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| Posted by: Thom915 09:18 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - ianx73 08:53 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| I saw the show this afternoon also (there seem to have been a number of us there. It is funny that the Harold Hill allusion occurred to me also. I wonder if htere was a conscious choice on Murphy's part to go with that as her con man image? I think though that part of the cast's seeming more at ease is perhaps too a natural growth into their roles and the tension of awards season being over. I say because some of the biggest growth I noticed came in scenes where Dolly is not really a character. A big exception is the mother hood number but I think that is just a matter of the actors really getting their timing down pat. They have it now in aces! Murphy is nothing short of sensational and anyone lucky enough to see her is getting their full money's worth. If you have seen either actress go back and see the other. It is a different show and yet the same show. You are quite correct in pointing out how they have made very different choices but how each is equally valid. Only one thing puzzles me. Each time I have seen this revival and they do the "Sunday Clothes" number, I come close to tears. Why is that? | |
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| re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon | |
| Posted by: StaunchKarakter 09:48 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - Thom915 09:18 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| I teared up right at the top of the song, as soon as Gavin Creel sang, "Out there!" It's such a great "I want" number that turns into a huge choral spectacular. I think the bright-eyed quality of Cornelius and Barnaby opening up into those popping costumes is what does it - paired with what sounds to me like some of the biggest, most delightfully forte group singing I've ever heard live. So lovely! | |
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| re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon | |
| Posted by: bmc 09:34 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - Thom915 09:18 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| I saw the show on Mother's Day, I was in the very first row(B) on the left, and when the parade on the runway began, my eyes began to water. I jokingly said perhaps I was allergic to pastels, but back home in Ann Arbor, same thing,-listening to the new Sunday recording, until one day , I just sat in the car in the Parking Lot, not with watery eyes, but with those kind of shoulder- shaking tears, a healthy cry, I guess. Is it that the scene is such a Hopeful setting off that touches us? When I first listened to the Channing Lp, Sunday was the only song I liked ; I had to see productions with Rogers and Bailey to 'get' the show; It also could be that I was 18 when I first saw the show, and now I'm 67; But when I cried, I felt joyful-With The title song/number, my cheek muscles were sore from smiling; I hope they start the tour right back at Detroit's Fisher theater! | |
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| re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:48 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:45 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - bmc 09:34 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| That's such a beautiful post. You pulled tears from me, as the number does. I sometimes watch the "Wall-E" opening to take in how this iconic Herman number has so informed our culture's response to musical comedy. Yes, it's even magnificent in an animated film about dystopia. It's mysterious, isn't it? But maybe "Sunday Clothes..." is the definitive show tune, and in a moment -- any moment -- it can stand in for all of the musical theater magic in our history. And just lift us. Your post certainly did. | |
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| re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon | |
| Posted by: SidL 12:17 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - Delvino 09:45 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| even works with RAWHIDE linked |
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| Link | pun on your Sunday clothes |
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| re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 07:10 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - SidL 12:17 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| Bless you SidL, or whoever out this together. Thrilling! | |
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| Last Edit: MaxD 09:29 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| Posted by: MaxD 09:25 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - Thom915 09:18 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| I also always tear up when that amazing chorus first prances in, almost on tip toes with those exquisite costumes..it kind of takes my breath away and find it hard to explain. I think it is the pure elegance and joy that comes with being spectacularly dressed and singing about it that creates something magical.. that rare combination of perfect music, choreography and costumes acting in synergy that overwhelms the senses | |
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| Posted by: lordofspeech 04:30 pm EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - MaxD 09:25 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| The ensemble's movement is so still; it's as if they are perfectly mechanized puppets. I wonder if Gower Champion was at all inspired by My Fair Lady's "Ascot Gavotte" in that there's inhuman perfection in the stylization of the people's very measured joy. It's not till "all aboard" that the energy begins to rush forward. | |
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| re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon | |
| Posted by: Thom915 09:28 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly! this afternoon - MaxD 09:25 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| Thanks, Max that is the exact moment when it happens to me. I have another wave combined with chuckles as the train enters almost as if to say, "now that is too much. All Aboard!" | |
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