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Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
#25Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 9:48am
Michael Crawford for Horace?
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#26Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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.
LarryD2
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#27Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:02am
I believe Michael Crawford announced he was retiring from theater after The Wizard of Oz.
mtcond
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#28Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:11am
And while we're casting, how about Kate Baldwin as Irene and Drew Gehling as Cornelius?
#29Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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
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#30Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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.
#31Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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.
I can see it now: A "Isn't She Great?" reunion. 
#32Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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.
#33Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:49am
I think Lauren Molina would be great for Minnie.
#34Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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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#35Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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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#36Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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.
#37Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:57am
Laura Benanti for Irene Malloy!
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#38Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:57am
Pre-sale will probably be for AmEx Black Cardholders, or whatever card is for even richer people.
#39Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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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#40Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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?
#41Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:59am
Wesley Taylor - barnaby
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Updated On: 1/19/16 at 10:59 AM
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#42Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 10:59am
Well, Patti's no Yvonne Elliman or Karla DeVito.
#43Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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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#44Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:02am
best12bars said: "Laura Benanti for Irene Malloy!
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Sounds good to me.
#45Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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. :)
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#46Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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!
#47Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
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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#48Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:23am
Ha ha bar!
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#49Bette Midler Confirms Broadway Return in HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/19/16 at 11:28am
A lot can happen between now and next year.
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