Sally Struthers Will Lead 50th Anniversary National Tour of Hello, Dolly! — Page 5

with the tour receiving excellent reviews, I have to wonder if they might extend the tour. or maybe bump up the tour to a SETA to play bigger cities and have longer runs instead of just mostly one nighters.

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There's a montage up now.
Hello Dolly Tour Montage

I agree about Sally on the staircase, but don't see why that's a major problem when she has Rudolph and all those strong young waiters to assist her--as they would any guest of any age who might need a little help. It just needs to be well staged/choreographed so it's still a grand entrance. As long as the actress can meet the acting/comedy, general movement, and singing demands of the role, I don't see that Dolly has to be any particular age. She can't be too young because she's been a widow for a few years and says she has withdrawn from life for a long time, but people don't quit trying to improve their lives just because they get older. Dolly is a good-hearted manipulator and professional meddler who has been scrambling to make a living for some time and is now hoping to live more comfortably and participate more fully in her own life. She starts out saying that she will marry Horace for his money and ends up discovering that the relationship may be more than that. All of those things can be true of a woman in her forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, or beyond. I knew a woman who married for the first time at the age of eighty. Stories like that aren't as unusual as some think. People find love and make major life changes at many ages.

Why on earth do they not have a followspot on her as she descends the stairs? That scene looks soooo dark.

Otherwise I think the production looks pretty swell!

Hmmmm.... I can't figure out why you're saying there is a followspot. Is it just so you can have the opportunity make a joke?

I will be making the drive to Santa Barbara for this one.

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Updated On: 10/31/13 at 01:51 PM

"I have to wonder if they might extend the tour. or maybe bump up the tour to a SETA to play bigger cities and have longer runs instead of just mostly one nighters."

It's already on the SETA contract, albeit the lowest tier there is. As great as Sally is reported to be, I just don't think she has the star power to support much more than the one or two nighters they are playing. Certainly the local presenters don't seem to think so, as they are just not booking it for that long.

Well, they certainly should not credit Gower because the choreography in that video has nothing to do with him other than a homage or two. It also has dancers that don't seem to be able to keep time with the music. The Dolly choreography in those clips is horrid and not a patch on the butt cheeks of Mr. Champion's iconic staging. Same with the Waiter's Galop clips.

Here's a link to the Milwaukee review from my city's daily newspaper...
Hello, Dolly! Milwaukee Review

Saw "Hello, Dolly!" in Roanoke, Virginia tonight. Sally was, in a word, fantastic. I've seen this show with many Dolly's - including Carol - and Sally can more than hold her own. Well worth the price of admission (300 dollars for a family of four).

JohnyBroadway said: "Does anyone know which Overture is used in this production? The original or the rearranged one from the last revival?"

This thread is years old but I remember there being no overture, instead going straight into Call On Dolly. Though there may have normally been one; a few things seemed off when I saw it in Athens. GA such as the train not coming out for the finale.

CATSNYrevival said: "The artwork looks like someone put a good 30 seconds of thought into it."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This comment made my morning.