Posted on June 18, 2019 by admin
A great performance always seems fresh-minted. That certainly is the case with Ms. Betty Buckley at the Kennedy Center. In fact, her character, Dolly Gallagher Levi, first appeared during playwright […]
Posted on June 17, 2019 by admin
During the difficult times it is important to remember that life is full of wonderful things. Our current political and environmental states are enough to make anyone despondent. That’s why […]
Posted on June 17, 2019 by admin
Well, hello again, Dolly! Dolly (Gallagher) Levi, the inveterate multitasker, matchmaker, busybody and eternal optimist from turn-of-the-century New York, is indeed back in town. As embodied — and that’s the right […]
Posted on June 8, 2019 by admin
I expect that, if you’ve found your way to this review, you will love the national tour of the recent Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, newly ensconced at Kennedy Center’s Opera […]
Posted on June 8, 2019 by admin
For female musical-theater stars of a certain age, slipping into Dolly Gallagher Levi’s bedazzled red gown and matching red feather headdress seems a mandate of destiny, the way putting on […]
Posted on June 8, 2019 by admin
A matchmaker, dance instructor, legal counsel, and mandolin teacher (among other occupations), Dolly Gallagher Levi is a woman of countless talents and side-hustles in bustling, turn-of-the-century New York City. Undaunted […]
Posted on June 5, 2019 by admin
Betty Buckley takes things seriously, so she unwinds a nuanced, 50-years-in-20-minutes answer to explain why even she didn’t see herself headlining the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” that begins its five-week stand […]
Posted on June 5, 2019 by admin
Channing. Streisand. Midler. And now Buckley. These are the icons we associate with that indelible, vivacious matriarch and matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi over the decades since Thornton Wilder’s farce was […]
Posted on June 5, 2019 by admin
Before the parade passes by, you really owe it to yourself to see the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” at the Peace Center. This dream production, sparkling and funny, stars […]
Posted on May 18, 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 18, 2019 by admin
Hello, Dolly!, Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) and Michael Stewart’s (book) adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, has delighted audiences since its 1964 debut. A high-water mark for productions comes to the […]
Posted on May 18, 2019 by admin
Columbus with a legendary Broadway star. Buoyed by the charisma, warmth, soulfulness and terrific singing/acting of Betty Buckley, theatergoers should thrill to the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!,” which opened […]
Posted on May 18, 2019 by admin
Betty Buckley is as refined as it gets, starring in the refreshingly classic production of Hello, Dolly! at the Ohio Theatre. From the moment she saunters onto the stage, there is no […]
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, […]
