Carol Channing
Carol Channing
Caitlin
Chorus Member Joined: 4/13/04
#0Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 5:41pmAre there any major Carol Channing fans here? I think she's amazing, but you don't hear much about her around here.
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 5:50pmI'll speak up. I love Carol. I want a wig just like one of hers.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#2re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 6:33pmTalk to dollypop and Dolly_Levi they're her major cheering section here on BWW.
richasi12b
Swing Joined: 9/25/05
#3re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 7:37pmshe is a real trouper..do you know if her show at harvey's will tour?
#4re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:07pm
A living legend.
She truly is a Hirschfeld come to life.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:28pm
I worship the ground Carol Channing walks on.
I have reservations for several of her performances at Feinstein's next month.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#6re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:31pmI think she's a great performer. I loved her as Dolly, but my favorite role of her's was Rose in GYPSY
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#7re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:33pmWhere did you see Carol do Rose???
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#8re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:35pm
"raspberrieeees!"
i love me some carol. and i love imitating her 
RIP glebby <3
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:46pm
Carol Channing as Mama Rose? Now THAT's a performance I wished I'd seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Methinks someone has her mixed up with Angela Lansbury)
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#10re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 9:27pm
I did not gain a true appreciation of this amazing woman until I did Dolly myself
She's fantastic and yes, an absolute blast to imitate 
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#11re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/25/05 at 11:20pmOh Dollypop, I was concerned, for a moment I read your first posting on this thread as " I have reservations for several of her performances..." as in you were anxious about what she would be like. I (briefly) thought 'surely not Dollypop'. lol.
#12re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 2:48amI adore Carol Channing, I'm listening to Lorelei right now!
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Do you think my costume looked all right for Brooks? I think he was a little amazed.
#13re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 3:19am
Be sure to watch "Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway". Her "If I Were a Rich Man" is simply to die for. And her Marlene Deitrich number proves her comic genius.
Follow your heart, no raspberries
It's eckspecially apropos
So if you really want to know
Do I love you?
Don't aks.
#14re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 10:06am
I adore The Channing. Seeing her in the Hello Dolly! tour was a big thrill for me in high school.
Updated On: 9/26/05 at 10:06 AM
#15re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 11:20am
I too love Carol! An amazing talent a humble and kind person as well.
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#16re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 11:24amShe cancelled her Seattle concert last year! I was soooooooooo pissed.
#17re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 12:38pm
I wasn't really a fan of Carol's before, but two months ago (to the day, actually) she performed her new show "The First 80 Years Are the Hardest" for a theatre company whose board I'm on, and I have to say I became a fan instantly! The woman is incredible. She had the audience eating out of the palm of her hand from the moment she stepped on stage! Her show was alternately hilarious and moving.
Not only that, but two nights before the show, she and her husband Harry had dinner with those of us on the board, and I will remember that night as one of the most exciting nights of my life. Carol and Harry were extremely gracious and so charming. I sat next to Harry during dinner, and he could not have been nicer. They told us all sorts of stories and even sang a little for us during dinner. It was quite an evening!
I have a pic of me and Carol that was taken after dinner in my fan photos.
Updated On: 9/26/05 at 12:38 PM
#18re: Carol Channing
Posted: 9/26/05 at 2:32pmCarol Channing is wonderful! I got to see her at the 2004 Tonys and i was amazed that even though she's getting up in age she still is astounding. I wish I was in NYC to see her concert! She should have won the Oscar for her role in Thoroughly Modern Millie. None of my friends like her at all, because they don't like her voice. I love it because it's unique. Just like Ethel Merman has a distinctive voice. I wish I could have see Carol in Hello, Dolly!
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
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