the black HELLO DOLLY
the black HELLO DOLLY
#0the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:06pm
i am wrong in thinking that the black version is so much more entertaining than the white version?
someone should revive this with audra & brian stokes...or other suggestions?
Don't f*ck with me fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.
Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#1re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:09pm
Lillias WHite. That'd be hilarious.
Phylicia Rashad would just be intense. Ohh I'd pay to see it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:17pm
They didn't make any textual changes did they? I thought the only different it the entire cast was black...
I'd give my right are to see Lillias WHite as Dolly!
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#4re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:17pm
Wow! I didn't know that with a musical with no exact racial requirements, segregation was still so prominant!
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Updated On: 1/20/06 at 05:17 PM
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#5re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:18pm
Felicia Fields has played Dolly.
And Effie!
I'd kill for that!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:21pm
The Pearl Bailey/Cab Calloway company of HELLO, DOLLY! was every bit as enjoyable as the previous casts of the show. There was plenty of talent of stage and Pearl's personality was truly suited to the role.
However, it was still HELLO, DOLLY! Don't be distracted by the breakneck tempos of the recording--no cast could sustain those tempos 8 times a week! It's great to listen to, but impossible to perform.
What made the Pearl Bailey version so special was the "third act" that Bailey and Calloway did after curtain calls. They sat on stools on the ramp and performed chestnuts from their days in vaudeville (Bailey) and Big Bands (Calloway).
I saw that version of the show 8 times and drove down to DC for Bailey's "farewell" performance in the revival.
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#7re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/20/06 at 5:58pm
omg beerchild!
TAFFY! hahaha she rocks.
Your fupa is showing.
#8re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/21/06 at 10:08amCan Phylicia sing? Man, she would be a gorgeous, glorious Dolly!
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#9re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/21/06 at 10:11amPhyllicia is hardly Lillias White or Melba Moore, but she has a pleasant voice and has done a lot of musical theatre throughout her career. I absolutely CANNOT see her as Dolly, though.
#10re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/21/06 at 10:14amGive Audra a few more years (just to age mind you!) and she would be awesome!
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#11re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/21/06 at 11:47amwhat about the perfect Horace and bandleader at Harmonia Gardens?
Don't f*ck with me fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: the black HELLO DOLLY
Posted: 1/21/06 at 12:23pm
I saw Pearl Bailey play Dolly when she brought it back to the Minskoff in 1975, To date,the best Dolly I have ever seen.
How about Hattie Winston as Dolly? She should return to Broadway - Knockout voice. Ben Vereen as Vandergelder - He'd be terrific.
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