| re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:59 pm EDT 06/26/18 |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:56 pm EDT 06/26/18 |
| In reply to: re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS - Roman 05:49 pm EDT 06/26/18 |
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| I think Peters is giving a great star performance as Dolly -- it's just Midler is so rare to see in a theatrical setting, hence the big prices and "big event" aura. Peters was fabulous in "A Little Night Music", though a bit problematic for me in "Follies" (I think the director had her play her as crazed and desperate from the beginning when I saw it), and terrific in "Gypsy" when I saw it later in her run. She has had some recurrent vocal problems at times; when she did "Song and Dance" the joke was "See It on a Monday, please" a la "Tell Me on A Sunday", since her voice was fresher/less tired in the beginning of the week in that demanding, basically one-woman first act song cycle. But I loved her Dolly -- she was hysterically funny, her voice was in good estate, and her chemistry with Victor Garber was marvelous. I agree that her Annie Oakley might have been better cast with the more authentic Donna Douglas of "The Beverly Hillbillies" who Peters seemed to be going for, while Reba was absolutely brilliant and seemed born for the role. |
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