Why hasn't Patti LuPone played Dolly?- Page 2

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/3/23 at 11:34am

I wish Mitzi Gaynor had played Dolly. The same with Goldie Hawn.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/3/23 at 4:26pm

Did Jerry Herman really say that? How horrible, if true.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 1/3/23 at 5:53pm

How was Midler not too ethnic? She's more Jewish than Jesus. How was Bernadette not too ethnic? Dolly is from Ireland originally - Dolly Gallagher. Didn't I hear somewhere that Tovah Feldshuh played Dolly regionally with an Irish accent? How camp. 

Updated On: 1/3/23 at 05:53 PM

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 1/3/23 at 5:55pm

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Did Jerry Herman really say that? How horrible, if true."

Yes he said LuPone was too ethnic. She said so on Watch What Happens Live. And I love her follow up comment that she would rather do The Matchmaker because she doesn't "understand" Hello, Dolly! So perfectly catty. 

[binau]

Posted: 1/3/23 at 6:54pm

Well Patti also said she didn’t ‘understand’ Rose either before doing the part. At this point, I think we can take any perceived criticism of parts to be a bit meaningless. I think if it were 2013 and she was offered the part I’m sure she would have done it. Now as she is a bit older I’m not sure. Also, it does feel a little close since the last revival (though probably more time has passed than between the previous Gypsy revivals now. Time is flying). 
 

Since Patti’s voice appears to be holding up well I’d love a splashy revival mounted around her in a few years to bid her career and era farewell. Just over 10 years ago we had Patti, Bernadette, Mazzie, Donna all on Broadway around the same time. These days are well and truly over. So happy to have been there. 
 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/4/23 at 1:25pm

I see an option:

Entertainment Community Fund benefit concert.

Patti does Dolly.

All-star cast.

Her farewell to Broadway, post-union resignation.

(And that's if there's a special desire to see her. Frankly, I'd rather film the last revival as a special and put Bette opposite Billy Crystal. They played well off each other in Parental Guidance, and I can only assume that he wasn't approached for the revival because both Bette and Billy would make the budget astronomical.)

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 1/4/23 at 2:24pm

I can't believe it's now a longer timespan since the Midler revival than the time between the Peters and LuPone Gypsys - really puts it into perspective how controversial it must have been to open that 2008 Gypsy 

[David10086]

Posted: 1/4/23 at 10:52pm

I wish Carol Burnett had played Dolly. What a fun show that could be. Especially when she was in her 60s. 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 1/5/23 at 12:46pm

David10086 said: "I wish Carol Burnett had played Dolly. What a fun show that could be. Especially when she was in her 60s."

I wish Burnett had done way more onstage than she did through her career, both in terms of revivals and new works. So many great roles she could have done in that 30 years between Fade Out-Fade In and her return to Broadway in Moon Over Buffalo, or in that span between Putting It Together and her few weeks stint in Love Letters. 

[DJD4]

Posted: 1/5/23 at 3:18pm

In her broadway.com ask a star interview, she was asked when she was gonna play Dolly.

her answer: a simple chuckle and a shrugged off "I dunno"

 

There you go folks, she dunno