#26
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:48am
Michael Crawford for Horace?
Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY — Page 2
#27
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:51am
It's a Jerry Zaks show? I would imagine the first call for Horace would go to Nathan Lane.
#28
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:02am
I believe Michael Crawford announced he was retiring from theater after The Wizard of Oz.
#29
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:11am
And while we're casting, how about Kate Baldwin as Irene and Drew Gehling as Cornelius?
#30
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:25am
Here are some ideas I thought of for Cornelius Hackl:
Robert Fairchild
Jay Armstrong Johnson
Rob McClure
Tony Yazbeck
#31
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:27am
mtcond said: "It's a Jerry Zaks show? I would imagine the first call for Horace would go to Nathan Lane.
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Sorry....that would be awful. And he'd never take the role, I suspect. Such a boring, non-musical lead.
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#32
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:35am
mtcond said: "It's a Jerry Zaks show? I would imagine the first call for Horace would go to Nathan Lane.
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#33
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:47am
If she does request doing 6 performances a week, I wonder if they'll get a B list name like Kathie Lee in Putting it Together for Carol Burnett.
#34
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:49am
I think Lauren Molina would be great for Minnie.
They/them.
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#35
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:49am
Nathan Lane would be a terrible Horace. I can't imagine anyone, including himself, would think that's a good idea. His GUYS & DOLLS costar, Peter Gallagher, would be an ideal choice, same as Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Has the length of the run been established? This is sure to be the revival of next season. I just adore HELLO, DOLLY! and Midler doing it is indeed an event.
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#36
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:55am
Regular ticket prices will.be absurd especially if they have to factor in her doing 6 a week..Who will see it for the 2 performances she is not in it? This is not geared to younger audiences - Hello Dolly and Bette Midler . It will appeal to many and an equal.number who will pass it by.
Saw it years ago. Enjoyable but once was enough
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#37
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:56am
I recall Jerry Herman refusing to green-light that rumored Patti LuPone production a few years back unless they agreed to recreate or closely follow Gower Champion's original staging. I wonder if that same stipulation will be applying here.
#38
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:57am
Laura Benanti for Irene Malloy!
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#39
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:57am
Pre-sale will probably be for AmEx Black Cardholders, or whatever card is for even richer people.
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#40
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:58am
I would wager, unlike Patti's need to reinvent everything she's in so it's "her" stamp on the part, Bette doesn't give much of a **** what staging is handed to her. But I suppose we won't know till we learn more.
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#41
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:59am
best12bars said: "Laura Benanti for Irene Malloy!"
Agreed. It would be a step down in her career if anybody else was starring, but with such a big name, who wouldn't take featured over leading?
They/them.
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#42
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:59am
Wesley Taylor - barnaby
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#43
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:59am
Well, Patti's no Yvonne Elliman or Karla DeVito.
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#44
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:01am
Having said that, I think for once BWW provides the answer in its article on the creative team (emphasis mine):
"This new production of HELLO, DOLLY!, the first new production of this classic musical to appear on Broadway since it opened more than fifty years ago, will have at its helm Jerry Zaks as its director, and will feature choreography by Tony Award-winner Warren Carlyle. The new DOLLY! will pay tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion, which has been hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history."
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#45
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:02am
best12bars said: "Laura Benanti for Irene Malloy!
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Sounds good to me.
#46
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:05am
I was holding out hope that she'd bring Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical to Broadway, but I guess this is good news as well. :)
#47
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:08am
Lots of revivals next season! Cats, Miss Saigon, Smokey Joes, possibly Whorehouse, and the Roundabout hasn't announced their musical have they? This certainly seems like the event of the season!
#48
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:19am
woeisme3 said: "the Roundabout hasn't announced their musical have they?"
They have. It's The Robber Bridegroom. (No, I don't get it either.)
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#49
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:23am
Ha ha bar!
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#50
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:28am
A lot can happen between now and next year.
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