Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
#1Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:22amI say she'd be a kick-ass Dolly Levi. What do you guys think?
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:52amI think she'd be marvelous in the role.
#2re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:29am
Oh, I agree! She'd be a fantastic Dolly.
I actually think she might have played the role once. I'm not sure of where or when, but there's a picture of her
http://i14.tinypic.com/29f45qp.png
#3re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:48am
She is so gorgeous.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#4re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 11:27am^ Where was that?
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#5re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 11:42am
I don't know how complete it is, but this is the record of stage appearances I found for Beth:
Stage Credits:
SHOW ROLE THEATER YEAR
Grease Rizzo MUNY (St. Louis, MO) 1988
42nd Street Annie (Replacement) St. James Theatre (Broadway) 1988
An Unfinished Song Beth Provincetown Playhouse (Off-Broadway) 1991
Crazy For You Tess Shubert Theatre (Broadway) 1992
Showboat Ellie George Gershwin Theatre (Broadway) 1996
The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm Performer Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT) 1997
Kudzu Mama Dubose Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.) 1998
The Civil War Mabel/Mrs. Bixby St. James Theatre (Broadway) 1999
The Jazz Singer Mary Playhouse 91 (Off-Broadway) 1999
The Pajama Game Babe Williams Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh, PA) 2000
Annie Miss Hannigan Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center (Nyack, NY) 2000
42nd Street Dorothy Brock understudy/Maggie Jones understudy Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Broadway) 2001
42nd Street Dorothy Block (Replacement) Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Broadway) 2002
42nd Street Dorothy Brock MUNY (St. Louis, MO) 2004
Lone Star Love Aggie Ford John Houseman Theatre (Off-Broadway) 2004
A Little Night Music Countess Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh, PA) 2005
Mame Vera MUNY (St. Louis, MO) 2005
The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) 2005
The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone Marquis Theatre (Broadway) 2006
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mamie4 5/14/03
#6re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 11:44amI believe she played the role while she was in college (graduate studies in theater)
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#7re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 11:46amWho is she? Sorry, but I never heard of her.
Josephine2
Leading Actor Joined: 9/29/06
#8re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 11:48amI also think that she'd make a fantastic Dolly Levi. She is such a wonderful performer and person.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#10re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 12:23pmjimmysf - she won the Tony for DROWSY CHAPERONE.
#11re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 12:46pmI can't believe she was in Pittsburgh twice and I missed her both times.
#12re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 2:23pmI saw her in Drowsy and she was really good =) I think she would be great as Dolly
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#13re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/14/07 at 2:52pmThanks, Jon.
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#14re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 7:25pm
Maybe.
But my vote is for Bernadette Peters.
She would be divine in the role.
I can see it now:
Bernadette Peters
in
HELLO, DOLLY
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#15re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 7:27pm
Dollypop told me he was starring in the revival
What's up ?
#16re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 7:43pmEither Beth Leavel or Bernadette could get it and I'd be in heaven.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 8:17pmMr Roxy is correct. John Goodman will be my Horace.
Chitty
Featured Actor Joined: 4/29/05
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#19re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 9:58pm
I'm not a "she" but I certainly would be "freeking awesome!"
Thanks for the compliment.
#20re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 10:04pm
But my vote is for Bernadette Peters.
Let Bernadette originate a role. It's been way too long. I'm hoping she gets cast in THE FIRST WIVES CLUB.
John Goodman will be my Horace.
I don't know, DP. Have you checked his pulse in the last hour?
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
PitPro2004
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/04
#21re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/15/07 at 10:07pmShe also did "The Eyes Are the First Thing To Go" an Equity Library Workshop or something like that. Right before Lone Star Love, after 42nd st. ;P
#22re: Beth Leavel as Dolly Levi?
Posted: 1/16/07 at 5:10pmLeavel would make a great Dolly. I'd travel to NYC to see her in this one! I loved her in "Drowsy" and think Dolly Levi would be very well-suited to her. She is also a very nice person and was so gracious at the stagedoor.
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