I returned to Dolly - hottest ticket with Midler - and saw it with Peters on TDF. To those who wanted Murphy to have six months of her own, some of those crying out for her Mame, she just couldn’t fill the Shubert 8 times a week with a profit. “Stars” have to be greater that theatrical stars in this climate.
There were rumors of queen latifah taking over—she would have been a boxoffice draw and do a great job in the show. I agree that a broadway star as replacement doesn’t usually work.
