Official Bernadette Peters in Hello, Dolly! performances thread- Page 5

[Dolly80]

Posted: 1/18/18 at 3:03pm

devonian.t said: "As an aside, I thought the revival of Half a Sixpence "improved" by Cameron was utter agony."

 

couldnt agree more more and Stemp was nothing more than a perfectly adequate chorus boy performance. 

 

I predict Bernadette will play Dolly like... giggly voiced Bernadette Peters. I’d still want to see her though. And I’m pretty sure they will release some kind of recording with her as Dolly. 

 

[Dolly80]

Posted: 1/18/18 at 3:04pm

nasty_khakis said: "I heard from a fairly decent source they're adding more choreography (he specifically said tap) for Bernadette."

 

ive heard that she will fly onto the stage for her entrance in a hot air balloon. 

 

[Skip23]

Posted: 1/18/18 at 6:45pm

Isn't Stemp more of a "Cornelius" type?  Not Barnaby at all.

 

And that clip of him in "Sixpence" doesn't do much for his rep.  Adequate, at best.

 

 

[EthelMae]

Posted: 1/18/18 at 9:20pm

I don't know Mr. Stemp's work (personally, I think,  by his pics, he looks perfect for Barnaby), but Dolly can get by with a so-so Barnaby. We need a Dolly. And I think Ms. Peters will do just fine.

Updated On: 1/18/18 at 09:20 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 1/18/18 at 9:42pm

Here is hoping for a little  box office miracle for Bernadette's run.  Poor advance?  http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/01/18/broadway-hello-dolly-without-bette-midler-already-in-trouble-with-big-blocks-of-unsold-seats

[MoveOnGypsy]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 8:17am

I think they'll have to put out all the stops on the press for her run. They were taking promotional pictures yesterday at the theater. Here's hoping she performs on some TV shows (daytime and evening) and gets out there. 

[binau]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 8:24am

The show is following the same trajectory as the beginning of the Follies or War Paint runs - it may not be an instant sell-out but I think it’s far too premature to suggest the show is in dire straights right now. In fact, I personally predict the first week grosses will be the highest of Bernadette’s career.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 8:42am

I personally think they'll be fine.  There is so much to like about this production.  I'm sure it will get a lot of business through TKTS.

[MoveOnGypsy]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 8:56am

"The show is following the same trajectory as the beginning of the Follies or War Paint". 

That's not comforting. Both of those productions were commercial failures.

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 9:31am

MoveOnGypsy said: "That's not comforting. Both of those productions were commercial failures."

It's pretty near impossible for anything Bernadette does to turn this into a commercial failure, that ship has already sailed. She can show that people only wanted to see Bette as Dolly and not run for long, but she has no ability to make the show a commercial failure.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 9:38am

It's also the fact that people don't have to buy tickets 6 months in advance for Peters. I think she'll be fine. I'd base her grosses on Donna Murphy's four weeks where she filled in. I still see Peters bringing in ~$1 million/week.

[theatretenor2]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 9:57am

I"m excited for Bernadette, but really looking forward to seeing Victor Garber in this production. I've never had the pleasure of seeing him on stage. Also, this production is first class and should continue to do well with this cast. It won't have the advance sellouts, but it will do enough to stay afloat for a while.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 10:59am

qolbinau said: "The show is following the same trajectory as the beginning of the Follies or War Paint runs - it may not be an instant sell-out but I think it’s far too premature to suggest the show is in dire straights right now. In fact, I personally predict the first week grosses will be the highest of Bernadette’s career. "

I have no doubt the first and even the second week will be fine.  It’s after that where the gloom starts . 

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 1:18pm

The link does not paint a pretty future.  It is a shame.   

http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/01/18/broadway-hello-dolly-without-bette-midler-already-in-trouble-with-big-blocks-of-unsold-seats

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 2:26pm

Thank you for reposting the same story from just a few posts up! Truly fascinating!

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 3:25pm

I don't know why everyone is being so negative before she's even BEGUN performances. Can't we just wait and see? The grosses might become pretty good. Yes it's been a successful revival because of Bette, but it's also been a crtic beloved revival. When I saw the show with Donna the entire theatre was sold out. People will come see it regardless of who's playing Dolly. Did Bette help? Of course. But I have faith that Bernadette will have a great run.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 3:29pm

broadwayboy223 said: "I don't know why everyone is being so negative before she's even BEGUN performances. Can't we just wait and see? The grosses might become pretty good. Yes it's been a successful revival because of Bette, but it's also been a crtic beloved revival. When I saw the show with Donna the entire theatre was sold out. People will come see it regardless of who's playing Dolly. Did Bette help? Of course. But I have faith that Bernadette will have a great run."

Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.  But I do enjoy talking financials and speculating at BO.  It has nothing to do with how brilliant I think Bernadette and Victor will be.  I just wish discussions wouldn't take such a mean tone. 

[binau]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 3:31pm

My opinion from looking ahead: the show has a good month of steam built into it. There is a risk that they won’t sustain a long run but hopefully after tomorrow night this new casting will be seen as an unmissable Broadway event and word of mouth spreads.

It is clear this show is not going to sell out a 6 month run in advance based on Bernadette’s name alone. But that is a rare feat. I guarantee you if we went back in time and looked at the FOLLIES advance or WAR PAINT advance right now they’d be similar to the status of this show. - in fact this show is about to have a stronger start than both of them with this weekend already basically sold out and a very heavily sold week next week. I realise both of those shows didn’t smash it out of the park but the point is they were able to sustain a healthy run for a short amount of time, which is what Bernadette only needs. Bette has already done the heavy lifting. Bernadette just needs to get enough in the door to meet the running costs and pay back what I assume is a small amount of capital invested for re-casting and marketing the relaunched show.

[brian1973]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 4:30pm

What a mean article that is. No one could duplicate Bettes extraordinary box office.. but give Peters a chance! If the tImes does indeed give her a rave-it might give a huge boost

[MarilynMonroeSmash]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 5:23pm

Does anyone know if they will be offering rush or standing room for tomorrow's performance?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 6:27pm

Our first look!!!

[Bwayfan292]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 6:30pm

Hopefully we get way more pictures this time.

Updated On: 1/19/18 at 06:30 PM

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 6:37pm

What's the chance that she'll appear at the Tonys in character, maybe something like the 2012 opening number?

[binau]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 7:04pm

Or better yet can she do the full "Hello, Dolly" number after last year's fiasco?

Bernadette looks great in the photo - I don't know why but I'm kind of annoyed they pretty much just trotted out the same photo as the one with Bette though. Couldn't they have done something a little different?

[Dolly80]

Posted: 1/19/18 at 7:09pm

She looks fabulous!