Nancy Opel as DOLLY!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:29pm

Ford's Theatre, Washibgton DC.

Discuss.
(I'm excited!)

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:34pm

I'm a fan, but I'd love to see Dolly cast younger.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:40pm

Opel's played the role before, around five years ago at the Sacramento Music Circus.

While her comedic prowess can't be denied, I'm sad to say I'm not a huge fan. I find her voice so deafeningly shrill and grating that I've never enjoyed a single performance of hers outside of URINETOWN and THE TOXIC AVENGER, where she played almost the exact same kind of cartoonish villains.

I think, above all, Dolly has to be warm and enigmatic, and that's far from what I get from Opel, whose comedy is often so dark.

Updated On: 10/17/12 at 02:40 PM

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:43pm

I saw her on tour as The Drowsy Chaperone and she was terrific, but I have to agree with somethingwicked's comment about her seeming to be ill suited for the role.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:46pm

Eric Schaeffer is directing and he likes working with Nancy. She'll be fine but not special imho.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:49pm

When have Schaeffer and Opel ever worked together before, Wilmingtom? I wasn't aware they had.

Updated On: 10/17/12 at 02:49 PM

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 2:57pm

^ I seem to remember that she did something at the Signature a few years back but can't recall what it was. I could be completely wrong. Her name came up in a conversation and the person mentioned that Eric was a fan so maybe I just presumed they'd worked together.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 3:02pm

Schaeffer just must like her work, because she's never done anything at Signature.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 3:14pm

Thx for setting me straight.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/17/12 at 6:02pm

Warmth is not something that comes to mind when I think Dolly.
Likable? Yes, very much, but Warmth?
Naw.


How old do you like your DOLLY?