HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy- Page 2

[BuddyStarr]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#25

Posted: 5/17/17 at 2:22pm

I'm hoping to catch Donna.  When is Bette's vacation?

[dramamama611]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#26

Posted: 5/17/17 at 2:33pm

I don't know about her vacation....but she'll also be performing every Tuesday starting the week of the Tony Awards.

 

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[AC126748]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#27

Posted: 5/17/17 at 2:50pm

It's on Telecharge:

*On Tuesdays** beginning June 13, 2017, the role of Dolly Levi will be played by Donna Murphy. Donna Murphy will also perform the role of Dolly Levi on June 27 - July 2, July 5 - 9, Sunday evening - July 30, September 6 - 10, Sunday evening - October 15, Monday evening - October 30, November 1 - 5, Friday - November 24 @ 2pm,  and Sunday evening - January 7.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Auggie27]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#28

Posted: 5/17/17 at 3:41pm

Her performance will likely develop a following, since it's available and many will see it first who have to wait for Midler.  I'm curious how it's selling. When I bought my Bette seats six weeks ago (for August), the Murphy performances were wide open at the box office. Virtually none were sold. I suspect they'll sell fine, just closer to the performance dates.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[DAME]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#29

Posted: 5/17/17 at 3:52pm

Auggie27 said: "Her performance will likely develop a following, since it's available and many will see it first who have to wait for Midler.  I'm curious how it's selling. When I bought my Bette seats six weeks ago (for August), the Murphy performances were wide open at the box office. Virtually none were sold. I suspect they'll sell fine, just closer to the performance dates.

 

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The hardcore theater queens will go.  And she will be fabulous.  The masses won't go.  And she will be fabulous.  But lets not kid ourselves.. this production is ; BETTE MIDLER - HELLO , DOLLY!   While Donna is on it will be Donna Murphy in BETTE MIDLER- HELLO, DOLLY!    That has nothing to do with her performance or anything..  I love Donna and can't wait to see her.  But the whole reason this whole production exists is Bette Midler..  and she is not only fabulous.. but DIVINE!

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

Updated On: 5/17/17 at 03:52 PM

[ACL2006]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#30

Posted: 5/17/17 at 3:57pm

Yet I wonder how many tourists will buy a ticket when it's over at TKTS during Midler's vacations without knowing it's Murphy performing?

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[DAME]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#31

Posted: 5/17/17 at 4:02pm

ACL2006 said: "Yet I wonder how many tourists will buy a ticket when it's over at TKTS during Midler's vacations without knowing it's Murphy performing?

 

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TKTS tell you.  If they know.. they are good with stuff like that.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[Valentina3]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#32

Posted: 5/17/17 at 5:29pm

DAME said: "ACL2006 said: "Yet I wonder how many tourists will buy a ticket when it's over at TKTS during Midler's vacations without knowing it's Murphy performing?"

TKTS tell you.  If they know.. they are good with stuff like that."

I agree. This is my exact conversation with a TKTS employee last summer - 
 

Me: "Where are the seats you guys have for Noises Off?"
Him: "I can get you front mezz right, aisle seat, but the star of the show is not in today."
Me: "Megan Hilty?"
Him: "I was thinking Andrea Martin, but yes - Hilty is out as well."
 

We both laughed, and I bought tickets to see Blackbird instead.

Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

[Auggie27]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#33

Posted: 5/17/17 at 11:07pm

I've always found TKTS to be honest about absences sparking ticket availability. 

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[sonyaisgood]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#34

Posted: 5/18/17 at 2:14pm

Just went to the box office to ask a question and found out they have some $59 balcony seats for Donna's first performance! 

[AC126748]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#35

Posted: 5/18/17 at 2:31pm

Auggie27 said: "I've always found TKTS to be honest about absences sparking ticket availability. 

 

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Exactly--they have no reason not to be. They're getting paid whether you buy a ticket or not.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Dollypop]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#36

Posted: 5/18/17 at 8:13pm

I've heard from several sources that DOLLY's Tony number will be The Waiter's Gallop.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[CT2NYC]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#37

Posted: 5/19/17 at 10:27am

FYI, TodayTix is selling discounted tickets for the Donna Murphy shows, starting at $39 for select balcony seats.

[MoveOnGypsy]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#38

Posted: 5/19/17 at 10:34am

That's great. I would never ever sit in the balcony of the Shubert though. 

[Jish]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#39

Posted: 5/19/17 at 4:13pm

MoveOnGypsy said: "That's great. I would never ever sit in the balcony of the Shubert though. "

I normally would agree with this - in fact I normally only sit first row orchestra, but I ended up first row balcony for Dolly and it was surprisingly good!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#40

Posted: 5/19/17 at 4:29pm

I'll be there during Bette's vacation. As a huge Murphy fan, this is the most exciting theater event I've been looking forward to the most. I'll catch Bette Middler eventually (whom I am sure is perfection in the role), but for this Murphy superfan, this revival is all about La Murphy. I hope this is a healing experience for her, what a way to come back to Broadway.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[KitKatBoy24]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#41

Posted: 6/2/17 at 11:18am

I just bought my ticket for Donna's first performance in Dolly!  I can't wait.  The box office still had some decent priced Balcony seats.  Anything Mezz or Orch was well over $100.  I hope she sells out the theater too :)

"In here, life is beautiful"

[Johntlew2]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#42

Posted: 7/1/17 at 1:59pm

No..it was David Hyde Pierce's solo from top of Act II

[BrodyFosse123]

HELLO, DOLLY! with Donna Murphy#43

Posted: 7/1/17 at 2:06pm

No..it was David Hyde Pierce's solo from top of Act II

Seriously, Johntlew2?  You really didn't think anyone would have known this almost a month after the Tony Awards already aired?  Dollypop's comment/post was said about a month BEFORE the Tony Awards aired.