Posted: 11/21/19 at 8:48pm
Posted: 11/21/19 at 9:26pm
Posted: 11/21/19 at 9:30pm
Oh dear gawd! What's next?
Imelda as Nellie Forbush?
Imelda as Maria?
Imelda as Squidward?
Posted: 11/21/19 at 9:31pm
Posted: 11/21/19 at 9:43pm
MarkBearSF said: "Oh dear gawd! What's next?
Imelda as Nellie Forbush?
Imelda as Maria?
Imelda as Squidward?"
Please don't put these ideas in her head. Although, Squidward could work.
Posted: 11/21/19 at 11:47pm
Well, of all the productions of Hello, Dolly! that have been put on, this will certainly be one of them.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 3:53am
CATSNYrevival said: "The absence of an exclamation point is telling."
The exclamation point is there in the art work
Posted: 11/22/19 at 6:32am
Let's hope she doesn't scare Ephram off like she did with me with her "Losing My Mind"...
Unless he'll be happy to give her away.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 6:36am
Posted: 11/22/19 at 6:43am
Exactly. Folks over on the UK site while disappointed to not get the Rudin production are generally thrilled with this casting.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 7:27am
Posted: 11/22/19 at 10:54am
Jordan Catalano said: "What an absolutely insane choice of casting. I’ll be in town for “Sister Act” so I’m 100% going to see this but this will no doubt be the most intense Dolly Levi we’ll ever see. I can’t imagine who they’ll cast as Horace next to her."
Maybe they can get Jim Carter to do it!
Posted: 11/22/19 at 11:04am
qolbinau said: "Of course they would be but they have pretty slim pickings in terms of talent there compared to the USA."
Posted: 11/22/19 at 11:16am
little_sally said: "Maybe they can get Jim Carter to do it!"
Oh man, now THAT would be exciting casting.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 12:30pm
I just have this image of her looking skyward and screaming Ephraim? LET ME GOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Posted: 11/22/19 at 12:32pm
Posted: 11/22/19 at 12:48pm
Posted: 11/22/19 at 12:55pm
ActorGuyIL said: "I just have this image of her looking skyward and screaming Ephraim? LET ME GOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
Ephram, one must not tell lies *giggles*. Now - you go your way AND I WILL GO MINE YOU ASSHAT.
PS - I'm very excited about this casting. I think she is a great actress, would love to see her do musical comedy and Hello, Dolly! is the best there is.
Updated On: 11/22/19 at 12:55 PM
Posted: 11/22/19 at 1:34pm
Mike Barrett said: "I’m frankly too much of a Potter nut to like her and root for her so I simply cannot imagine her as Dolly Levi.
That being said, I had no idea she was in musician theatre. I wish them the best. Not a Rudin production I assume? "
She’s been in Follies, Gypsy, and Sweeney Todd just in the last few years
And she won the Olivier Award for Into the Woods in 1991 (as Baker's Wife).
I think this is great casting personally and I don’t get the negativity about Imelda. Not only is she a great actress she’s also got great comedy chops. I think she’ll be fab
Agreed. Just because she's been cast in more emotionally intense roles doesn't mean that's all she's capable of doing.
Oh dear gawd! What's next?
Imelda as Nellie Forbush?
Imelda as Maria?
Imelda as Squidward?
Yes, because that would be the logical procession regarding any actress in their 60s who has played two or more of the following roles: Adelaide (Guys and Dolls 1983 & 1996), Dorothy (Wizard of Oz 1987), Baker's Wife (Into the Woods 1990), Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd 2012), Rose (Gypsy 2015), Sally (Follies 2017). While you're at it, why would think she would accept Squidward over Spongebob, anyway?
Posted: 11/22/19 at 3:11pm
I'd rather see Catherine Tate plays Dolly.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 3:41pm
^Or Dawn French.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 3:45pm
qolbinau said: "Of course they would be but they have pretty slim pickings in terms of talent there compared to the USA."
*rolleyes* It’s so tiring with the jibes about the West End talent. I’m back in London now but lived in NYC for years, and have seen plenty of shows on both sides of the pond, and the talent in the West End is generally superb.
Posted: 11/22/19 at 5:41pm
qolbinau said: "Of course they would be but they have pretty slim pickings in terms of talent there compared to the USA."
*rolleyes* It’s so tiring with the jibes about the West End talent. I’m back in London now but lived in NYC for years, and have seen plenty of shows on both sides of the pond, and the talent in the West End is generally superb.
I've seen TONS of West End musicals with talent comparable to Broadway. Better in some cases, actually.
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