Megan Mullaly in Hello, Dolly!...?

Certainly this would be a possibility. However, Megan is a bit too young for the role. Remember, Thornton Wilder described her as being "a woman of a certain age".

I'd hold out for Georgia Engel.

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yeah, it would be a little too much like babs doing the movie when she did. but i'd also go see MEGAN in ANYTHING!

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You know what, I'd think she'd do a great job
But I'd still really want to see Bernadette give it a shot

i think either Bernadette or Megan..... i'd just love to see Mullaly on stage

Can I make an official plea just to get megan back to broadway, period?

Don't really have a preference for a role just now (although I'd thought Galinda would work if she were more jazzy or belty rather than those legit sop moments - or does mullaly have those notes?) just want her back on the boards!

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I actually thought Megan would be good as Glinda too. I also stand my request for her to play Cassie in a chorus line!

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Megan would be perfect for this and as for her being too young- not really. After all Barbra was younger than Megan is now when she did the film

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Megan will be doing her show, though.

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At least they were kind enough to put a question mark. So it's not really an imperative statement.

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I second that.. Bernadette Peters as Dolly Levi is a joke. I love me some Bernie but she can barely pull off 8 shows a week these days. Plus, I think she would be terribly miscast. Also, Barbara was way too young for the movie role and she even expresses it in interviews that she knew and thought she was too young for the role but the studio wanted her too badly. Carol Channing should have made the movie but when she bombed in Thoroughly Modern Millie the movie they didn't dare cast her as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly even though she had done the stage version for years. Megan Mullaly is a great performer and I would love to see her return to the stage. But we all already know that NBC is signing her on for a talk show after Will & Grace ends it season next spring.

Updated On: 6/17/05 at 11:40 PM

I'd love to see her as Galinda (if she has the soprano notes) but in a way, I think it'd be too easy to compare her Galinda to Karen.

The perfect Dolly in my opinion would be Faith Prince, though she's probsably not enough of a "name" to bring in the tourists.