Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 4:59pmAt lunch today a colleague mentioned that casting had been complete for the Papermill Playhouse's upcoming production of HELLO, DOLLY! Does anyone know the details? I can't get into their website.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#1re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:13pmI'd be curious to know too. Wasn't Jennifer Holliday the big rumor for a while?
Doogie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/03
#2re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:14pm
From a VERY reliable source.... casting is nowhere near complete, if even begun....
Doug
#3re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:15pm
Dollypop- You didn't hear, Carol Channing is going to reprise the role.
Just kidding! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Updated On: 11/18/05 at 05:15 PM
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:34pmFrom a VERY reliable source, it's Barbra Streisand. Perfectionist that she is, she wants one more crack at it.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#5re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:46pm
Gotham -- who's that source? whateverman?
LOLOLOL
". . . POP . . ."
#6re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:57pmI heard Oprah is playing select performances.
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#7re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 6:14pmAnd of course Britney Spears...
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
Flahooley
Leading Actor Joined: 11/17/05
#8re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/18/05 at 6:19pmI vote for Harvey Firestein! Crazy thing is that it wouldn't be the first time a man played the role!
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#9re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 12:46amWhile I can't imagine anything worse than Harvey Fierstein in the part, I'm curious. Where and when did a man play this role? Was it in a spoof, or for real? Details, Flahooley? Please?
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#10re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 1:35am
Danny LaRue played Dolly! on London's West End.
It was the first time in theatrical history that the part of 'Dolly' had been played by a man and the first time that a man has played a female role in a major musical.
Danny's "Hello Dolly" opened in Birmingham 1982 for a season before transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre.
for more
Danny's site
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
Updated On: 11/19/05 at 01:35 AM
#11re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 2:39amI actually thinkn this role is great for a man to play, and if only Fierstein's voice was more...normal, his acting is great but his voice fits other roles but not Dolly Levi. I wonder if the Jennifer Holliday rumor is true. I'd love to see Bernadette Peters as Dolly too.
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Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#12re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 2:54amI don't think Bernie would 'do Jersey'.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#13re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:15amDollypop. didn't you hear, it's Loretta Switt.
#14re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:23amat Papermill, We just better hope it's not Joyce DeWitt!!! UGH! It's probably Betty Buckley or Loretta Switt - although I'd like to see a Dolly of colour again! Bring on Miss Holiday! Worst case - it would be Lorna Luft or Rosilyn Kind, LOL!!!!!!!!!
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Elizabeth Taylor
#15re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:41am
I don't think Bernie would 'do Jersey'.
What the hell is wrong with New Jersey? The Papermill Playhouse is a gorgeous and professional theatre that mounts amazing regional productions.
Don't knock my state please. A lot of famous people have come from NJ, thank you very much.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#16re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:45amI don't think Urban was bashing Jersey, probably he/she meant that some actors of Peters' caliber would think that doing anything that's not on a Broadway stage is not worthy...I don't know. Many people consider the Paper Mills production of Follies better than the Broadway revival so I don't see why Bernadette Peters wouldn't "do Jersey."
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#17re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 4:00amAnn Margret LOVES NJ and she hasn't done DOLLY yet! I'll buy a ticket! Too bad Annie Miller's gone, She would have tap danced the hell out of that role and possibly did somewhere in her career. I suppose Liza is out of the question, huh?
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
#18re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 11:05am
Dramadork- that was funny
i think Carol Channing should reprise the role. but instead of tap dancing, she could swing her cane everywhere.
I just saw her in Thouroughly Modern Millie (the movie) and she was so funny. RASPBERRIES!!!!!
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grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#19re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 11:09amDolly_Levy, thank you for the information and for the link. The production must have been fascinating, if definitely unusual.
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#21re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 5:12pmI look forward to this. I love this show.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#22re: Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!
Posted: 11/19/05 at 5:50pmI visited with Carol Channing a few weekends ago and she never mentioned anything about reprising the role of Dolly. (How I wish it were true, though!). Instead, she's becoming something of a lobbyist to get more funding for theater programs for California universities.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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