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Post by Scswp on Sept 2, 2018 15:00:25 GMT
Perhaps already named on here, but what if Streisand would return to the part in case of a London run? If would perfectly fit within the ENO musical series following Sunset, Chess,... And certainly the musical theatre event of 2019 like Sunset used to be in 2016. Absolute dream casting that would be - but, alas, will never happen. Streisand, even by her own admission, did not like doing repetitive theatre, even in her young days. Plus, she prefers to record instead of performing live and she could never sing the score nowadays anywhere near the way she originally did. I’d love to see this, but it’ll never happen imo.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 17:08:48 GMT
Perhaps already named on here, but what if Streisand would return to the part in case of a London run? If would perfectly fit within the ENO musical series following Sunset, Chess,... And certainly the musical theatre event of 2019 like Sunset used to be in 2016. Absolute dream casting that would be - but, alas, will never happen. Streisand, even by her own admission, did not like doing repetitive theatre, even in her young days. Plus, she prefers to record instead of performing live and she could never sing the score nowadays anywhere near the way she originally did. I’d love to see this, but it’ll never happen imo. ‘I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m sure she did an interview with Ellen basically stating she’s done with live performing (unless it’s a charity event or something), and that her last tour was her last. Plus I thought she was busy trying to make Gypsy happen.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 18:11:15 GMT
Couldn't Elaine Paige do it? As a farewell to live performing? She won't let her last West End role be Dick Whittington surely?!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 18:55:48 GMT
Couldn't Elaine Paige do it? As a farewell to live performing? She won't let her last West End role be Dick Whittington surely?! Could she? Absolutely. Should she? God no. I’m demanding Bette!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 19:10:33 GMT
If Marge’s intel is to be believed, and Bette only wanted 8 weeks in a 12-week booking, they could absolutely fill the remaining four with Elaine Paige. That would be sublime.
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Post by LaLuPone on Sept 2, 2018 19:20:03 GMT
To be honest I’d have almost the same hype for Elaine in this as I would for Bette. Bette of course is Bette but Elaine is musical theatre royalty and I unfortunately wasn’t born when she was in Evita, Chess or Sunset. I’d love to get to say that I saw both Elaine and Patti live on stage in a musical just once.
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Post by Scswp on Sept 2, 2018 20:01:27 GMT
Yes please to Elaine Paige - I’d be happy to see her do it. Plus the score would be suitable for her voice nowadays.
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Post by Stephen on Sept 5, 2018 11:41:42 GMT
I'd also like to see EP do it. I know this isn't really important and perhaps an unpopular opinion BUT I can't imagine she will attract the insane cheering and standing ovations that Bette did.
I don't know the show too well besides listening to the cast recording but it appears that this is really part of it?
Maybe I'm wrong about her. Just from seeing the response to her entrance during panto I can't imagine people going crazy.
All that being said I'd like to see her in it!
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Post by Scswp on Sept 5, 2018 14:34:00 GMT
I'd also like to see EP do it. I know this isn't really important and perhaps an unpopular opinion BUT I can't imagine she will attract the insane cheering and standing ovations that Bette did. I don't know the show too well besides listening to the cast recording but it appears that this is really part of it? Maybe I'm wrong about her. Just from seeing the response to her entrance during panto I can't imagine people going crazy. All that being said I'd like to see her in it! Yes, I think you’re right about the general whooping and cheering being an integral part of this show and I think this is much more a feature of American, rather than British, audiences. The presence of such behaviour in the audience elevated the material in my opinion. That’s why I think whoever plays Dolly will not receive that level of adulation/vocal appreciation from a British audience, not even Bette herself (although she would probably get more than most!) Elaine Paige would not receive the same level of hullabaloo as Bette by any means, but I can’t really think of anyone who could. Nevertheless, even for Bette, the whooping would never reach the levels of a New York audience and, therefore, the material (to my mind) would be much less elevated. Yes to Bette though - I’d happily sit through it again. Yes to Elaine - for the last four weeks or for 1-2 shows per week (like Donna Murphy did). Don’t think this is likely though.
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Post by callum on Sept 11, 2018 20:12:11 GMT
Would contribute to previous posts that the sheer ecstasy of seeing it on Broadway was the crowd going absolutely nuts and egging on Bette, who in turn was winking back to the audience, and then we'd love her even more! The whole tongue-in-cheek 'back where she belongs' narrative is, in my opinion, not comparable to London. This show isn't Sunset Boulevard. The thin plot, gregarious humour, classic score and over-the-top character of Dolly Levi herself fits perfectly with Broadway sensibilities. The show, and Bette, really were back where they belonged.
I can't see it being being anything other than a come-down coming to London.
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Post by raider80 on Sept 14, 2018 2:52:10 GMT
I know Bette wants to do 8 weeks while Scott Rudin wants to do 12 weeks. Couldn't they have Bette do the first eight then have Jane, Elaine, or Tracie do the last month? I'm pretty sure one of the three ladies could sell the Palladium for at least a month.
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Post by poster J on Sept 14, 2018 11:07:14 GMT
I know Bette wants to do 8 weeks while Scott Rudin wants to do 12 weeks. Couldn't they have Bette do the first eight then have Jane, Elaine, or Tracie do the last month? I'm pretty sure one of the three ladies could sell the Palladium for at least a month. You have to factor in getting them rehearsed etc, so Rudin would be paying them for much longer than a month. I doubt it would make much economic sense.
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Post by raider80 on Sept 14, 2018 15:05:52 GMT
I know Bette wants to do 8 weeks while Scott Rudin wants to do 12 weeks. Couldn't they have Bette do the first eight then have Jane, Elaine, or Tracie do the last month? I'm pretty sure one of the three ladies could sell the Palladium for at least a month. You have to factor in getting them rehearsed etc, so Rudin would be paying them for much longer than a month. I doubt it would make much economic sense. You're right I was just pitching a left field idea. I remember reading somewhere, I don't know if it true or not, that when Bette returned to do the last 5 weeks on Broadway part of her conditions was to have David Hyde Pierce, the production stage manager, and the music director all had to return as well. (They all left in January) So, she might have that same demand and Rubin is trying to workout all the kinks with trying to get the three of them over here as well.
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Post by iamamazing on Sept 21, 2018 8:31:32 GMT
Any more news on this one 😊😊😊
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Post by ali973 on Sept 21, 2018 8:37:27 GMT
Any more news on this one 😊😊😊 Yes. It's not happening. And all of the previous chatter was #AlternativeFacts, #FakeNews, #sh*tPulledFromAss or pure imagination.
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Post by 49thand8th on Sept 21, 2018 14:18:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2018 15:14:23 GMT
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Post by raider80 on Sept 27, 2018 4:32:20 GMT
The American National Tour is currently in previews in Utica, New York. The cast has been cut down a little and it looks like they have a passerelle, I don't know if it is real or not. I've seen a naughty photo of Betty at the top of the stair case and honestly It took me a second to recognize her with the red wig but she looks great. Hello, Betty!
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Post by ali973 on Sept 27, 2018 8:10:06 GMT
Dolly with no passerelle is Phantom with no chandelier. However, it's a "fake" one they have on tour. The orchestra is apparently not in it and are in front of it.
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Post by 49thand8th on Sept 27, 2018 14:19:16 GMT
The American National Tour is currently in previews in Utica, New York. The cast has been cut down a little and it looks like they have a passerelle, I don't know if it is real or not. I've seen a naughty photo of Betty at the top of the stair case and honestly It took me a second to recognize her with the red wig but she looks great. Hello, Betty!There might be one. It's hard to tell: http://instagram.com/p/BoN_NJ2BcMF Utica only had two performances because that's where they were teching the set. The "real" tour stops begin Sept 30 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Post by raider80 on Sept 28, 2018 16:38:21 GMT
Official photo of Betty in the red dress! As I said earlier she is unrecognizable with the wig. Betty in the Red Dress
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Post by 49thand8th on Sept 28, 2018 16:40:32 GMT
That's a weird URL. Here's an embedded one:
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 28, 2018 16:50:48 GMT
She looks bizarre... just looks really tall! The more I think about her doing it, the stranger her casting feels...
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Post by raider80 on Sept 28, 2018 16:57:28 GMT
That's a weird URL. Here's an embedded one: Sorry, I'm not the most computer savoy.... It was pulled right off the broadwayworld site.
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 24, 2018 19:05:05 GMT
The same MTAS page that posted the Layton Williams-Jamie rumour has posted a rumour that Bette will bring Dolly over to the Palladium next year but obviously we’ve heard this same “rumour” for months and months now!
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Post by raider80 on Nov 23, 2018 18:44:02 GMT
I have to tell a story about Hello, Dolly! and this is probably the best place to tell it.
In the Winter of 1997 I was a freshman at Texas Tech University in Lubbock Texas. Carol Channing was doing her actual farewell tour of Hello, Dolly! and the last two stops were a split week run in Lubbock and Austin Texas. Well one of my friends was trying to get the rest of my friend group to see the show. I said no and that I wanted to go to the TTU basketball game instead so, I went to the game and I believe Tech lost.
Fast forward 21 years later to 2018 and I found out I missed one of Carol Channing's final performances ever as Dolly because she was ending her run that Saturday. I think that is a Theatre Sin.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 25, 2018 4:53:53 GMT
You missed a historic performance for SPORTS!!!! Repent!
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Post by raider80 on Nov 25, 2018 15:52:13 GMT
I think 20 Hail Patti's will do the trick.
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Post by craig on Feb 5, 2019 16:47:30 GMT
Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but Hello, Dolly! with Donna Murphy was probably my favourite theatrical experience of all time. I know the material is old fashioned but nothing could compare to the atmosphere in the Shubert for this production. I saw Bernadette too and she was also excellent.
Gutted not to have seen Bette, and gutted it's not happening in London.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 6, 2019 17:52:40 GMT
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