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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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