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| re: Sutton Foster as 'DOLLY'? ... | |
| Posted by: donnyboy 01:49 pm EST 01/10/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Sutton Foster as 'DOLLY'? ... - jurinac 11:48 am EST 01/10/18 | |
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| In London, Samantha Spiro won the 2010 Best Actress in a Musical Olivier Award for playing Dolly. She was 42 at the time. | |
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| re: Sutton Foster as 'DOLLY'? ... | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 02:28 pm EST 01/10/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Sutton Foster as 'DOLLY'? ... - donnyboy 01:49 pm EST 01/10/18 | |
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| I also think to have a Dolly who appears as youthful as Foster does, you would need also to cast a younger Irene (and possibly Cornelius) than Kate Baldwin. I thought Baldwin was absolutely wonderful in the production, but she does read mid- to late 30s (and she is, according to her IBDB page in her early 40s). Eileen Brennan, who always read a little older than her actual age back then, was 32 to Channing's 43. I did not see that production (though wish I had as I love 'em both--saw Channing do Dolly in 94 to Florence Lacey's matronly, but beautifully sung Irene). I think some age difference between Dolly and Irene is important to the dynamics of the plot. Otherwise, Dolly "styling" for a codger like Horace feels off--as it did with Streisand, though they did their best with costuming, etc. to suggest some | |
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| re: Sutton Foster as 'DOLLY'? ... | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:48 pm EST 01/10/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Sutton Foster as 'DOLLY'? ... - BruceinIthaca 02:28 pm EST 01/10/18 | |
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| Streisand notwithstanding, I really don't think HELLO, DOLLY! works if the title role is played by someone who looks younger than 40, at minimum -- for all of the reasons so many people felt that Streisand was wildly miscast in terms of age. Of course, I realize it's largely a matter of opinion as to how old someone looks, and also it depends at least a bit on whether it's a stage production as opposed to film or TV. On the other hand, if a Dolly looks much older than 50 (regardless of her actual age), the story also doesn't work. She has to look old enough to worry about the parade passing her by, but not so old that it has already passed and that it seems odd for her to be trying to find a husband in the latter stage of her life -- keeping in mind that we're talking about the late 19th century, when people died at a much younger average age than they do now. |
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