moment of shock and irritation when the music picks up is stunning.
I didn’t know Emma Stone did Broadway! This is an incredible performance!! She really has come so far in doing so much acting work; both onscreen and on stage. 👏👏👏
She really has shined this year and the previous too she’s absolutely excellent & versatile
She prob won’t do it much in the future, she talked about how difficult it was for her and she doesn’t know how others can handle it. It’s a different type of work than film.
Unhinged! Amazing. This is a Sally I never saw. Now I understand her better.
Jane Horrocks' performance captures that element of the Sally Bowles character well. Sally is meant to be a fairly talentless, very unhappy and damaged character - in short, totally unlike how she was portrayed by Liza.
Liza has to be the worst Sally ever.
On stage musical is different from movie in presentation. I love both Liza & Jane, esp the money part from Liza, so unbeatable!
@@Ali-Bea stop ripping on Liza! Source material is allowed to be reimagined! Within the retelling of the film version - which was utterly genius in its own right by the way(!) - it completely made sense aswell!
No need to put Liza down in order to praise Emma either, they both did Sally justice in their own, unique ways!☆☆
3:34 is stunning. i don't think i've seen a version of this song with this many layers to it. really wonderful all around...
I've seen so many versions of this show from the sublime to the ridiculous and this Sally is up among the greatest. Viva Emma!
Wow! She’s amazing! And at least 2 Oscars awaiting her in her thirties. Love Emma.
never knew she played this role but... damn she did good
Not the traditional take, but Emma has proven the "ersatz happy clown" is a goldmine of versatile uses in her hands.
What do you mean ?
She needs to be in more musicals.
Saw her twice - she was just outstanding in this role! ❤️
Masterpiece of acting
She has that nailed.
Perfect.
It's refreshing for us older folk her resemblance in appearance and sound to Jill Haworth, the original Sally.
The way the piano dominated this is crazy I'm so happy to see it front and center!
So long as we get Mein Herr on here I'll be happy
Lovs her! She's the best
And to think I was in a little play with Emma back in Phoenix!!
What were you in with her?
Magnificent performance. She’s to talented. My fave performance of this song is by Amy Lennox (it’s on TH-cam). That one really punches you in the gut. I highly recommend any musical theatre fan check it out. It’s a masterclass.
Just watched Amy’s take. I got to see Emma perform. She looked lost and unhinged. She started screaming at the end. So raw!!! The force of her performance could be felt.
holy shit Alan is a vampire
oh my god she is phenomenal as sally bowles!
This is incredible wowwwwww
Interesting- somewhere between and encompassing both the high pitched whinge Natasha Richardson used, and the low, masculine tone of Jane Horrocks, both fine interpreters of this. And the combination works just as well as either to capture Sally's limited talents and personal desperation.
OH MY GOOOOOD SHE ATE THAT UUUP
This is breathtaking
So good omg
I like that they made her look beautiful, yet you see inner turmoil via facial expressions, gestures, and body language. It shows the inner reality, but also that she’s choosing the outer fantasy which is what the original 1967 staging communicates at the end. What I didn’t notice until I saw this performance was how disjointed the music was within the song, as if the music is mimicking her downward spiral. Emma uses this disjointed-ness to brilliant effect. Each pause she takes as subtle gesture and body language cues that show what’s really going on. You get a range of emotions from anger to pain to confusion to sadness to ultimately, I believe, acceptance of her fate. In his stories, Isherwood always meant Sally’s abortion to be a moment of truth - a turning point, if you will - where she completely embraces the fantasy world and persona she creates for herself. It’s quite nihilistic if you think about it.
The current London production is phenomenal and transferring to Broadway.
Actually it's a botch by the grossly overated directed Rebecca Freknal who is clueless about Weimer Germany.
I just went (before clicking this) “she was on Broadway?”
She actually got her Oscar-winning role in "La La Land" thanks to her run on Cabaret! Apparently Damien Chazelle happened to see her on one of her performances.
@@beyiince oh wow! Connectionssss
@@beyiinceso Damien was that “someone in the crowd” 😏
Bravo!
Whoa!! Powerful! I’ve only see the Liza Minnelli version by movie, and this was so much more striking! Not that I’d ever compare the two, but wow.
Am I the only one old enough to remember Jill Haworths chill, bored, blase and sweetly cruel Sally?
What I love about sally, and this scene is there are so many ways to play it. Is she already breaking down? Or does she start during the performance? At which point? Or is she breaking down from the very beginning and by the end is she is a manic mess?
Well, she’s very good at this!
what can't she do omg
This and Natasha’s version of this is much better than the one on Broadway now oh I know she was on screen but Liza killed it
What a pretty smile.
Off topic I love your user. Edwin Drood is amazing
Mental. Love it. 🤗
BRAVA!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🌟 🎇✨🎆
I prefer this to Amy Lennox’s - more understated and yet more manic.
01:21 onward, the fluidity/responsiveness of band and artist 😍
Just a bit off-topic, but would the uploader of this video happen to have the full 2013 Mystery of Edwin Drood recording? I have some videos I'm willing to trade if necessary! Thanks :)
BRAVO
Jane Horrocks version is number one!
She reminds me of a young Joan Crawford.
This was good. I still like Me First and the Gimme Gimmes version. Lol
To be quite honest, i have not seen Cabaret so i have no context going into this, but following a bit of lyrics and her performance, it made it much clearer the poor girl portrayed wanted to die in glory, something she can achieve and control by using and doing drugs. Gave me much more motivation to listen to the entire soundtrack 😂
The first Sally bowels on the West end and Broadway was dame Judy Dench.
@@markdaly1648 Aww, thanks for the extra fact!
Never knew Judi Dench played her! Amazing
@@markdaly1648Not on Broadway, just the West End - first on Broadway was Jill Haworth I believe
Does anyone know why the MC was scratching his arm at the beginning?
A lot of productions imply that the Emcee is taking heroin by the time of this number, which is why he seems so disorientated. I can't tell from this video but Alan has had bruises on his arms in some productions to drive home this point.
@@professorwright1428 Oh that’s interesting. Thank you for the reply!
@@professorwright1428 Correct, it's a metaphor- everything in Berlin by this time is falling apart, starting with the Emcee.
track marks
Is this better than Natasha?
Yall saying this is bad are nuTS
30s Berlin cabaret of libertines sold a lot of sexuality, sensuality, not as much the "grotesquely happy clown". Emma's toolkit has proven enormously versatile outside of Broadway workhorses.
Who introduces her?
Alan Cumming - my favourite emcee
0:43
As an American, she does a good job of the English language!
What does this even mean 💀
They need to slow down the tempo just a hair.
Not a great vocalist. But then, Sally Bowles never was a great vocalist (according to the descriptions of the character from the novel). Good job, Emma!
The true test of a "Sally Bowles" is the contrast between the "on-stage" numbers, and the "real life" songs of the play- the on-stage numbers should be infantile and overdone, and the "real" songs like "Perfectly Marvelous" and "Maybe This Time" should be beautifully sung.
Wait, was he actually drunk ?
no, he was acting
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La prefiero en cines a ella ....nada masss
The character is supposed to be a bad singer from England.
if anyone is watching from UK - why is her accent Basically Holly willoughby
Was that Alam Cumming at the beginning. If so, so sad.
It is! Like another commenter mentioned, in this production, the Emcee is implied to be taking drugs, and you can see him get more addicted throughout the show. Since this number is towards the end, you can see it’s especially bad. He wasn’t actually sick or high :)
Absolutely not
Oh my! I would never attempt that number after Liza.
Too simplistic of a take imo. But I feel bad for any actors who have to fill Liza and Joel's shoes.
You should watch the new west end revival of cabaret
Yes the new version is toally unsubtle.@@KsnsiskKsndis
@@KsnsiskKsndis I have tickets for June!! Hopefully the edgy costumes don't ruin it
@@nimeshsingh4943 the costumes are supposed to look like that
Don’t get me wrong she can sing but I’m not really getting loved by this performance
Because Sally Bowles is having nervous break down at this point. Hitler is coming into power, her life and lives of everyone in KitKat Klub is coming to the end, and she knows it.
Sorta manic and erratic. All over the place. Straight for the crazy side of Sally. Really, Liza's witty, sharp but still truly sad Sally seem like better choices. Liza's was nuanced and understated (and delivered with um...better musical showmanship) compared to this! But, didn't see the whole show, so there's that. I have heard that it's fun to watch various renditions of the character, so maybe in the greater context of the entire production Emma's performance made more sense.
Do you believe Liza's Sally had to stay because she wasn't a good enough musician to really make it elsewhere?
@@tishcarter3918 She was a cabaret singer, not so much a musician. And no I think Liza's Sally was up to the job. Ha ha. She didn't have the same pedigree that Liza the actress had however, and that was probably a big factor, I'll admit.
Good not great.
Still not a singer, just a tune carrier
The character isn’t supposed to be an amazing singer. I saw this performance and she was phenomenal.
For a two time Oscar winner that was the worst performance I ever seen of this song. She was so focused on sounding good and stying on pitch (which she failed at) over actually acting. Susan Egan was in the role before her and her performance is how this role should be done. Stick to movies emma
her character is not supposed to be a good singer, so I think she did a fantastic job. She's only supposed to sing well when she's not "performing at the cabaret."
How does she not act the shit out of this? She us so focused on sounding good she forgot to act. This js the blandest performance of this song ive ver seen. Especially in this revival when Natasha, Gina and Susan did such insanely grounded and enotional performances. This was way too calculated. No emaotion at all. It was note by note and direction by cldirection. Nothing felt organic or true to the character. These people gave her a standing ovation because she is Emma Stone. That was a bad, emotionally devoid performance. Stop applauding the most mediocre thing youve ever seen just because if the name. If a big name star doesnt deliver stay seated and give them the gulf clap they deserve. This was bad.
damn, chill
If you think her performance is emotionally devoid, perhaps her performance was TOO good!
While a lot of actresses scream through this song to outwardly show Sally's turnoil (and understandably so!), Emma's performance is very much an internal struggle. She's not at all forgetting to act, it's just that her acting is more subtle. You can visibly see her Sally trying hard to look put together and not in anguish, nothing showing this better than the pause after "the day she died.." and the way she takes a moment to not let her emotions get the better of her. You can see her smile looks strained throughout the entirety of the number and there are several moments where her vocals show the emotions Sally is going through. Her take isn't bad, or lacking emotion, it's just a subtler take. She's trying to appear happy and content, and if her performance is too lacking in emotion, then she's doing something right!
@@finleyforevermore fully agree
Might be alone here but......what? For starters Alan Cumming`s characterization., weird out of context and I'm sorry, Emma's singing isn't great, it seems rushed
Sally is not a good singer so..
But she shouldn't be a community theatre reject either. Sometimes she's barely audible.
Alan Cumming is one of the best emcee’s since Joel
@@billysullivan6788she’s not suppose to be good at all, the character is also going crazy and she is audible
@@billysullivan6788 kind of she is, tho. She works at a seedy cabaret b/c that's the best she can aspire to.
No one will ever outdo Liza Manelly. This is a terrible rendition.
that's kind of the point though, isn't it? this is a play, they're meant to present their character. sally bowles is a decent vocalist at best. she's meant to be mediocre, that's why in multiple stage productions, the person who plays sally sounds mediocre at best, because they do that on purpose to sell the character they're playing. liza's version may be gorgeous and technically well done, but character wise? it doesn't sell it as well as other productions in my opinion, especially with this song, which is supposed to be showing sally at her lowest.
This is more true and accurate to what it should be
Liza’s was hollywoodified even if I enjoy it too
People saying that the character is supposed to sound mediocre, but this doesn't even sound as good as mediocre...
ur opinion is terrible, chum
Liza, Joel Grey and the sanitization of the script ruined the movie.
I don’t like this at all… sorry!Why is she just standing there? I want More Liza, less Billie Eilish
You've clearly never seen the Broadway performance, this is the stage direction for tis song.
@@tamptman it’s terrible. This is Sally’s and I am telling you moment! She better be able to blow the roof off the place and move! No one wants to see Sinead O’Connor as Sally Bowles!
perhaps the worst rendition…of any song…ever 🫢
don't love her performance, she is amazing in everything else
out of tune, awful