"Mame" coming to Broadway.......yes or no????

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:03pm

I know this is an old subject.....so forgive another posting on the same subject.

All over the boards 2 weeks ago, it was announced, that last week an official announcement would come if "Mame" would go to NYC.

So far........nothing!!!! What's up with that??? "Mame" closes 1 week from today on Sunday, July 2nd.

If it's supposed to open at the end of July......that's in 3 weeks.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:49pm

No.

[fflagg]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:51pm

So far it looks like 'no' for money reasons.

God forbid that Jerry Herman, with tons of money, should write a check to finance this production.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:52pm

So the Palace is going to stay dark?

[Hank]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:49pm

Hello Dolly is eyeing the Palace.

Tovah Feldshuh said "Mr. Nederlander, we're ready" last Wednesday on Joan Hamburg's radio show.

Just wishful thinking on my part, I'd love to see Christine Baranski as Mame, and sorry I couln't get down to DC.

[Carefree-Existence]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:52pm

Mame is not an official "no" yet. From what I understand it still looks like a possibility. As for Tovah in Dolly....no thanks.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:55pm

No composer or producer with a right mind would ever invest their own money in a show. Maybe a pay cut. Originally the MAME production thought it could move because the Kennedy Center allowed them to bring the sets, etc in exchange for producing credit/advertising. They found they would still need to raise an additional $5mm or so and couldn't find enough investors . Too many high profile revivals coming up this season for investors to put in their money with too much competition for the Tony. That's usually how they get the angels to bite...the Tony!

EDIT: I know investors don't get Tonys, but a big enough one to get Producing credit might be included on the dias.

Updated On: 6/25/06 at 07:55 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:57pm

The 2 Cardnal Rules of Broadway Producing:

1. Never Put Your Own Money In The Show.

2. NEVER PUT YOUR OWN MONEY IN THE SHOW!

It's Taboo.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:57pm

that's too bad
but what is this about HELLO, DOLLY?
any more news on that?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:29pm

I want to see mame.... i miss my Ems on broadway.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:31pm

Yankee- I was thinking that exact thought!

[Hank]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:35pm

Hello Dolly, is currently playing at The Papermill in NJ, virtually sold out, and I think it's time is due.
Actually, I'd like to see both Mame and Dolly make it to Broadway this season, and I know it's a stretch, but I'd love to see it happen.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:49pm

I miss Ems on Broadway too. So I was hoping for Mame to pop into the Palace.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 9:56pm

The production of HELLO DOLLY at PPM will absolutely not be coming to Broadway. In fact, Papermill did DOLLY this season, because there are already plans afoot for a Broadway revival, and the regional rights are going to be pulled in the next season or two.

There is already a major Broadway star who is talks for the leading role and the producers who control the Broadway rights have been in talks with a potential directors and designers for their production team.

Tovah ain't going to be playing the Palace this summer or anytime soon...

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:12pm

Alright, Michael B., I'll bite (although you're probably going to keep mum):

Who's the big Broadway star in talks for Hello Dolly? It would be a bit unfair to hold that one back from us =)

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:14pm

I'm not going to blab, but it shouldn't be hard to figure out - she is the person most people have suggested for the part, and she's already done two shows created by one of the original Dollys.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:24pm

ooooh! I'd love to see her in Hello Dolly!

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:45pm

Sorry, I guess I just don't considering "blabbing" when one has already gone so far as to discuss the situation in detail. If it's factual, as the info you report always is, it's just a statement.

Thank you for the clues! Glad the poster above me figured it out and also didn't care to give a name. I'll just do a little research, I guess =)

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:48pm

Ah, if you meant she's already done two ROLES created by one of the original Dollys, rather than "shows", I'm onboard now.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:55pm

Bernadette... Ethel did Dolly.... Ethel also did Gypsy and Annie Get Your Gun

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:01pm

michael bennett are you SERIOUS???

OH MY GOD IM SOOOO EXCITED NOW!!!!!

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:02pm

God no, not Bernadette.

And how typical of Mr. Michael Bennett to brag about all this info he knows, and never lets the cat out of the bag. Gotta love it..

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:04pm

Ljay i love you but she wouold be phenominal. so pooh on you.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:06pm

i ditto that.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:07pm

wow. i would kill to see Bernadette tackle Dolly...she would be fabulous!