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Can't wait to hear more reports, the show sounds incredible!

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I take it that from these rave reports, that Jerry Zaks has redeemed himself after that insipid and miscast La Cage Aux Folles revival from 2004. Now I can't wait to see it this summer when both Bette and Donna are on.

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I went to the box office last week and was able to get 2 tickets on the extreme right (outside aisle) 3rd row for my daughter for April 5th.  I think if you go to the box office, you may have similar luck.  I don't think they showed up on the online ticket site.

Good luck, im so jealous of everyone who is getting to see this! 

 

 

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "Oh snap, I gotta get tickets somehow.

 

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Whizzer, I remember Pearl Bailey, during the title number as she  danced over a catwalk over the orchestra... She acted as though she was winded and every time she passed by the conductor, she leaned over and said: "Slow down, honey!"...

This was the show that got me hooked.

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Makes me happy to read that Dollypop loved every moment. 

Enjoyed the show but didn't love it as much as the majority. 

The costumes, the colors were beautiful.  

Thought Miss Midler seemed shaky at first although she was much better in the second act. She owned the title song. She also owned the audience. 

Found DHP to be perfect. Thought he was the best part of the show.   

Creel is very good, so is Simard. 

There was a large amount of merchandise. T shirts with the logo, a red track jacket with the title on the front and a bright red t shirt that says "I Meddle." The poster was selling for $35.  They also were selling a plastic Playbill sleeve for $10. First time I've ever seen a Playbill sleeve sold at a theater.

This show is going to continue to print money. 

It will also clean up in June. Find it tough believing anyone will beat Midler and Pierce and Creel are equally deserving. 
 

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If anyone happens to sit in or finds a view from the boxes (I am in left, B, 2) I would surely appreciate feedback. It's literally the only thing I found last night that wasn't a front row seat at a performance otherwise sold out. I'm lucky and exciting to be seeing my first production of Dolly no matter where I sit, but just want an idea so I'm not surprised. :)

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Oh, and someone asked earlier - the Dolly understudies are: Linda Mugleston and Jessica Sheridan

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ljay889 said:  As I said earlier, she plays the singing very safe, maintaining her stamina throughout the show. I would think the absence of any Merman song is to help preserve her performance throughout the week. She uses a lot of energy, especially in the title song.

Jerry Herman wrote the show in the hope Ethel Merman originate  Dolly.  When she finally played the role, songs written for her were added.  They haven't used in any other productions, so why would they be added for this production.

Dolly's songs don't call for belting, so why should Bette belt?  You think her singing is safe. Okay. At this point, Bette and the rest of the cast is still learning how much energy it takes to perform the show.

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Wilmingtom said: "I'm not sure why not commenting on rehearsals would be considered trolling,  But I still adore the Lost In Boston CDs.

 

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I adore them, too :)  My point was not that you shouldn't comment on rehearsals - I agree with you.  But you said you were there on Saturday night in the other thread (someone posted the link) and said exactly what you said in this thread.  That was my point. 

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A Director, back in the early 1970s. our local production featured a full-throated classically trained soprano who could have sung the Hell out of the Merman songs and our director asked to license them. We were told by Tams Witmark that Herman would never allow them to be licensed because they were written strictly for Merman. But I understand that today you can license them. I am open to correction.

Regardless, what I wanted to post about is Penny in My Pocket. It was originally performed out of town as the Act I finale. By all accounts I've read, David Burns was superb and brought the house down with it, but it was just wrong as the finale Champion wanted. Behind Herman's back, Merrick went to Adams and Strouse and asked them compose a parade number. They did and wrote a song called Before the Parade Passes By. When Herman found out about it, he went to Merrick and begged to compose his own parade number, which he did. Herman's parade song was eventually used. Nonetheless, for years the rumor circulated that Adams and Strouse had written Before the Parade Passes By. It became so controversial that Stouse himself eventually confirmed that it Herman's song was used, not his.

I am so delighted that Penny is back in the score and that DHP does a great job with it.

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And BK, I also adore your Lost in Boston albums and the Broadway Christmas album, among others, as well as your remastered albums of older shows. I used to post at and still read HomeTheaterForum.com and know you from there. Thanks for it all.

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NoName3 said: "And BK, I also adore your Lost in Boston albums and the Broadway Christmas album, among others, as well as your remastered albums of older shows. I used to post at and still read HomeTheaterForum.com and know you from there. Thanks for it all."

Thanks so much, so lovely of you to post this.