Papermill's Upcoming HELLO, DOLLY!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 4:59pm

At lunch today a colleague mentioned that casting had been complete for the Papermill Playhouse's upcoming production of HELLO, DOLLY! Does anyone know the details? I can't get into their website.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:13pm

I'd be curious to know too. Wasn't Jennifer Holliday the big rumor for a while?

[Doogie]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:14pm

From a VERY reliable source.... casting is nowhere near complete, if even begun....


Doug

[Phantom2]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:15pm

Dollypop- You didn't hear, Carol Channing is going to reprise the role.


















Just kidding! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Updated On: 11/18/05 at 05:15 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:34pm

From a VERY reliable source, it's Barbra Streisand. Perfectionist that she is, she wants one more crack at it.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:46pm

Gotham -- who's that source? whateverman?

LOLOLOL

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 5:57pm

I heard Oprah is playing select performances.

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 6:14pm

And of course Britney Spears...

[Flahooley]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 6:19pm

I vote for Harvey Firestein! Crazy thing is that it wouldn't be the first time a man played the role!

[grizzabella]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 12:46am

While I can't imagine anything worse than Harvey Fierstein in the part, I'm curious. Where and when did a man play this role? Was it in a spoof, or for real? Details, Flahooley? Please?

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 1:35am

Danny LaRue played Dolly! on London's West End.

It was the first time in theatrical history that the part of 'Dolly' had been played by a man and the first time that a man has played a female role in a major musical.

Danny's "Hello Dolly" opened in Birmingham 1982 for a season before transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre.

for more


Danny's site

Updated On: 11/19/05 at 01:35 AM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 2:39am

I actually thinkn this role is great for a man to play, and if only Fierstein's voice was more...normal, his acting is great but his voice fits other roles but not Dolly Levi. I wonder if the Jennifer Holliday rumor is true. I'd love to see Bernadette Peters as Dolly too.

[Urban]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 2:54am

I don't think Bernie would 'do Jersey'.

[alterego]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:15am

Dollypop. didn't you hear, it's Loretta Switt.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:23am

at Papermill, We just better hope it's not Joyce DeWitt!!! UGH! It's probably Betty Buckley or Loretta Switt - although I'd like to see a Dolly of colour again! Bring on Miss Holiday! Worst case - it would be Lorna Luft or Rosilyn Kind, LOL!!!!!!!!!

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:41am

I don't think Bernie would 'do Jersey'.

What the hell is wrong with New Jersey? The Papermill Playhouse is a gorgeous and professional theatre that mounts amazing regional productions.

Don't knock my state please. A lot of famous people have come from NJ, thank you very much.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 3:45am

I don't think Urban was bashing Jersey, probably he/she meant that some actors of Peters' caliber would think that doing anything that's not on a Broadway stage is not worthy...I don't know. Many people consider the Paper Mills production of Follies better than the Broadway revival so I don't see why Bernadette Peters wouldn't "do Jersey."

[jimmirae]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 4:00am

Ann Margret LOVES NJ and she hasn't done DOLLY yet! I'll buy a ticket! Too bad Annie Miller's gone, She would have tap danced the hell out of that role and possibly did somewhere in her career. I suppose Liza is out of the question, huh?

[hannahshule]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 11:05am

Dramadork- that was funny

i think Carol Channing should reprise the role. but instead of tap dancing, she could swing her cane everywhere.
I just saw her in Thouroughly Modern Millie (the movie) and she was so funny. RASPBERRIES!!!!!

[grizzabella]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 11:09am

Dolly_Levy, thank you for the information and for the link. The production must have been fascinating, if definitely unusual.

[Jon]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 12:06pm

I heard it was Faith Prince.

[EadieWasALady]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 5:12pm

I look forward to this. I love this show.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/19/05 at 5:50pm

I visited with Carol Channing a few weekends ago and she never mentioned anything about reprising the role of Dolly. (How I wish it were true, though!). Instead, she's becoming something of a lobbyist to get more funding for theater programs for California universities.