#1
Posted: 2/18/08 at 11:58am
I mean are the songs, the choreography, book any good?
Is Hello, Dolly worth seeing?
#2
Posted: 2/18/08 at 12:00pm
This is Jerry Herman we're talking about. Of course the show will be good! This is actually quality theatre.
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#3
Posted: 2/18/08 at 12:02pm
It's based on THE MATCHMAKER, if you've read that play, to get an idea of the book's concept.
It's difficult to critique the choreography as I would hope the choreography would be different for each production, no? Unless you're referring to the Barbra Streisand movie.
I enjoy HELLO, DOLLY! although I don't think it's the greatest piece of musical theatre. It's not BAD, but not the greatest. It's not GYPSY or WEST SIDE STORY.
It's difficult to critique the choreography as I would hope the choreography would be different for each production, no? Unless you're referring to the Barbra Streisand movie.
I enjoy HELLO, DOLLY! although I don't think it's the greatest piece of musical theatre. It's not BAD, but not the greatest. It's not GYPSY or WEST SIDE STORY.
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#4
Posted: 2/18/08 at 12:09pm
Not without Ms Channing i'm afraid! There's a tour of the showing in the UK at the moment and its limping from city to city even with a well known name in the lead. London has had 3 seasons of 'Hello, Dolly' and all three were with Carol Channing, sadly something we wont see ever again.
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#5
Posted: 2/18/08 at 12:33pm
Ummm, yes. You've never heard a single song from this score? C'mon!
#6
Posted: 2/18/08 at 12:42pm
As brilliant as Miss Channing was, she is not crucial to HELLO, DOLLY! being done well. It may not have the gravitas of WSS or GYPSY, but it is still one of the best musicals ever written. Its book is very tightly structured and very, very funny, and the score is tuneful while moving the plot along quite nicely. It does depend on the woman playing Dolly (as do productions of THE MATCHMAKER) but the Dolly doesn't have to be Carol Channing.
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#7
Posted: 2/18/08 at 12:47pm
If you are a person who appreciates the art form of musical theatre in general then you are pretty much required to acquaint yourself with Hello, Dolly. It is among the greatest of musical comedies in every sense of the term. Be aware, a bad production could turn you off the show
...however...
If you are a person who "thinks" he appreciates the art of musical theatre in general but really only likes a handful of shows.. usually things like:
Wicked
Rent
Legally Blonde
Any of the Disney Shows
Then stay away from from it. Stick to what you know you like.
...however...
If you are a person who "thinks" he appreciates the art of musical theatre in general but really only likes a handful of shows.. usually things like:
Wicked
Rent
Legally Blonde
Any of the Disney Shows
Then stay away from from it. Stick to what you know you like.
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#8
Posted: 2/18/08 at 1:51pm
It's okay. I'm one of the few who actually enjoys Barbara Streisand in the otherwise forgettable movie version (she's almost the only person in it who doesn't project an air of antiquated musical-comedy darlingness). You really need skilled comic actors to make it work, though.
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#9
Posted: 2/18/08 at 1:56pm
lol wickedboy i have tickets to the UK tour thats "limping from city to city" lol,
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#10
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:02pm
If you have the chance to see it, definitely do!
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#11
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:03pm
Why do people post questions like this? Isn't any show "Worth seeing" if you have a chance? If you really hate it, leave. But there is something of value in seeing a show- any show- that you haven't seen before.
#12
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:04pm
I can't believe he really had to ask if DOLLY is a good show.
#13
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:13pm
True, it can shine without Channing, but seeing her in the show is one of the major highlights of my theatregoing career.
#14
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:31pm
I always found Carol's performance a bit Corny. But maybe that's just me.
#15
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:34pm
I didin't at all. I found her to be thrilling, funny, and pitch on in every scene and song. She knows the material backwards and forwards. I doubt she'd do another run of it, but I'd be in the front row.
#16
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:38pm
The show has been produced countless times in thousands of productions...
It must really suck.
It must really suck.
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#17
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:00pm
Diva if it's so good why wasn't Idina Menzel in it?
#18
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:08pm
Idina is more of a Horace, don't you think?
#19
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:18pm
No one wants a green Dolly.
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#20
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:19pm
This is such a wonderful show. Go!
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#21
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:33pm
When Jackie Hoffman and Mo'Nique are in it I will see it again.
The show is very tired yet the film is quite underrated; the main problems are the director and the time it came out.
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The show is very tired yet the film is quite underrated; the main problems are the director and the time it came out.
All aboard!
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#22
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:33pm
You must go. "Hello, dolly!" is one of the best simply fun musicals ever written. a very funny book and one of the greatest scores of all time.
#23
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:59pm
Just saw Channing being interviewed by Florence Henderson in her home--she's just as darling and full of life now (at 87) as she ever was!
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#24
Posted: 2/18/08 at 6:59pm
i guess...... depends on the cast and costumes
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