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At least your outfit looks good! Michelle Williams poses at Cabaret opening night after-party as her performance receives tepid reviewsTaking on the iconic role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret was always going to be a big risk.
And for Michelle Williams, who made her Broadway debut as the character on Thursday, it didn’t pay off as much as she had hoped.
The actress received lukewarm reviews for her performance – including some that were rather negative.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS IN CABARET ON BROADWAY: THE REVIEWS
Ben Brantley, The New York Times: The promiscuous, hard-partying Sally is now embodied by a very brave Michelle Williams, who doesn't look all that happy to be there. I'm assuming that's more a matter of character interpretation than of personal discomfort, but it does put sort of a damper on the festivities.
Mark Kennedy, Associated Press: Michelle Williams makes her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles and she does an excellent job, playing both scared and daffy superbly and singing with real heart. Williams starts out a little tentatively but soon roars into the role and her version of the title song has a wrenching, dead-eyed quality that hauntingly undercuts its light lyrics.
Marilyn Stasio, Variety: Inspiration flagged in casting Michelle Williams, so soft and vulnerable in My Week With Marilyn, as wild and reckless party girl Sally Bowles.
Adam Feldman, Time Out NY: Waifish and vocally tremulous, Michelle Williams is credibly lost as Sally Bowles, a wanna-be bad girl who sings at the club.
Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News: A platinum-blond Williams assumes an English accent and an almost jolly and girlish demeanor flecked with desperation. She comes off so feathery that Sally could fly away - except for her full-tilt go at the title song. Besides that final scene, Williams comes off paler and wispier than desired. Maybe next time.
Linda Winer, Newsday: Cumming, who began his huge American career with this Tony-winning pansexual ghoul of a performance, seems older, seedier, more used up than he did back when Sam Mendes' you-are-there environmental staging of the 1966 Kander/Ebb masterwork was so new and dangerous and radical. The exception, alas, is Michelle Williams, making her Broadway and musical debut as Sally Bowles...Her Sally is timid, bland and covered up in costumes that make her seem almost chaste.
Elysa Gardner, USA Today:The real revelation of this Cabaret, though, is its leading lady, the film star Michelle Williams...Williams brings to the role a pained fragility that feels distinctive, and makes Sally's determination to not face either her past or the world crumbling around her especially poignant...It's a star turn that, even in this rich season, is truly unmissable - as is this Cabaret in general.
Dave Quinn, NBC New York: Age has allowed Cumming to mature his character in ways we haven't seen before. His Emcee is more in command now, and when he peers in on the action from the shallows, it feels less observant and more foreboding. And then there's Michelle Williams' stunning and heartbreaking portrayal of nightclub singer Sally Bowles. Williams' voice is lush, for example, but she adds shaky moments to show us that Sally's internal insecurities.
David Finkle, The Huffington Post: The major problem is the accomplished movie star Michelle Williams in her Main Stem bow as Sally Bowles.The singing's not the snag. Just about everything else, starting with her English accent, is. The high point and low point of her performance are the same: her rendition of the title song. Technically, she delivers it extremely well and for her efforts receives sustained applause.
Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune: Cumming does not kill himself anymore, but there is no demonstrable need. He is, really, the consummate Emcee -- others who take on hosting duties at the Kit Kat Klub invariably copy him -- and his relationship with his delighted audience now arrives with ease...Williams, who makes her Broadway debut as Sally, certainly taps into the fragility of her character...She does not, however, deliver the famous numbers with the force (or tonal quality) of a great Broadway singer, which she is not.
Toby Zinman, The Philadelphia Inquirer: Alan Cumming's dazzling Emcee is at first comic, leading us on a louche pansexual romp through the decadence of Berlin during the Weimar years. Michelle Williams, lovely as she is, is the weak link in this big strong cast. She seems neither desperate nor outrageous nor self-mocking, as Sally Bowles needs to be, and even in her huge rendition of the show's title song, she seems to be trying too hard, too rehearsed, too controlled, too humorless.
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