Pirates! The Penzance Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording, now available via streaming and digital formats. The CD edition is released on 14 November 2026 (Center Stage Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The opening jazz number transports us to a joint-jumping New Orleans in this recording of ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’. […]
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Dolly says Hello, Bette!… again
So, who will replace Bernadette Peters when she leaves the smash revival of Hello, Dolly!, as scheduled, on 15 July 2018? Why, none other than Bette Midler. Yes, the very same Bette Midler that Bernadette Peters replaced when she became Dolly Gallagher Levi this past January. And Midler will be with the show from 17 […]
Charlie Stemp to make Broadway debut in Hello, Dolly!
Charlie Stemp, the much-acclaimed star of Half a Sixpence (which transferred from Chichester Festival Theatre to the West End) is due to make his Broadway debut in the role of Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! from January 2018. Stemp will join Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber, who be taking over the roles of Dolly Levi […]
Hello new Dolly – Bernadette Peters takes over from Bette Midler on Broadway
If you’ve been making yourself a nervous wreck trying to figure out who, if anybody, would replace Bette Midler as she departs from the title role in the smash Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! come 14 January, the suspense is over. It’s none other than Bernadette Peters. After a short span when the show will […]
CD Review – Hello, Dolly! – 2017 Broadway Cast
HELLO, DOLLY! – 2017 Broadway Cast (Masterworks Broadway – 88985405922) At times like this I wish more than anything that I lived in New York. I would love to actually see this production onstage. Perhaps by now you may have gathered that I am in love with this recording of the 2017 Broadway cast of […]
Hello, Dolly! – Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York
Hello, Dolly! continues at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Look at the old girl now, fellas,” the lady in sparkly red at the corner of the stage sings out to the audience. And you’d have to be a total idiot to not do just […]
