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TOO OLD For The Role?
Posted by: RobertC (robertcollier930@gmail.com) 11:58 am EDT 06/26/18

Carol Channing was 73 when she played Dolly Levi in the 1994 revival of Hello, Dolly!. At what point should a performer just say, "Thank You For Your Interest, But I Think I'm Too Old to be believable in that part." ?
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Thread:	re: TOO OLD For The Role? - hugoP 03:40 pm EDT 06/26/18 And Channing was amazing - Britannia 03:31 pm EDT 06/26/18 (12) re: And Channing was amazing - NewsGuy 09:28 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: And Channing was amazing - BruceinIthaca 07:44 pm EDT 06/26/18 (3) re: And Channing was amazing - AlanScott 08:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) Years ago, I saw a clip of Channing perform "One Hundred Easy Ways." - RobertC 09:10 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) re: Years ago, I saw a clip of Channing perform "One Hundred Easy Ways." - AlanScott 10:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 " I don't know if Dolly's age is specified." - RobertC 03:36 pm EDT 06/26/18 (6) Wilder makes a point of NOT stating her age - AlanScott 07:32 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) RobertC, if you want to think about casting the role based on what Wilder says - AlanScott 08:15 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: " I don't know if Dolly's age is specified." - IThespis 06:14 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: " I don't know if Dolly's age is specified." - JereNYC 03:59 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) re: " I don't know if Dolly's age is specified." - BruceinIthaca 07:47 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: " I don't know if Dolly's age is specified." - KingSpeed 07:22 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: TOO OLD For The Role? - broadwaybacker 02:41 pm EDT 06/26/18 (3) "Seems as if the question is really important to you." - RobertC 03:23 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) re: "Seems as if the question is really important to you." - broadwaybacker 03:41 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) Thank you for your courteous response. Enjoy your day! n/m - RobertC 03:48 pm EDT 06/26/18 Mrs meers could play Juliet if the house is big enough - dramedy 01:54 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: TOO OLD For The Role? - MikeR 01:16 pm EDT 06/26/18 (21) "And by most accounts she was spectacular." - RobertC 01:25 pm EDT 06/26/18 (20) re: "And by most accounts she was spectacular." - wisebear 01:37 pm EDT 06/26/18 (19) There were times when she not well - AlanScott 10:20 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: "And by most accounts she was spectacular." - Billhaven 02:48 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: "And by most accounts she was spectacular." - whereismikeyfl 01:50 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) re: "And by most accounts she was spectacular." - MikeR 02:19 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) re: "And by most accounts she was spectacular." - wisebear 02:36 pm EDT 06/26/18 "My parents took me to see the mid-60's revival of Annie Get Your Gun." - RobertC 01:40 pm EDT 06/26/18 (13) re: "My parents took me to see the mid-60's revival of Annie Get Your Gun." - tandelor 01:56 pm EDT 06/26/18 (12) Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - *MarloManners** 04:29 pm EDT 06/26/18 (11) re: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - AlanScott 10:01 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) The day and month are correct, the year is wrong - October 31, 1995 on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne. - *MarloManners** 11:13 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) re: The day and month are correct, the year is wrong - October 31, 1995 on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne. - AlanScott 12:58 am EDT 06/27/18 re: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - JereNYC 04:47 pm EDT 06/26/18 (7) " If they'd continued to work into the 1970's on Broadway, I'm not sure what roles they'd have been playing." - RobertC 04:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 (3) re: " If they'd continued to work into the 1970's on Broadway, I'm not sure what roles they'd have been playing." - BruceinIthaca 07:52 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) re: " If they'd continued to work into the 1970's on Broadway, I'm not sure what roles they'd have been playing." - PlayWiz 08:07 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) "Ye gads, what would Ethel Merman and Carol Channing have been like if they had co-starred in "Legends"?" - RobertC 08:17 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - *MarloManners** 04:55 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) re: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - PlayWiz 05:04 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) re: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - BruceinIthaca 07:53 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: TOO OLD For The Role? - Pokernight 12:06 pm EDT 06/26/18 re: TOO OLD For The Role? - MockingbirdGirl 12:04 pm EDT 06/26/18 (4) Thank you for stating that important point - AlanScott 08:30 pm EDT 06/26/18 (2) Your post remindes me of the MGM film version of ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) - RobertC 08:38 pm EDT 06/26/18 (1) re: Your post remindes me of the MGM film version of ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) - AlanScott 09:39 pm EDT 06/26/18 THE DIVA STYLE HAS MOVED FROM THE STAGE TO THE CONCERT - Jax 06:03 pm EDT 06/26/18

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