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.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Was it me or did Struthers look like she was having trouble making way down the staircase? And, understanding the positive reviews, would it be possible to have someone of an appropriate age playing Dolly at some point? Struthers is in the latter part of her 60's. (Yes, I know Channing played it well into her 70s)
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 She can't be too young because she's been a widow for a few years and says she has withdrawn from life for a long time, but people don't quit trying to improve their lives just because they get older.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.
"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."
Yes, the tour is receiving great reviews. However, like most other non-Wicked/Lion King/Book of Mormon shows out on the road right this fall, the tour is selling pretty poorly. It's difficult to say whether or not they'll want to expand it to become a week-long market show. It's not looking likely right now, though you never know.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
"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.
I'm curious about such a small pit (for this score) sounding so good. I know often tours will supplement the pit with local musicians, who aren't credited in the program (I've seen more than a few tours where the pit was double what was listed, which confused me until a friend of mine who plays in many pits explained it.) Was that the situation, or?
Also do they credit the original team? The designs look like a basic version of the original and the staging from those clips looks a lot like the Gower Champion. Glad it sounds like a good tour--with these kinds of tours they really do seem to fall into two extremes--awful or surprisingly excellent.
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.
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.
brendasugarbaker said: "JohnyBroadway said: "Does anyone know which Overture is used in this production? The original or the rearranged one from the last revival?" Lbe an overture 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.
"The original production (1964) did not ha've an overture. Gower Champion hated them.