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Post by Mark on Oct 1, 2023 10:36:14 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 1, 2023 10:49:18 GMT
Yes. As I’ve said before it’s going to the Palladium in summer 24 |
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Post by Mark on Oct 1, 2023 11:14:30 GMT
Yes. As I’ve said before it’s going to the Palladium in summer 24 I was just pointing out the website has changed. Which implies the announcement must be imminent. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 1, 2023 13:11:44 GMT
Yes. As I’ve said before it’s going to the Palladium in summer 24 I was just pointing out the website has changed. Which implies the announcement must be imminent. I would have thought so- they’ll need to get it on sale very soon |
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Post by sph on Oct 1, 2023 14:41:46 GMT
Still Imelda?
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 1, 2023 15:41:47 GMT
Can we have an entirely different cast to the one they'd previously announced please....!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 1, 2023 15:52:53 GMT
Imelda is def still doing it. The others I don’t know - hopefully not Jenna Russel
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Post by alece10 on Oct 1, 2023 15:57:20 GMT
Can I put in a request for Charley Stemp.
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Post by Fleance on Oct 1, 2023 16:21:19 GMT
Imelda would be an interesting Dolly. My favorite memory of Imelda is not one of her big roles, which I enjoyed, but her rendition of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" in They Shoot Horses Don't They (RSC/Mermaid).
I've seen two Dollys: Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey, both wonderful. After the curtain call of the latter production, Pearlie Mae moved downstage to make a short speech, the gist of which was not entirely specific; something about a tragedy and the cast not knowing what to do. My friend and I went to get her autograph at the stage door. She told us that, during the performance, the (all-Black) cast learned of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sharon D. Clarke would make a great Dolly!
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 1, 2023 16:45:03 GMT
Just give it Jane McDonald and let us all have a camp old time
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Post by sph on Oct 1, 2023 16:59:33 GMT
Can I put in a request for Charley Stemp. I think he'd look good in the red Harmonia Gardens dress but still a bit too young. |
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Post by Matt on Oct 1, 2023 18:05:00 GMT
Just give it Jane McDonald and let us all have a camp old time Someone literally just put Jane McDonald’s name on the MTAS Facebook group on a post for this, so now I don’t know if you are him and are being serious, or if he’s seen your post and backed it. |
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 1, 2023 18:11:44 GMT
Just give it Jane McDonald and let us all have a camp old time Someone literally just put Jane McDonald’s name on the MTAS Facebook group on a post for this, so now I don’t know if you are him and are being serious, or if he’s seen your post and backed it. I am neither, I just think she'd be great fun! |
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Oct 1, 2023 20:13:18 GMT
I’m assuming Imelda will still be in it because one reason it was delayed for quite so long was due to Imelda’s filming commitments for The Crown.
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Post by danb on Oct 1, 2023 20:20:51 GMT
Someone literally just put Jane McDonald’s name on the MTAS Facebook group on a post for this, so now I don’t know if you are him and are being serious, or if he’s seen your post and backed it. I am neither, I just think she'd be great fun! But set it in Wakefield so that the accents don’t jar. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 1, 2023 22:25:40 GMT
I’m assuming Imelda will still be in it because one reason it was delayed for quite so long was due to Imelda’s filming commitments for The Crown. Again.. Imelda IS doing it. Palladium 2024 |
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Post by carmella1 on Oct 2, 2023 2:27:55 GMT
Can I put in a request for Charley Stemp. I saw him as Barnaby. Do not see him as Cornelius. |
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Post by MoreLife on Oct 2, 2023 7:46:07 GMT
Again.. Imelda IS doing it. Palladium 2024 Hopefully there'll be an alternate with fixed weekly performances à la 'Sunset Boulevard' so people who - like myself - have no interest whatsoever in seeing her can easily avoid that. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 2, 2023 7:57:18 GMT
Again.. Imelda IS doing it. Palladium 2024 Hopefully there'll be an alternate with fixed weekly performances à la 'Sunset Boulevard' so people who - like myself - have no interest whatsoever in seeing her can easily avoid that. I would not hold your breath on that one. Imelda famously is a trooper and does all 8 shows. She didn’t have an alternate for Gypsy or Sweeney, so she won’t for this. |
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 2, 2023 10:12:01 GMT
Oh she'll be 8 times a week, and she'll be fine - she just doesn't strike me as a Dolly at all, but I totally get why it's her.
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Post by ladidah on Oct 2, 2023 12:56:39 GMT
I love Hello Dolly, so would be so excited to see this happen.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 2, 2023 13:14:32 GMT
I also think the Palladium is the best venue for it, much better than the Adelphi.
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Post by MoreLife on Oct 2, 2023 13:34:37 GMT
I would not hold your breath on that one. Imelda famously is a trooper and does all 8 shows. She didn’t have an alternate for Gypsy or Sweeney, so she won’t for this. Yeah, I'm not too hopeful... it's not a hard sing, nor is it an especially demanding show from a general stamina viewpoint, even at her age, so I'm sure she'll be super professional and won't miss a performance unless something really prevents her from it. BUT... unfortunately I'm really not a fan of her work, and unless I know in advance her understudy is meant to go on as Dolly I think I'll be saving some money and sit this one out. |
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Post by mattnyc on Oct 2, 2023 13:46:08 GMT
I’m looking forward to this even though there’s literally an entire theatre full of women I’d rather see in the role, about 10 minutes away at The Gielgud.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 2, 2023 13:49:08 GMT
What’s with the Anti-Imelda brigade?! She’s one of our finest performers. Didn’t y’all see her in Gypsy?
I can’t wait to see her take on Dolly.. it won’t be the usual camp schtick.
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