Dolly in DC??

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 3/19/13 at 8:27pm

Hi,
I was curious to hear if anyone has caught the revival of "Hello Dolly" with Nancy Opel in DC yet.
If you have, what did you think?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/19/13 at 10:43pm

I'll be seeing it after Easter.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/19/13 at 10:51pm

I saw it this weekend. Nancy Opel makes a wonderful Dolly--she sings it thrillingly and plays it with a deep longing and a loneliness that infuse the comedy with a surprising depth.

The production is cute, very scaled down, but the dancing is spectacular. The cast is very good, particularly the Barnaby and Minnie Fay.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 3/20/13 at 12:04pm

Thanks for the report. My subscription is for the end of March. I was looking forward to it,but after reading what you wrote, I' m eager to see Nancy Opel do it. I've always admired her work.

Any chance they put either of the two Merman songs in?

[Mr. Dolly Levi]

Posted: 3/24/13 at 9:53pm

I saw "Dolly" on Saturday night. Having seen Carol Channing in a revival tour in the early 1980's, this is a musical that I adore. I really enjoyed the production. As noted earlier, it is "stripped down" - but they make very creative use of the minimal sets and props. I've never seen Nancy Opel in a production, but I was really impressed - acting and singing was wonderful, and she did a great job of capturing Dolly's "essence." Nancy did seem to move stiffly, and, at times, she appeared to be limping through her not-so-demanding dance steps. In short, it's a great show that's in a historic venue - where else can you see the gun that killed Lincoln at intermission?