Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadway's Lyceum
Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadway's Lyceum
#1Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadway's Lyceum
Posted: 12/10/09 at 2:53pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135201-Looped-Starring-Valerie-Harper-as-Tallulah-Bankhead-Will-Play-Broadways-Lyceum
My question is....Why? Even if the show is brilliant and the best thing to be on Broadway in a decade this will close in a week in that theatre!
#2re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadway's Lyceum
Posted: 12/10/09 at 3:04pm
They obviously didn't consult anyone on BroadwayWorld, otherwise they would never have had the naive temerity to book that theatre.
I saw the show in L.A. last year. She's brilliant. The play isn't.
#2re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadway's Lyceum
Posted: 12/10/09 at 3:06pmI Am My Own Wife did well at the Lyceum, so it's possible Looped could do well, but it will need stellar reviews and love letters to Valerie.
#3re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 3:08pmI hope it does well, I really love her. It just seems that nothing does well in that house anymore and I want her to have a hit!
#4re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 3:11pm
"Looped will play Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday-Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 & 8 PM and Sunday at 3 PM."
Only 7 shows a week??
#5re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 3:12pm
And, let's be honest, what average person under 45 knows who Valeria Harper OR Tullulah Bankhead are? Not that that should be the determining factor in booking a show in a Broadway theatre but... this certainly will be an uphill battle. I wish them well.
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#6re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 3:33pmIf it doesn't sell well, maybe they can just fire her and bring in Sandy Duncan.
#7re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 4:53pmHA! I was waiting for Calvin to bring that up.
#8re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 5:00pm
I'm not sure if the producers want it to run for YEARS, Calvin.
If they want stunt-casting I suggest Corbin Bleu as Tallulah.
#9re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 5:07pm
Damn, I'm predictable. 
#10re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 8:05pmWhere's Charles Busch when you need him!!!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#11re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 8:29pmI remember her in Lifeboat and as the Black Widow in the TV Batman.
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
#12re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 8:53pmi noticed the 7 shows a week thing too.. there's gotta be a wed. matinee.. if not, weird
hockeynut2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#13re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/10/09 at 11:53pm
Here's an interview I recorded with Valerie when she was in DC performing in LOOPED at Arena Stage at The Lincoln Theatre. Enjoy! Joel
VALERIE HARPER ON LOOPED ON DC THEATRE SCENE
#14re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/11/09 at 12:17amHey, we don't know who's playing opposite her yet. They could bring in a pretty big name as a draw.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#15re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/11/09 at 12:50amI count 8 shows in that schedule.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#16re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/11/09 at 3:54amI was just going to post this. I saw this in Backstage and I hadn't heard anything as of yet. Interesting. I hope more things pop up before the seasons over.
#17re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/11/09 at 11:24am
And, let's be honest, what average person under 45 knows who Valeria Harper OR Tullulah Bankhead are?
I do. There are many people my age (24) who grew up watching classic TV on Nick at Nite.
Namo, that's 7 shows: 7 pm Tuesday, 8 pm Wednesday, 8 pm Thursday, 8 pm Friday, 2 pm Saturday, 8 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday.
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#18re: Looped, Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead, Will Play Broadwa
Posted: 12/11/09 at 12:01pmAs a fervent admirer of the fabulous Ms. B, I'm looking forward to this immensely. I never had the good fortune of seeing her in person, but, as a child, my parents used to listen to The Big Show and I was immediately intrigued with that fabuous voice. There are some CD's out there with some complete episodes of The Big Show, where her guests included the likes of Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Merman, Fanny Brice and just about everyone who was anyone in the theatre in the early 1950s. Lifeboat is shown on a fairly regular basis and her Lucy episode is a classic representation of the Bankhead persona. By last count, there were nine biographies, including her autobiography that you can usually get on e-bay. Back in the 50's, Bankhead's name was a household word and no drag queen worth his mettle would think of not impersonating her somewhere along the line. If you can dig it up, there was an ANTA series done in the early 50's with Tallulah doing some scenes from The Little Foxes, her greatest stage triumph.
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