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Post by Being Alive on Mar 20, 2024 19:58:39 GMT
Is Jenna the Dolly u/s in this? No |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2024 4:42:06 GMT
The set designer isn't known for lavish sets which is what concerns me a bit She has a Tony for war horse. Which was fab . But someone else would be great. Where is Bob Cowley when you need him? |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 21, 2024 5:54:53 GMT
The set designer isn't known for lavish sets which is what concerns me a bit She has a Tony for war horse. Which was fab . But someone else would be great. Where is Bob Cowley when you need him? Oh yeah don't get me wrong, she is very talented and has done great work. But her minimal style just doesn't seem an obvious fit for Hello Dolly. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2024 6:00:34 GMT
She has a Tony for war horse. Which was fab . But someone else would be great. Where is Bob Cowley when you need him? Oh yeah don't get me wrong, she is very talented and has done great work. But her minimal style just doesn't seem an obvious fit for Hello Dolly. agree |
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Post by damaskanddark on Mar 21, 2024 8:48:33 GMT
What are the chances of this getting a cast recording? Is Imelda an early frontrunner for the 2025 Best (Musical) Actress Olivier?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 21, 2024 9:43:05 GMT
I think its going to be huge. Big cast, big orchestra and, I expect, lavish costumes and sets. Also a new opening number. A new opening number. Eh? |
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Post by apubleed on Mar 21, 2024 9:45:28 GMT
Is it a new opening number or is it something like replacing "I put my hand in there" with the Ethel Merman version?
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Post by jaggy on Mar 21, 2024 9:53:54 GMT
They’re using the opening number from the film Just Leave Everything to Me.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Mar 21, 2024 9:54:22 GMT
I thought people earlier in the thread said it would be the number from the film, Just Leave Everything to Me.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 21, 2024 10:07:58 GMT
All I know is that the director said at the press launch yesterday that the show will have a new opening number and that someone asked Imelda if she was playing Dolly Parton in the show!!!
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 21, 2024 10:10:46 GMT
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Post by venoose on Mar 21, 2024 10:19:52 GMT
With regards to the set design, I noticed that Finn Ross is working on this. He created the video elements for Frozen and Back to the Future and many other shows.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 21, 2024 10:27:00 GMT
Thanks for clarifying the "new opening". I initially thought of seance and a medium transcribing onto staff paper...
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 21, 2024 10:57:06 GMT
With regards to the set design, I noticed that Finn Ross is working on this. He created the video elements for Frozen and Back to the Future and many other shows. Maybe they'll replicate the movie opening |
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Post by jaggy on Mar 21, 2024 11:54:54 GMT
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but aren't they also adding "Love, Look in My Window" back into the show for Imelda?
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 21, 2024 13:03:51 GMT
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but aren't they also adding "Love, Look in My Window" back into the show for Imelda? There was conversation about this at one point, but no confirmation of it at the press launch yesterday I'm told. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 21, 2024 20:03:51 GMT
With regards to the set design, I noticed that Finn Ross is working on this. He created the video elements for Frozen and Back to the Future and many other shows. That’s just what this show needs- video/projection Hello budget cuts. |
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Post by alece10 on Apr 24, 2024 15:01:53 GMT
Imelda Staunton is on The One Show tonight (wednesday), talking all things Dolly related.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 24, 2024 17:35:29 GMT
I had totally forgotten this was happening until today and now I'm so excited all over again 😂
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Apr 25, 2024 7:02:45 GMT
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but aren't they also adding "Love, Look in My Window" back into the show for Imelda? Reports when the show was first announced were that Staunton had personally met with Jerry Herman to discuss specific numbers and that both songs were subsequently being added into the show for London, along with “Penny in my Pocket”. deadline.com/2023/11/imelda-staunton-hello-dolly-london-palladium-1235589063/“Just Leave Everything to Me” is arguably a better number, especially for newcomers to the show and I look forward to seeing it live, but “I Put My Hand In” is iconic so personally I will also miss it. |
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Post by Rory on Apr 25, 2024 7:57:15 GMT
Imelda was on Radio 4 Today around 8.30am this morning, talking about being put through to Jerry Herman.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 25, 2024 9:38:41 GMT
Don't know why but I thought Jerry Herman had died a few years ago
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 25, 2024 9:39:56 GMT
Don't know why but I thought Jerry Herman had died a few years ago He did I think?! |
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Post by mattnyc on Apr 25, 2024 9:46:27 GMT
Herman died in 2019.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 25, 2024 10:22:26 GMT
Of course, I forgot this was planned ore covid ( I had tickets for the first night) so it was in the planning before he died.
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