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Post by the Scribe on Apr 20, 2017 8:03:00 GMT -5
anyone remember this show?
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Post by rick on Apr 22, 2017 5:38:57 GMT -5
I am going to see "Hello, Dolly!" with Bette in June. Here is video of the curtain call from Opening Night -- (Press/click to turn on Volume ) http://instagram.com/p/BTLd0cnl7Q_ |
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Post by rick on Apr 22, 2017 5:41:39 GMT -5
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Post by fabtastique on Apr 23, 2017 1:27:25 GMT -5
would love to see this. I saw her in concert last year in London and had 'meet and greet' tickets. Have photo with her somewhere on PC - she was great, very warm and chatty backstage
I think the reviews of Dolly have been almost all positive, apart from one or two .....
Rick, enjoy!
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Post by rick on Apr 23, 2017 4:28:06 GMT -5
Thanks, Fab. I am looking forward to it.
I see her here in L.A. at Staples Center on her "Divine Intervention" tour in 2015. She was great.
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Post by Mr. Kaplansky on Apr 23, 2017 14:03:36 GMT -5
Why do tickets have to be so expensive? From $200 to $800. I like Rosie O"Donnel's comment after seeing the show: "Oh my divine God"!
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Post by rick on Apr 23, 2017 18:16:58 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Ms. Kaplansky, that's the way of the Broadway theater these days. My memory is that "The Producers" started this business of running up the prices with $499/$500 per ticket premium prices. I believe the top premium ticket for "Hamilton" now is just shy of $900! It is insane. A friend in San Francisco tried to get a ticket for "Hamilton," the touring production, in San Francisco and each seat was $500.
I won't tell you what i paid for my "Dolly!" tickets. The amazing thing is the theaters charge these prices and the theaters are full. I tried to get a seat for "Dear Evan Hansen" on my April trip and could only find one seat for a Saturday matinee on the side. And it was not inexpensive. And the theater was packed, and packed with very young people who had seen the show multiple times. As long as people will pay these prices, then theater owners are going to charge them.
My understanding is that Bette Midler is receiving the highest salary ever received on Broadway. And when i was in New York in April, the local TV stations had commercials that said,
"Hello, Dolly!" Starring Bette Midler. Sold out." It had the biggest opening day of ticket sales in Broadway history. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing Bette, but I tend to mix up my trips to New York with visits to small theaters or cabarets. Sometimes I see more interesting productions in less-lavish (and less-expensive) productions.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 24, 2017 3:03:38 GMT -5
My only Broadway or near Broadway (off Broadway if I remember correctly) was in the late 1960's. I was involved in my high schools Spanish Club and our teacher planned an outing into New York City from our Long Island digs (some 60 miles away due east of NYC and Ocean bound). The big event was Man of La Mancha whose popular song was The Impossible Dream.
While it was an enjoyable event it was the surprise that happened afterwards that was more memorable. Our group had reservations for a real Spanish meal at a restaurant in the Chelsea Hotel. The nice thing about the internet is that you can go to youtube, enter something to search and come up with a treasure. Such was this very cool video documentary on the Chelsea Hotel.
Near the beginning of this video is a view of the lobby/living room area. As we gathered around after doing our business Pamela T. (a native American member of our group) froze in shock. "Oh my god!" "What?" we asked. "Look over there at that woman sitting on the couch." All 12 of us turned our attention to a beautiful red velour couch where what appeared to be a cleaning lady taking a break. "No! Not that couch" she exclaimed. "That couch." pointing to a different side of the lobby. Our heads turned in unison. Personally I didn't get it but in studying the woman quickly I thought it was Cher. "Oh wow" I said. "Cher." Pamela said "No, it's Buffy St. Marie." Not wanting to be ignorant about it I said "Oh wow." I didn't have a clue. I had heard the name before. Maybe from the Ed Sullivan Show or some other variety show around the time. So there she sat and quickly became alarmed as we rushed the couch. Pamela did the talking and spoke for us all about how wonderful she was and we all got her autograph. She was incredibly beautiful with this glowingly healthy brown skin, tight brown skin and long jet black hair, big brown eyes and an incredible smile. I think she may have been surprised so many people at once knew who she was. You see, Buffy, like Pamela was also native American and was a heroine to the girls in the tribe kind of like Linda Ronstadt was the heroine of my tribe. Buffy was quite gracious and gave us a lot of time so it was a memorable experience. She later was married to Jack Nitzsche until his death, who Linda has referred to several times. Jack is a bit of a legend himself.
I know this has nothing to do with Bette Midler but it was as close as I ever got to Broadway again. Maybe whoever reads this will watch this short biography about Buffy and appreciate her as much as I came to.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Sainte-MarieOh, I forgot. I think we paid $4.50 for our tickets to La Mancha. And I often wondered about that cleaning lady and what her story was. It too was probably more interesting than one would think. This is what life is all about. An adventure one life at a time.
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