Posted on May 18, 2019 by admin
Betty Buckley is dubbed “The Voice of Broadway” for a reason. The powerhouse vocalist sang her heart out at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday night in the PNC Broadway in […]
Posted on May 18, 2019 by admin
Hello, Dolly! is a true american classic, and is treated by some as the perfect musical comedy. Like many associate Ethel Mermanwith Gypsy or Anything Goes, the hand prints of the late great Carol Channing are forever […]
Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin
There is an unutterable joy that comes from a great Broadway musical done damn well. It’s with great satisfaction that I can report the national tour of Jerry Herman’s classic […]
Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin
It only takes a moment to realize that composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, aided and abetted by book writer Michael Stewart (with an able assist from Thornton Wilder), knew exactly what he was doing when he […]
Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin
“The world is full of wonderful things!” proclaims Irene Molloy en route to the 14th Street Parade in Act I of Hello, Dolly! And she’s right. The world IS full of wonderful […]
Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin
Jerry Zaks’ revival of Hello, Dolly! is at Nashville’s TPAC now through May 5. Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Betty Buckley, stars as Dolly Gallagher Levi and her star shines brightly throughout. From the moment […]
Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin
Nashville doesn’t get nearly enough living Broadway legends. But for whatever cosmic reason or intervention by the Gods of Musical Theater, we have the chance to experience Betty Buckley in Hello, […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
Life has a tendency to pull us toward resignation as we get older. For many people, major breakdowns are things that can bog one down for decades, if not the […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
Life has a tendency to pull us toward resignation as we get older. For many people, major breakdowns are things that can bog one down for decades, if not the […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
Friends, I think it’s safe to say that the long-awaited spring has arrived. And our reward for making it through the long bleak winter is the tour of the recent […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
“Hello, Dolly!” has always felt a little more like “goodbye.” It’s not only set in the twilight of a 19th-century America on the cusp of major change, but bears the […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
The Tony-winning Broadway revival opened Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis with beautiful performances, endless high-gloss costumes and lots of pizazz. Directed briskly by Jerry Zaks with fetching choreography […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
Quote of the Day: Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It’s not worth a thing unless you spread it around, encouraging young things to grow. Dolly Levi in the musical Hello, Dolly! Originally […]
Posted on April 27, 2019 by admin
The national touring company of Hello, Dolly!, playing through April 28 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. The poster for the national tour of Hello, Dolly! features just four words: […]
Posted on February 25, 2019 by admin
Everybody’s always happy to see Dolly. The titular matchmaker and Jill-of-all-trades in “Hello, Dolly!” always makes a big entrance, and people practically swoon all around her. We’ve all heard the […]
Posted on February 25, 2019 by admin
Hello, Betty! Classy Broadway staple and TV star Betty Buckley fills the shoes of Dolly Gallagher Levi with joy in the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” onstage the Golden Gate […]
Posted on February 25, 2019 by admin
As the house lights went down and the familiar strains of “Before the Parade Passes By” wafted through San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre, a buzz of excitement and a ripple of […]
Posted on February 16, 2019 by admin
Betty Buckley was in New Orleans, contemplating how to devour a soul, when her agent called with an offer from Broadway. “There I was, living an actor’s dream playing a completely […]
Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin
The national tour of director Jerry Zaks’ exuberantly received revival of “Hello, Dolly!” has finally reached the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. And though it brings us neither Bette Midler, who won a Tony Award for the […]
Posted on February 3, 2019 by admin
Betty Buckley is making matches right and left while earning ovation after ovation as only a Broadway legend can in the 10-Tony-award-winning 1964 classic Hello, Dolly!, now paying L.A. a […]
