Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:09am
Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:15am
I guess she CAN handle 8 shows a week. Changed her mind.
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Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:19am
Terrific news to wake up to! A first class Broadway revival is long overdue! 22 years!!
Any suggestions for her "Horace Vandergelder"?
Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:30am
For Horace?
If they want a name: Kelsey Grammar, John Lithgow, Alec Baldwin. James Woods, Alfred Molina.
Maybe Bette is all the "name" they need.
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Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:45am
absolutely fantastic ! Bette has tons of energy and just went on tour with her new CD - I think she can handle 8 shows a week. She got her feet wet with the Sue Mengers play and now mama wants to serve us some more!
she is a legend and I'm sure this will be great
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Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:49am
This is wild. It's perfect casting. Too bad we have to wait a full year. I assume they'll bring back both or at least one of the Merman songs for her? "Love Look In My Window" is beautiful.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 7:59am
This is some of the most exciting revival news in years. I hope she's surrounded by some Broadway favorites in the supporting cast.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:06am
Any suggestions for her "Horace Vandergelder"?
Peter Gallagher?
Kevin Kline?
Tommy Tune?
Updated On: 1/19/16 at 08:06 AM
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:11am
best12bars said: "For Horace?
If they want a name: Kelsey Grammar, John Lithgow, Alec Baldwin. James Woods, Alfred Molina.
Maybe Bette is all the "name" they need.
"
Won't James Woods be busy sending angry tweets about Hillary's first year as POTUS? Grammar does seem like a natural for the role.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:15am
Place your bets, people, at how high the premium ticket price for this show will be!
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:31am
well now i have to put off my return to Broadway till Spring or Fall 2017...HELLO MIDLER!
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:35am
While I do agree that The Divine Miss M is all the name this production will need I think it would be fun to read who others would pick to be her leading man.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:39am
Barry Mainilow for Horace- Melissa Manchester as Irene.,Linda Hart as Ermengarde, Ken Wahl as Cornelius....reunite her with all former co workers......Theater prediction- The St. James where the show started.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 8:41am
Any wild guesses on the venue yet? My bold (and probably wrong) prediction: Rotten! will be an early January 2017 closing, and Dolly! (keeping in the spirits of exclamation points) will move into the St. James, its original home back in the '60s.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:12am
It's so simple, but I love the first artwork!
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:19am
I'm so excited for this!
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:22am
The rumor swirling is that Brian Stokes Mitchell will be Horace.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:23am
Mitchell likely won't be available, assuming that Shuffle Along is a success.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:26am
^ You have no idea of that. His contract may only be for 9 months, for example. This is obviously something that has been in the planning stages for a while; assuming it is Mitchell, the plans for this could very well predate his involvement with SHUFFLE ALONG.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:27am
TheGingerBreadMan said: "Mitchell likely won't be available, assuming that Shuffle Along is a success.
I could easily see Mitchell leaving SHUFFLE ALONG almost a year after for this. This will be the talk of the season.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:36am
best12bars said: "I guess she CAN handle 8 shows a week. Changed her mind."
She might do six shows a week, since I'm sure any producer would agree to that.
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:37am
Bette would've been the perfect Mrs Van Hopper, but well aware this is an extremely niche comment....
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:44am
"Any suggestions for her "Horace Vandergelder"?"
John Larroquette
John Goodman
Paul Sorvino
Updated On: 1/19/16 at 09:44 AM
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:48am
Michael Crawford for Horace?
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