"Mame" and "Dolly" revivals???
"Mame" and "Dolly" revivals???
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0"Mame" and "Dolly" revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:30am
Any one worried that they will suffer the same fate as La Cage at the hands of the Nederlanders?
Updated On: 6/8/05 at 08:30 AM
#1re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:44am
Sorry but I'm in no hurry to see either of those revived.
Maybe Mendes, Hytner or Leveaux could turn me on to them in a new way. Otherwise I would like to wait a good long time and see them revived in a museum piece type of production with a huge charismatic star.
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#2re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:47amMame would be great- with Cher or Liza as Mame
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#4re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:12amMegan Mullaly as Dolly
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MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#5re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:33am
Peter Filichia suggested Victoria Clark as MAME.
She could probably do it better than anybody but she isn't a "name" producers would want.
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Luke0827
Understudy Joined: 10/7/04
#7re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:39amI vote for Christine Andreas as MAME with Christine Ebersole as Vera. A reunion of sorts since they did Oklahoma together in the '80s with Andreas as Laurey and Ebersole as Ado Annie.
#8re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:39amEbersole as Vera would be great OR Christine Baranski as Vera might be good too
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#9re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 9:52am
I definitely think Baranski would be a better choice for Vera.
Annnd Kristin Chenoweth as Agnes Gooch.
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poodleboy
Understudy Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:07amHarriet Harris as Mame, Patti Lupone as Vera.
Luke0827
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#11re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:14amHarris would be a great Agnes. I don't think Patti would ever take Vera even if she were offered.
#12re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:29amI agree- i don't think Patti would take a non lead part
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#13re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:41amLuPone played Yvonne and Blair in the Ravinia Sunday in the Park.
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#14re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:43amfyi kids. the kennedy center is putting up a full production of mame starring christine baranski this coming january. if it follows the same reception as on golden pond last year it might get the green light to move to nyc... i was invited to the auditions, can't decide if i'm going to go yet.
#15re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:44amBette NEEDS to play Dolly. She'd be amazing as MAME too.
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#16re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:47am
"Harris would be a great Agnes"
Can she sing Soprano? I could actually see her as playing Vera.
Patty LuPone would be a good Dolly.
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#17re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:51amBeete would totally be great as either
"I want to tell you that Elvis would be proud." I said: "Priscilla, if I get 100 bad reviews, it won't matter because of what you said."
#18re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 10:59am
Christina Applegate as either! 
i am kidding...
#19re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 11:00amI hope you are kidding LOL
"I want to tell you that Elvis would be proud." I said: "Priscilla, if I get 100 bad reviews, it won't matter because of what you said."
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#21re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 11:05amOh I would love to see Bernadette as Dolly...I worry a bit about her voice in the part though
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#22re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 11:06ambernadette would be great but I have never really been partial to her. Not to say she isn't great but I just never got into her
"I want to tell you that Elvis would be proud." I said: "Priscilla, if I get 100 bad reviews, it won't matter because of what you said."
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#23re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 11:23amBack to the original question, is anyone concerned that the Nederlanders will give us under-produced versions of these classics?
#24re: 'Mame' and 'Dolly' revivals???
Posted: 6/8/05 at 11:33amBernadette MUST be Dolly.
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