Well, I doubt tour audiences will be thinking of her Margaret White or Norma Desmond, to be fair. I love her voice and there is great range of emotion in her concert recordings. Warmth is not a word that leaps to mind, but I am excited to see what she does (and I saw both Channing in 95 in the Chicago stop of the tour and Midler last October). She may be closer to Streisand, but age appropriate, and a better actress overall than Streisand.
I suspect it's the title that will sell tickets. It hasn't toured (IIRC) since Channing's final outing with it, over two decades ago, and the title promises a fun evening in the theatre for audiences--and tour audiences are used to having people they've never heard of, let alone someone who has some name value, like Buckley.
Maybe James Avory could play Horace! And Cornelius? And Barnaby? And Minnie? And Mrs. Rose! |
