Paige Davis in HELLO, DOLLY!

I tried getting the video to post her but wasn't successful.

Paige really has a nice voice but I have to ask this question:

Is she playing Dolly Levi or the Statue of Liberty?

Good, bad, or otherwise, I have gotta appreciate the wish to be different for any production that doesn't put her in a red dress.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Good, bad, or otherwise, I have gotta appreciate the wish to be different for any production that doesn't put her in a red dress."

Red on red? Hell no. Let’s go gold, beotches.

BrodyFosse123 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Good, bad, or otherwise, I have gotta appreciate the wish to be different for any production that doesn't put her in a red dress."

Red on red? Hell no. Let’s go gold, beotches.



Well, this dress is appropriate for the film because earlier, Dolly has let the parade pass her by while she stands wailing away to the sky. (A crappy movie that didn't understand the material)

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ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Love Barbra's gold. Other colors can be provocative, too.

NOT Tovah's green dress, please :)"

Tovah ain’t wore no green dress to Harmonía Gardens, yo.

Tovah entered wearing a black Cape. She removed it when when she reached the bottom of the staircase--jn effect, casting off her widowhood.

Let me add that when Gower Champion was planning the title number, he wanted the music that brings Dolly down the staircase to be "raunchy". Jerry Herman came up with burlesque-flavored music that became an iconic part of the number.

nasty_khakis said: "Other than the wearing black the entire show um...suggestion...didn't Tovah also INSIST on using an Irish brogue the entire time?"



Yes she did. And when she quoted her husband she used a voice very much like James Cagney.

She had met with Carol before going into rehearsal and Carol advised against it to no avail. Dorothy Lamour also used a brogue when she played Dolly way back when.

Updated On: 5/17/22 at 08:54 PM

Dollypop said: "nasty_khakis said: "Other than the wearing black the entire show um...suggestion...didn't Tovah also INSIST on using an Irish brogue the entire time?"



Yes she did. And when she quoted her husband she used a voice very much like James Cagney.

She had met with Carol before going into rehearsal and Carol advised against it to no avail. Dorothy LaMour also used a brogue when she played Dolly way back when."

Thanks! I first heard the story from someone who worked in wardrobe that the all black thing was...contentious.

Definitely Lady Liberty

Oh, they definitely sound like a burlesque strip number!