RIEDEL: Chenoweth as Dolly

[Brick]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 1:36am

Well, I didn't see that one coming...

I would have preferred the rumoured Patti revival helmed by Jack O'Brien.




NYPost Updated On: 8/7/13 at 01:36 AM

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 1:54am

this is out of the blue, but i think it has the potential to be either great or a complete disaster. Either way it will do great at the box office

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 2:03am

The Nederlanders have rights for Dolly AND My Fair Lady? Damn they have got some good potential cash cows on their hands!

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 2:12am

You know, I can kind of see this....

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 2:19am

Imagine if Hello Dolly AND Funny Girl were revived in the same year! It would be 1964 all over again! I wonder who would conquer the Tony's.

[vf]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 5:48am

That seems like a great idea. Good she's still doing Twentieth Century too.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 6:12am

No. Just no...

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 6:17am

How about Christine Ebersol as Dolly?

[edyw32]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 6:19am

I think she will be fabulous in the role but she's so little!! I hope the headress is lightweight as she may topple over on that staircase. Then again those gavotting waiters can toss her around the stage like a salad, that could be a spectacular number.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 6:19am

So......this makes 9 new musicals Cheno is working on? Or is it 10?

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 6:32am

I know! All I want to see is On the Twentieth Century!

Updated On: 8/7/13 at 06:32 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 7:00am

She's way more Minnie Fay than Dolly Levi.

She could be great, though, but she'll look like Shirley Temple coming down that staircase. Actually, I think Temple was taller.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 7:02am

I'm not disappointed that they're doing Dolly. But I am bummed in a major way that Twentieth Century is not coming sooner.

[alterego]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:10am

That would be a terrible, terrible mistake.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:16am

Well, she'll be better than Channing.

[D2]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:20am

Which Channing, PJ? 64? 78? Or the upcoming 95?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 8:35am

I'm confused as to when ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY is ever going to actually happen. It's been delayed time and time again because of Chenoweth's various television commitments and then her unfortunate injury. Now, she's completely healed and available and yet, from what I've heard, even with Roundabout having a gap in their season, it's still not happening.

Casting her in DOLLY seems incredibly bizarre when there are so many other seemingly better qualified candidates to be had, but stranger things have worked, I guess.

[Libby1209]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:03am

I like Cheno, but as Dolly? Isn't she too young for this role?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:05am

Carol Channing was 43 when she originated Dolly. Chenoweth is 45.

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:12am

Cheno could be such a fun Dolly! I wanted Patti but I would love to see Cheno tackle it.

[bryan2]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:15am

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Please Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:48am

I think the Liberace autopsy film containers might make a good musical.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:56am

When those containers are opened a rainbow colored combination of self-loathing and narcissism come flying out.

With glitter.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 10:00am

I hope we get to see Matt Damon fvcking those containers.

Updated On: 8/7/13 at 10:00 AM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/7/13 at 10:31am

No!! Please make it stop. Why would we want Tinkerbell to play Dolly?

Chenoweth, because of her voice, always comes across as a little girl. She is not right for the role.