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| re: Dolly Recasting Rumors | |
| Posted by: ryhog 07:10 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
| In reply to: Dolly Recasting Rumors - GabbyGerard 06:46 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
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| Let's let this one get up and running successfully and then re-assess. I wouldn't put too much stock in pipe dreams, regardless of the questionable source. Most people think Midler was sui generis. | |
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| re: Dolly Recasting Rumors | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 12:15 am EST 01/18/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolly Recasting Rumors - ryhog 07:10 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
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| I agree about Midler, and you may be right that the enthusiasm collapses once she leaves. At the same time, I saw the show with Donna, and seeing it with a solid Broadway Diva giving a delicious-but-still-mortal performance showed how excited the audience was for the musical itself. In a lifetime of theater going, I've never heard the kind of applause that greeted the title song - not to mention its encore - and I've never seen an audience so enthusiastic to sing along with an overture. I think it's going to have legs, and I think they're right to be looking at a solid Broadway leading lady (and I'd vote for Victoria Clark over Christine Ebersole) who can anchor the tour. And the show is built to tour - I think the set will be much more at home in a large road house. |
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| re: Dolly Recasting Rumors | |
| Posted by: ryhog 09:18 pm EST 01/18/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolly Recasting Rumors - Singapore/Fling 12:15 am EST 01/18/18 | |
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| To be clear, I did not say (and thus cannot be right or wrong about it) that enthusiasm will/has collapse[d]. What I said is that we don't know yet. At the time I wrote that, someone had told me that sales for BP were soft. (I did not verify that by looking at availability or otherwise and that can change on a dime.) I do think it is highly likely that the show will do well on the road unless they totally screw up the casting. I also think we love to get a bit ahead of ourselves and to do fantasy casting, and while I don't, I do participate in fantasy baseball, and I do think the business of theatre is akin to a sport, so I am not really in any position to say too much. Now setting that aside, why has no one mentioned Nathan Lane.? :-) | |
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| re: Dolly Recasting Rumors | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 12:21 am EST 01/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolly Recasting Rumors - ryhog 09:18 pm EST 01/18/18 | |
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| My head just sort of exploded picturing Nathan channeling Channing while eating all the scenery. ;-) | |
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| re: Dolly Recasting Rumors | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:42 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolly Recasting Rumors - ryhog 07:10 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
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| That's the nature of this synergy, isn't it? A particular talent, a particular role, a show that's never been revived without its original star. Things aligned. Magic happened, theatrical and otherwise ($$$). If it continues with Peters, great. It's early. |
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| Pearlie Mae | |
| Posted by: StageDoorJohnny 09:56 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolly Recasting Rumors - Delvino 08:42 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
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| didn't Bailey do the first revival? | |
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| re: Pearlie Mae | |
| Posted by: writerkev 05:57 am EST 01/16/18 | |
| In reply to: Pearlie Mae - StageDoorJohnny 09:56 pm EST 01/15/18 | |
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| She was one of the many replacements in the original production. | |
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| re: Pearlie Mae | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:31 am EST 01/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Pearlie Mae - writerkev 05:57 am EST 01/16/18 | |
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| The show didn't close; they brought in a new company to the St. James that had tried out in DC (where I actually saw the 2nd performance.) | |
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| re: Pearlie Mae | |
| Posted by: kafritz 10:47 am EST 01/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Pearlie Mae - Delvino 09:31 am EST 01/16/18 | |
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| I think StageDoorJohnny is referring to the 1975 revival with Pearl Bailey that played the Minskoff. | |
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| re: Pearlie Mae | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 12:06 pm EST 01/16/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 12:02 pm EST 01/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Pearlie Mae - kafritz 10:47 am EST 01/16/18 | |
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| Not to further split this hair: but that was still a re-packaging/re-visiting of the original staging with one of the original stars' interpretations. The Midler iteration, directed by Zaks, is the first new take on the show with a new star, independent of the Gower Champion production stamp*. It's a small but telling distinction. *Directed by Lucia Victor, who'd put Bailey in the role in the late 60s. She recreated the Champion staging, the only one for that era. It was recreated again for Channing's returns(s) in the 70s and 90s. |
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| re: Pearlie Mae | |
| Posted by: StageDoorJohnny 07:48 pm EST 01/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Pearlie Mae - Delvino 12:02 pm EST 01/16/18 | |
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| let's split the hair -- this was your comment I responded to: "That's the nature of this synergy, isn't it? A particular talent, a particular role, a show that's never been revived without its original star. " It was indeed revived without it's original star in 1975 |
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