Who will be Papermill's Dolly? — Page 4

#76

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 12:37pm

i got it!

Dolly: Debbie Reynolds or Carol Burnett
Horace: Hal Holbrook or Judd Hirsch
Irene: Debra Messing
Minnie: Megan Mullally
Cornelius: Eric McCormack
Barnaby: Sean Hayes

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#77

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 12:38pm

i would go see it. I live two towns away from Papermill.

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#78

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 2:06pm

c&a: I hope you are joking.

#79

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 2:26pm

im joking about the secondary leads, but dont you think Debbie Reynolds or Carol Burnett would be great Dollys?

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#80

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 3:41pm

I think we're all missing the obvious here. Who else could play warm-hearted and still have a little bit of sex appeal. None other than DOLLY PARTON HERSELF! DOLLY CAN PLAY DOLLY!

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#81

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:07pm

Dolly as the "unmarriageable" Ms. Levi? OK ......

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#82

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:44pm

hello, hello what about Dixie Carter or Jean Smart or Annie Potts or Delta Burke?

no seriously, Dixie Carter! with her husband, Hal Holbook, as Horace (but not in his Mark Twain drag, please!)

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#83

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:53pm

No one has mentioned ME!!!!!! I'd be perfect in the role.

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#84

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:54pm

judy kaye or sally mayes.

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#85

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:55pm

no, Dollypop, Dolly Levi isn't supposed to be that OLD or that gay.

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Updated On: 3/20/06 at 04:55 PM

#86

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:56pm

Idina Menzel will be playing Dolly!

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#87

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:04pm

bigrab 1018, i HOPE to god you are joking, otherwise the world as we know it will end when she takes the stage.

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#88

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:33am

for your consideration: Madame as Dolly Levi (look, she's already got the costume) with Wayland Flowers as Cornelius

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#89

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:42am

Polly Bergen or Debbie Reynolds would be wonderful for the Paper Mill (or any Dolly) production!!!!

#90

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/21/06 at 11:43pm

How about Juliet Mills? Today on "Passions" she called herself "The Dark Sides Dolly Levi". She plays Tabitha, a witch on "Passions", hence the "dark side" reference. She was nominated for a Tony back in the sixties. Horace could be played by her real life husband, Max Caufield ("Grease 2") and maybe Hayley Mills could be the widow Molloy.

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#91

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:42am

And the winner is ................

TOVAH FELDSHUH!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98779.html

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#92

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:45am

i LOVE that choice.

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#93

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:45am

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

#94

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:52am

I didn't know Tovah could sing.

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Updated On: 3/30/06 at 10:52 AM

#95

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:55am

According to IBDB, she's been in three Broadway musicals -- Sarava, Cyrano and a Rodgers & Hart revue.

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#96

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:57am

She sings. She actually has a cd out of a concert she did several years ago, where she says her first Broadway offer was as Bernadette Peter's understudy in MACK AND MABEL (she turned it down).

I think she'll be fine, but I sincerely doubt she was Papermills's first or even second choice for the role. She doesn't strike me as the type of star personality the theatre really needed to score right now to boost their huge sagging box office problem.

#97

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 11:08am

The Papermill's box-office problems are self-imposed. I vowed never to return after Ragtime and my (2.5 hour) schlep back to Manhattan. I've sent several missives regarding their lack of coordination with NJ Transit, promotion/discounts to the untapped NYC market, etc. I received polite 'we're working on it' responses. I won't return until these issues are addressed.

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Updated On: 3/30/06 at 11:08 AM

#98

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 11:10am

I don't get this choice!!

#99

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 11:11am

strange choice methinks.

#100

word on the street says...

Posted: 3/30/06 at 11:13am

blah...i'll still go see it though.