Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#1Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Posted: 11/21/09 at 10:08pmDoe's anyone have any idea how many times Carol has performed the part?
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Posted: 11/22/09 at 1:27amWhen I saw her in 2005, she said it was over 5000 times.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2re: Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Posted: 11/22/09 at 3:04pmI love Carol dearly, but she is prone to exaggeration. The accepted number s 5,000 performances. I'd take it with a wee bit of salt, though.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#3re: Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Posted: 11/22/09 at 3:09pmWell, considering 5000 is roughly 10 years of performances, I could easily buy that number.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Posted: 11/22/09 at 3:15pmThere were long lay-offs between some engagements and she did a few other shows in between, but 5,000 performances seems about right. There are times that Carol says she played way more but she promised Yul Brynner that she'd never top his performance record in THE KING AND I. This is what I meant when I referred to "a wee bit of salt".
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#5re: Carol Channing -'Hello! Dolly'
Posted: 11/22/09 at 4:15pm^ Yea, she told that story at the concert I saw her at. She also followed with "Well, he's dead so I'm gonna go ahead and say that I did beat it."
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