Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of "Hello Dolly".

[DAME]

Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of "Hello Dolly". #1

Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:42pm

It is time. This show has long been overdue for a serious revival. I hope it does well and makes it's way to Broadway. It might make good medicine for these tough times.
Hello Dolly

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

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #2

Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:43pm

I bet she'll be wonderful.

[DAME]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #2

Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:44pm

I am going to make the trip.
Playbill statement

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

[CurtisTaylorJr2]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #3

Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:49pm

Good casting, I'm sure she will do really well.

[kissmeimirish]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #4

Posted: 1/11/09 at 10:18pm

this woman deserves a starring role. will never forget her as Tina's mom in What's Love Got to Do with It. So perfect.

[JP2]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #5

Posted: 1/11/09 at 11:48pm

She was the best Maybelle I ever saw. Can't wait.

[strelimyn]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #6

Posted: 1/12/09 at 12:56am

Holy balls! This is the best news I've heard all day. I love this show, and I am definitely making the trip to see Miss Lewis. This is great.

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[NYC4Life]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #7

Posted: 1/12/09 at 12:59am

She needs to come do this in New York. We need Dolly here. she BELONGS here.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #8

Posted: 1/12/09 at 1:17am

It's a mixed bag of a local Seattle cast but Lewis should be spectacular.

[MrMidwest]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #9

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:17pm

Looking forward to hearing how Ms. Lewis is in the role.

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[TimeSquare3]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #10

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:19pm

Holy Jebus!

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[somethingwicked]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #11

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:21pm

They are running a very cute commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlN5P8N3GW0

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[Dollypop]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #12

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:22pm

Dollypop refrains from comment.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #13

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:38pm

This one is fun too. Hello, Polly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kloxusIxSug

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #14

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:43pm

Google tells me Pat Cashman was the announcer for Bill Nye the Science Guy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

What's the cheapest you can get a plane ticket to Seattle for?

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[MissAnneThrop]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #15

Posted: 3/8/09 at 7:45pm

must watch Jackie's Back...must watch Jackie's Back

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[CATSNYrevival]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #16

Posted: 3/8/09 at 8:12pm

Ha. There's another one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSvuyEA5-tk

[hpeabody930]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #17

Posted: 3/8/09 at 8:49pm

I am OBSESSED with those commercials.

I really wish I could see this....

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #18

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:28pm

I just love JACKIE'S BACK, Lewis is simply wonderful in it.

"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"

[choitoy]

re: Jenifer Lewis to star in revival of 'Hello Dolly'. #19

Posted: 3/9/09 at 5:43am

I saw the show on Saturday night (3/7). It was the first night, but it was unofficially dubbed a "preview" night for the 3 week run in Seattle.

I'm working on a fuller review for my blog, but Jenifer was really good. The show did need a little tightening up in a few areas, but the leads were all pretty spot on for their roles, but Tracee Beazer who played Minnie Fay (she was a Dynamite in "Hairspray), played the role a little too "sassy" and needed that to be toned down just a notch.

The show was cast color-blind enough so that you could still suspend disbelief that there could be an inter-racial couple in this time period, but it seems like the correct time period was never really set costume wise.

I loved Jenifer's voice doing all the Dolly songs (though you gotta love Carol Channing, I love it more when there is a voice that can actually sing Dolly's numbers). My only problem was not with Jenifer, but the costumes she wore. All the other members had costumes ranging from decent to good, but most of Jenifer's costumes either didn't really make sense to me, or was just cheap looking.

The signature red dress for the "Harmonia Gardens" scene looked like a cheap Halloween costume version of a "Hello, Dolly!" dress that you buy at Party Express. I'm hoping that this was a "rehearsal" dress, and that the actual dress is still being worked on when the show "officially" opens.

What's funny is that Jenifer seems to be a very prolific actress, but I have never seen her in anything prior to this production. I may have to go on her IMDB profile and netflix some of the stuff she was in, as she seems to be a very charismatic and charming performer.

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