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Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#25re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:42pm
Sayre was fine. Not great. I guess I have just seen the role done to death .. so I can't get excited about it.
Go OLGA!
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DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#26re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:44pm
Dolly.. it was in my high school production.
( So yes.. I am bias)
Her mother was also my Spanish teacher. Lovely family.
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Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#27re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:46pm
Oh my, Dame, that is so sweet, and quite unexpected.
I am beaming. A great "Dolly" can make you remember her fondly forever, no matter where.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#28re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:47pm
True. Very true. 
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#29re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:47pmI've sadly never seen a good Dolly. I'm not a fan of Babs' film version. So I've never really grown to love the show...
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#30re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:49pm
You know who also was a great Dolly? Judy Kaye. She was doing the tour for with Carol. She actually got to go on once as Dolly when Carol missed for a scheduled Tony appearance.
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Updated On: 5/13/08 at 12:49 PM
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#31re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:51pmI imagine Judy would be wonderful in the role.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#32re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:54pmI hope some day .. someone re-imagines this wonderful show ( in respectful regard to the original staging) and gives it a glorious revival and a new leading lady a chance to put her stamp on the role.
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popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#33re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 1:49pmThough I am 99% percent sure Benanti will win it, don't count Andrea Martin out just yet.
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#34re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 1:50pm
BENANTIII
OMFG SHES SO GOOD I LOVE HER! SHE BETTER WIN!!!
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#35re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 1:51pmBenanti has it in the bag.
#36re: Benanti, Merediz or Sayre? The heat is on in Saigon!
Posted: 5/13/08 at 1:56pm
it's ALL benanti's. Every critic wrote her just as passionate of a love letter as they did to Patti.
What's MUCH tighter is the Supporting Actor in a Musical race.
Fitzgerald, Gaines, and Burstein are all very tight.
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