Is Carol Channing going to bring her one woman show to broadway?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:39pm

Do you think she will? I REALLLLLY want to see her in the show and meet her. If not is it going to be near NYC soon?

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:42pm

I doubt it. Wish she could do a one night only concert version of Dolly...it is sure to be better than what I saw at Papermill this afternoon.

Saw her one woman show in NYC about a year ago at BB Kings on 42nd street. It was fabulous!

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:10pm

Papermill`s was bad? I`m going to see it soon! My friend Jonathan Rayson is in it as Cornelius!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:11pm

Rayson is fabulous!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:14pm

Jonathan Rayson was *fantastic* as Cornelius (as was Kate Baldwin as Irene Molloy). Overall, the show just fell flat.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:15pm

I think the cast was fabulous. Just something was missing overall. The score sounded great as always. The direction and choreograhy were kind of weak.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:16pm

Ah! I still have to go! I promised him!


How`s Tovah as Dolly?

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:18pm

Can't sing. No stage presence. Not funny. Completely miscast.

It is definitely a problem when Cornelius and Irene steal the show in Hello, Dolly!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:20pm

Tovah's singing was pretty good in my opinion. She has released albums before. She can sing. Only her Act 1 Finale was vocally weak in my opinion.

I agree she could've had more stage presence.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:22pm

"Can't sing. No stage presence. Not funny."

Are we talking about Tova Borgnine? Because none of those describe Tovah Feldshuh.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:24pm

Maybe she was just not in full voice this afternoon, but it was painful hearing her sing "So Long Dearie," which is normally my favorite song in the show.

"Ribbons Down My Back," the beginning of "Sunday Clothes," (when Jonathan was singing), and "Motherhood March" were my favorites this time.


Edit: Rath, I was referring to Tovah. I went in with an open mind, and she just didn't do it for me (or my companion).
Updated On: 7/1/06 at 11:24 PM

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:25pm

ok! This is all good but I HATE it when boards get off-topic! lol

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:26pm

I'm sorry, NLS. My fault.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:27pm

I loved her SO LONG DEARIE.. because for her "Goodbyes" when the song starts, she didn't go low and manly like Channing did. She used her head voice. It worked.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:27pm

It`s ok!

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:35pm

i wish carol channing would perform in nyc...
lately ive fallen in a carol channing hole
& i cant get out!

having a live carol channing experience would help me move on....

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:37pm

Those "Goodbyes" in "So Long Dearie" were put in when Gower Champion had the idea of lowering Dolly on a swing and singing "goodbye" at each level until she reached the stage floor. She was attired in a tight bright dress for the number, too. Both the swing and the dress were scrapped in favor of the staging that we're accustomed to today.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:38pm

No one had any desire to see Channing when she was slated to appear downtown (at downtown prices) in a series devoted to Broadway old-timers--why would they pay top dollar to see her now?



Winthrop Paroo
River City, Iowa

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:40pm

They would. I know they would.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:41pm

Channing was the only one in the SINGULAR SENSATIONS series that DID sell out.

She may bring her show to NYC, but in a smaller venue than Broadway.

She was marvelous at Feinstein's in October.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:45pm

I hear that she is coming to Melbourne. Whoo! Whoo!

[JarNerdAV]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:41pm

Where can I find information about her one woman show? Is it playing elsewhere in the country?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:56pm

Dollypop should help produce it.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:56pm

I'd like to see Carol Channing box Mike Tyson live, not just televised.

"I'm gonna bop you one, young man!"

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 3:26pm

Haha! That`s funny!