Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:21am
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:24am
Well we know she isn't going to headline an entire tour of DOLLY so I suppose it would have to be a situation in which the otherwise contracted Dolly agreed to step aside so she could play the L.A. engagement. I suppose that is possible, but I would think that would also make the role a lot less viable to whatever name they've approached to do the rest of the tour.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:24am
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:27am
Dame -- what are some examples of actors who have "only" played the L.A engagement of national tours. I know it's happened but I don't know when.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:30am
Courtney Reed is playing Jasmine in LA now
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:32am
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:37am
Both Matthew Morrison and Marissa Jaret WInokur joined the Los Angeles stop of the 1st National Tour of HAIRSPRAY in 2004.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 11:39am
Posted: 1/30/18 at 12:00pm
Matthew James Thomas and Andrea Martin did PIPPIN at the Pantages (also San Francisco) at the start of the tour.
Re Bette: I suppose it's possible, but with DOLLY only scheduled for a 3 week run, it would be nearly impossible to get tickets.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 12:04pm
Also Lin Manuel Miranda did the LA stop of the In the Heights tour at the Pantages.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 12:07pm
But you know....the tour is going to be a step down from Broadway. I bet they lose some ensemble members, and shrink the orchestra. I doubt Ms. Midler is going to go for that. I bet she just lets the "Hello Dolly" section of her upcoming tour be her chance to let the rest of the country see her in the part.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 12:20pm
With a 3 week run, it seems unlikely. However, it's curious that the Pantages doesn't have a big seller to entice subscription renewals.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 12:22pm
Norbert Leo Butz played LA in "Dirty Rotten Scroundrels."
Sure would be wonderful to see Bette again here in LA - but, highly unlikely. Time will tell.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 12:50pm
I was hoping. However, when I saw it was only a 3 week run, my hopes were dashed. Too much of the 3 week run is sold to subscribers to sell high $$ single tickets it would probably need to for Bette.
Posted: 1/30/18 at 1:36pm
Posted: 1/30/18 at 1:39pm
Posted: 1/30/18 at 1:45pm
Hollywood Reporter is hopefull as well.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/blockbuster-hello-dolly-revival-lead-2018-19-hollywood-pantages-season-1079904
Posted: 1/30/18 at 7:20pm
All the local media is using her red dress picture to announce the Pantages engagement. The LA times does put in small letters that casting has yet to be announced. But you know that a lot of people are just going to see Bette's picture and go by that.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-pantages-season-2018-2019-20180130-story.html
Posted: 1/30/18 at 7:21pm
Bette's Turban said: "http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-pantages-season-2018-2019-20180130-story.html"
The photo caption on that article calls her Bette MILDER. I clutched my pearls.
Posted: 1/31/18 at 10:55am
A poster on TalkinBroadway claims that Dolly on tour will be played by Reba McEntire, which would be a lot more fun and interesting to me than Christine Ebersole.
Of course it could be a totally bogus post, but I like the idea of it.
Posted: 1/31/18 at 3:21pm
QueenAlice said: "A poster on TalkinBroadway claims that Dolly on tour will be played by Reba McEntire, which would be a lot more fun and interestingto me than Christine Ebersole.
Of course it could be a totally bogus post, but I like the idea of it."
I'd LOVE to see Reba in this!
Posted: 1/31/18 at 3:28pm
LA got Matthew James Thomas and Andrea Martin in Pippin for a few weeks.
Posted: 10/3/18 at 12:35am
I am so angry right now that you could stir-fry vegetables on the back of my neck! I called about getting tickets to LA Buckley in Hello, Dolly! at the Pantages, and was told they were subscription only. What the actual <<edited by BWW staff>>?? I never heard of such a thing as that.
So only well to do people can enjoy theater. I find this very, very sad.
Updated On: 10/3/18 at 12:35 AM
Posted: 10/3/18 at 1:04am
I think what they meant is that right now the only tickets they're selling are subscriptions. Tickets for HELLO, DOLLY haven't gone on sale to the general public. According to the Ticketmaster website, the pre-sale doesn't happen till the end of October.
You're just early. 
Posted: 10/3/18 at 1:04am
lovebwy said: "I am so angry right now that you could stir-fry vegetables on the back of my neck! I called about getting tickets to LA Buckley in Hello, Dolly! at the Pantages, and was told they were subscription only. What the actual <>?? I never heard of such a thing as that.
So only well to do people can enjoy theater. I find this very, very sad."
Dont worry! They do this so scalpers cant buy all the tickets right away. Keep an eye on their social media, tickets for the public will probally go on sale after October . They did this with Aladdin last year. :)
Updated On: 10/3/18 at 01:04 AM
