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Post by dazzerlump on Jul 23, 2018 21:53:51 GMT
ooh I hope this is true, but would we get Bette. or Bet from Coronation Street?
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Post by mallardo on Jul 23, 2018 22:23:50 GMT
Charlie Stemp moving up to the role of Cornelius, perhaps?
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Post by Mark on Jul 23, 2018 22:31:51 GMT
Charlie Stemp moving up to the role of Cornelius, perhaps? Oh no! He's too good as Barnaby! |
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Post by carmella1 on Jul 23, 2018 23:07:11 GMT
No he is a Barnaby. Especially seeing him next to a great Cornelius in Gavin Creel.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 23, 2018 23:09:38 GMT
They could ask Michael Crawford to play Horace - would be a great nod to the film
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Post by Oleanna on Jul 23, 2018 23:22:52 GMT
They could ask Michael Crawford to play Horace - would be a great nod to the film Oh my god that would be so brilliant! |
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Post by iamamazing on Jul 24, 2018 0:21:59 GMT
If this is happening I'm booking ASAP 😍
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 4:25:20 GMT
Congrats. This thread has lasted longer than the one I made a few months ago on the same topic haha.
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Post by Stephen on Jul 24, 2018 5:18:20 GMT
Well I just got very excited.
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Post by macksennett on Jul 24, 2018 5:55:00 GMT
I’m there too ! Would love to see Bernadette...
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Post by musicalmarge on Jul 24, 2018 6:22:43 GMT
I think this could happen as a musical but not with Bette. She was on over 250k A WEEK! Maths wouldn’t work out over here for her as the lead. Someone else possibly.
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Post by ali973 on Jul 24, 2018 7:04:30 GMT
I was always skeptical about this happening in London, but there's no smoke without fire.
If it does happen, I would like to lead the campaign for audiences to start an ovation when Dolly struts across the passerelle. It's a quintessential Broadway moment and needs to be acknowledged. I felt very weird seeing "Shall We Dance" two weeks ago without the audience applauding during the orchestral and dance bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 8:07:23 GMT
You should've been at the performance I was at, there was a LOT of audience hand-clapping during that number!
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 24, 2018 8:14:15 GMT
Congrats. This thread has lasted longer than the one I made a few months ago on the same topic haha. Did you? I did one too. Let's get them all merged. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 24, 2018 8:18:35 GMT
JANE MCDONALD!!!!
Hahhahahahahhahahahahaah
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 8:21:39 GMT
I found Broadway audiences really variable when I was there. I didn't see Dolly, but at some performances audiences were VERY vocal and very happy clappy in the way I expect American audiences to be. In others they weren't. So much like any other performance it might just have been that particular group.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 8:49:48 GMT
I think this could happen as a musical but not with Bette. She was on over 250k A WEEK! Maths wouldn’t work out over here for her as the lead. Someone else possibly. I’m sure you were the one who slammed any suggestion of this coming over under any circumstances as you are tight with the producers? Has that changed now? |
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Post by musicalmarge on Jul 24, 2018 9:27:42 GMT
I think this could happen as a musical but not with Bette. She was on over 250k A WEEK! Maths wouldn’t work out over here for her as the lead. Someone else possibly. I’m sure you were the one who slammed any suggestion of this coming over under any circumstances as you are tight with the producers? Has that changed now? Correct! Ms Slam x Ps no |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 9:43:40 GMT
The thing is it's not always about money. there is a prestige that would come with a London Palladium run together with a very good chance at an Olivier award. All performers have egos and this would be a nice thing to add as she enters the latter part of her career.
Not saying it will happen but the money isn't necessarily the only consideration.
Also if Kelli O'Hara can sell the Palladium than Bernadette probably could if they don't bring Bette
A producer friend of mine recently said they have news and they always wanted to produce hello dolly. so who knows
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Post by Jon on Jul 24, 2018 10:14:35 GMT
For a short run, Bette would most certainly do it and it would sell.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 24, 2018 10:53:59 GMT
Merged
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 24, 2018 11:07:17 GMT
I think this could happen as a musical but not with Bette. She was on over 250k A WEEK! Maths wouldn’t work out over here for her as the lead. Someone else possibly. The producers could afford to pay Bette £250k a week, plus Marylebone/Mayfair apartment and car/driver. If the average ticket cost £200 and the London Palladium seats 2200, then this can gross potentially £3.5m a week. Some of the New York set can be used in the London Palladium, such as Horace Vandergelder hardware shop, the stagecoach, train and the grand staircase can all come over. Hello Dolly with Bette will break box office records and Bette will raise the roof. |
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jul 24, 2018 11:54:36 GMT
Call me crazy but I could see Kylie Minogue as Dolly. She would certainly work that red dress.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 24, 2018 12:11:39 GMT
Word on the street is that EP has it in the bag 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 12:13:58 GMT
Word on the street is that EP has it in the bag 🙂 I hope that I’ve missed the humour in that... I’m sure Elaine Paige is wonderful, but Bette she is not. |
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