Dee Hoty Love thread

[chenofan]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 2:15am

Do you love this woman as much as I do? I've loved her in everything. She was amazing in "Follies." I love her rendition of "Could I Leave You?" She is also supper funny and sweet. We need her to originate another role on Broadway in a musical, soon! Anyone else agree?

[chenofan]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 2:26am

What?! No love for the Hoty?

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 9:11am

she lives in my friends' building and would always get us tickets and invite us backstage. she is a DOLL!

[BwayBoy25]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 10:12am

i saw her in anything goes in houston...she was great!

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 10:14am

she was awesome in mamma mia!

[justme2]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 11:37am

Dee Hoty is a goddess and I love her.

Saw her in Will Rogers Follies 3 times (waited for her outside the creepy Pantages stage door in 1992 or 93 for an hour and she was the sweetest person)and saw here in Mamma Mia here in SF. Yes, she is the reason I dragged myself to see the show, and I was glad I did. Hoty can sing anything and turn it into a hit, IMO.

I love, love, love her Phyllis on the Follies CD, and her work on the City of Angels CD is wonderful as well. I listen to her Best Little Whorehouse goes Public CD all the time, as her singing, combined with those wonderful lyrics of Carol Hall's, never fails to fascinate. Her rendition of "Have a Memory on me" from Lost in Boston 4 CD is beautiful as well.

She is one of those Broadway veterens who continually turns in stellar performances no matter what show she is in and she is also one who doesn't "call in sick" all the time.

I always wanted to start a love thread for this woman and was afraid of being mocked, as she is not one of the "stalked after" crowd of performers.

I am thrilled you started the thread cheno!

I am patiently waiting for her return to the boards.

[chenofan]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 4:14pm

Justme I think we cold be great friends. She is a really wonderful person and performer. Dose anyone know what she is up yo right now? I was sad I never got to see her in Mamma Mia again. I love her rendition of The Winner Takes it All! God, I wish they would have recorded her doing that! She must get a role in a new musical soon! She is missed!

[Nipper]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 4:24pm

Just saw her in Mame a few weeks ago in St. Louis. She is great!

[chenofan]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 4:27pm

She's doing MAME? Wow! I bet she was amazing!! Can you share anymore about it or PM me? Thanks!

[justme2]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 4:29pm

oooh..she must have been good in Mame! She would have eaten that role up...I would have loved to have seen her in Dodsworth at Casa Manana in Texas (I think the show was mounted there in 1995 or so).

It's so hard to find people who appreciate her...WHY??

[Nipper]

Posted: 8/13/05 at 1:45pm

She was really something in Mame. Of course her singing is spectacular, but she did something different with the role. She played Mame as more of an intellectual as opposed to a freethinker with a kooky edge. She would be perfect if this is ever revived on Broadway. She's at just the right age.
On another note, the Muny is famous for folks fleeing to their cars before curtain calls. (Rude, I know) But I turned and saw almost no one doing this! The cast got a four or five minute standing ovation.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 8/13/05 at 2:00pm

PLaying Mame as an intellectual makes sense. If you read Patrick Dennis's novel, although a bit scattered, Mameis one of those brilliant eccentrics. Look at her friends!

I have no doubt that Dee would make a wonderful Mame. But I would prefer a revival of the play AUNTIE MAME. The musical is great but it gets done a lot, and is kind of a watered down version of the play.