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TotallyEffed said: "So glad someone snapped a photo of these two on their Blackberry and used the image to market a Broadway show. Appealing!"

I had to look. As a graphic designer this is offensive ;) The amount of noise on that photo is horrific and easy to correct. Even an iphone can do better than this?

Rumpelstiltskin said: "

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willep said: "To be clear, it is NOT the Broadway production. Completely different creative team. In fact he specifically states in the article that he didn’t even see the Broadway production.

That being said, love the Donmar and The Great Comet, so I’m very interested to see what they do with the piece."

I absolutely love this material and would be very curious to see a different production

wiggum2 said: "Is the London pro shot available anywhere?"

I watched it prior to NYTW run on YouTube.

CreatureKitchen said: "At least Radicalmedia actually seems to have a decent track record of getting proshots distributed."

Agree. I also am inclined to think that Radcliffe makes this a more viable piece to be sold to an appletv or hbo.

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Call_me_jorge said: "Has anyone heard of a reading happening soonwith Adam Sandler now as Jack?"

I was so impressed with him in Uncut Gems, I think this is a really interesting choice. And not because I've heard any sort of gossip at all, but would love to see either Adam Driver or Edward Norton take this on.

TheatreMonkey said: "While "Hello, I'm Dolly" is the first bio-musical of Dolly Parton, it's not the first Dolly Parton jukebox. There's been a musical touring around the UK that uses her catalogue and is "official" -- "Here You Come Again", with an original narrative shaped around her music (though Dolly appears as a character).

"For the first time ever, all ofDolly Parton’sbiggest hits are brought together in a rollicking and joyful new musical, fully authorised by Dolly herself. Packed with iconic songs like Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Againandmore, this lively and touching new musical tells the story of a diehard fan whose imagined version of international iconDolly Partongets him through trying times."

Here's the BWW article about it."

I actually saw this as my aunt is a volunteer at Goodspeed and invited me. It was adorable, but not Broadway material. I could definitely see something like this at a place like New World Stages. And Tricia who is mentioned several times in this thread does a terrific Dolly.

In terms of Dolly's long career/story, I think the more interesting part is the early decades. She was a trailblazer for women in country music. Woman in a male dominated industry and all that. 

jacobsnchz14 said: "Carrie St. Louis played young Dolly in the workshop last year.

https://www.instagram.com/carriestlouis/p/Cy_Mu3juirB/?img_index=1"

Wasn't Kerry Butler also in this as Dolly? Is this going to be another Cher/Summer thing?

Owen22 said: "BCfitasafiddle said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Blankenbuehler-Will-Direct-NINE-at-the-Kennedy-Center-Starring-Steven-Pasquale-and-More-20240522

Honestly, only not exciting part of this, to me, is Andy Blankenbuehler."

Oh please. He's a better director than Michael Grief who directs EVERYTHING."

I was also not excited about AB. Only Gold is in my top 5 worst shows I've ever seen.

This will have to sell on the strength of the show, since the Brothers themselves aren't exactly Alicia Keys-level famous."

I think, like Illinoise, the Avett Brothers have a pretty narrow fanbase. There is no way to sell this show successfully based on their name alone. 

It Shoulda Been You. It was painful.

Dylan Smith4 said: "Incredible news! Now they just need to transfer Jelly’s Last Jam as well! Glad to see that Encores is doing Broadway transfers again!"

Hoping for Jelly too - I adored that production. With the same cast, pretty please broadway gods???

I was really hoping for a piazza transfer as I thought Ruthie and the young woman who played her daughter were just outstanding and I'd love to see it again.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I can't remember another Broadway schedule like this:

• No matinees
• performances at 5pm and 8:30pm on Thursdays & Saturdays
• dark Sundays
• 7:30pm all other nights

Wonder how those 5pm Thursdays will do in the summertime... Really only works for tourists/vacationers, people who don't work,and people who work irregular schedules, which aren't usuallythe demographics for a new play.

It will allow some people to do a 3-show day (2pm, 5pm, 8pm), but those avid theatergoers don't fill the house.

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American Utopia also had a 2 show Saturday that was not the norm. I think it was 5 & 9? or 5:30 & 9:30?