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somethingwicked
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joined:5/27/05
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 01:16pm
Per her Facebook page:

"The producer announced yesterday! So we are now free to share the news with everyone. Going to London in Dec. to start rehearsals for a brand new version of 'Dear World' directed by the wonderful Gillian Lynne. I'm playing the 'Madwoman of Chaillot', Aurelia. Very exciting. The show opens in Feb. 2013 for an eight week run till end of March at the Charing Cross Theatre. Hope we see y'all in London!"

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 8/5/12 at 01:16 PM
best12bars
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joined:6/29/05
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 01:29pm
Can't wait to hear her sing "I Don't Want To Know!"
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
ClapYo'Hands
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 01:32pm
Well that's exciting!
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Jordan Catalano
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 01:34pm
Omigodomigodimigodomigodomigod
"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.
jv92
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 01:34pm
Don't tell biggs bunny.

Scripps2
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 03:20pm
Astonishing! I'll be there.
If you're a British citizen you can e-petition the government to grant Alan Turing a posthumous pardon here http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/23526; to put Alan Turing on the back of the £10 note here http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31659; and to put a statue of Alan Turing on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square here http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29811
MusicalBoy
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 03:26pm
...and 60 seconds after reading this, my tickets were booked!
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AnythingGoes23
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 04:10pm
Blimey, I heard about this last year that she was attached to a reading of Dear World but I laughed it off.... That'll teach me!
devonian.t
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 05:09pm
I'm so there.

Shame it's not at the Donmar though.
DeNada
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joined:7/7/07
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 05:21pm
...at the Charing Cross?

Well, at least it's not the Union or the Landor, I guess.
best12bars
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 05:26pm
The thing is, she's perfect for this.

Great role, great star, great songs for her to sing.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
biggs bunny
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joined:3/13/11
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 06:59pm
The theatre has 275 seats....and currently houses Naked Boys Singing!! hee hee
Jordan Catalano
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 07:01pm
Your point?
"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.
biggs bunny
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 07:09pm
My point is Betty Lynn is not exactly on the A-List....would Patti work under such circumstances?
ClapYo'Hands
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 07:23pm
You think Patti is A-list?
2013 Theatre: Loserville ***** Merrily We Roll Along ***** La Bohéme (Royal Opera House Live) **** One Man, Two Guvnors (UK Tour) * Oliver! (UK Tour) ***** Lulu (Welsh National Opera) ***** Driving Miss Daisy (UK Tour) [x2] ***** Sexual Perversity in Chicago *** Madame Butterfly (Welsh National Opera) *** High Society (UK Tour) *** Singin' In The Rain ***** The Ladykillers (UK Tour) ***** Peter And Alice ***** A Chorus Line ***** Once *** A Chorus Line ***** GHOST: The Musical (UK Tour) **** The Great Gatsby (Northern Ballet) ***** RENT - 20th Anniversary Concert ** The Woman in Black (UK Tour) ** Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty ***** Lohengrin (Welsh National Opera) **** The Three Phantoms **** Wagner Dream (Welsh National Opera) * The Audience ****
best12bars
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 07:24pm
Anywhere she hangs her hat is A-list!

... as long as they clean the toilets ...
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
Jordan Catalano
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 08:02pm
Oh, I see your point. Yeah, it is weird that an actress with one of the best voices ever to grace the musical theater stage would choose to go into a new production of one of the most famous never-seen shows ever written that won it's original leading lady a Tony for Best Actress, with the possibilities for it to go on from there being endless.

But then again it's probably just because she'll do anything and is lucky to get a job, right?
"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.
missthemountains
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 08:26pm
This just about made my week.
jv92
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joined:11/4/05
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 08:33pm
I can't wait to hear her sing these songs. I'm already hoping for a cast album.

Leadingplayer
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joined:5/12/03
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/5/12 at 09:43pm
With all due respect to Miss Buckley, I think she is lucky to get a job....It's been 15 years since anyone in London or on Broadway would hire her and the fiasco she caused with all her demands for that ill-fated production of Sweeney Todd in Texas must have even made regional theatres nervous too. Hope she gets her ego in check for her "comeback"
ClapYo'Hands
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/6/12 at 07:45am
^^ It's a RETURN.

2013 Theatre: Loserville ***** Merrily We Roll Along ***** La Bohéme (Royal Opera House Live) **** One Man, Two Guvnors (UK Tour) * Oliver! (UK Tour) ***** Lulu (Welsh National Opera) ***** Driving Miss Daisy (UK Tour) [x2] ***** Sexual Perversity in Chicago *** Madame Butterfly (Welsh National Opera) *** High Society (UK Tour) *** Singin' In The Rain ***** The Ladykillers (UK Tour) ***** Peter And Alice ***** A Chorus Line ***** Once *** A Chorus Line ***** GHOST: The Musical (UK Tour) **** The Great Gatsby (Northern Ballet) ***** RENT - 20th Anniversary Concert ** The Woman in Black (UK Tour) ** Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty ***** Lohengrin (Welsh National Opera) **** The Three Phantoms **** Wagner Dream (Welsh National Opera) * The Audience ****
Updated On: 8/6/12 at 07:45 AM
MrMidwest
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joined:2/8/05
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/6/12 at 09:26am
"I'm playing the 'Madwoman of Chaillot', Aurelia."

All your life, Betty!
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
castlestreet
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/6/12 at 09:41am
Yes, because, for the 900th time- Betty Buckley is the ONLY woman in theater that is difficult to work with!

I hear everybody else is just a pure joy 100% of the time, never make demands, never have outbursts, never are hard on their co-stars, have never had any drug or alcohol problems- everyone else in the industry walks the straight and narrow all the time!

Please.
Scripps2
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/6/12 at 04:17pm
"and currently houses Naked Boys Singing!!"

Exactly. I can see Dear World and stay for the late show of NBS.

One of the new cast members is very cheeky.
If you're a British citizen you can e-petition the government to grant Alan Turing a posthumous pardon here http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/23526; to put Alan Turing on the back of the £10 note here http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31659; and to put a statue of Alan Turing on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square here http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29811
iluvtheatertrash
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joined:11/9/04
Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/6/12 at 04:52pm
My jaw just hit the floor. BRILLIANT.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
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Betty Buckley to Star in London Mounting of DEAR WORLD
Posted: 8/6/12 at 06:13pm
She's a fantastic talent in her role. I've read bits and pieces of Miss Buckley's "difficult nature" in some of her roles. What should the cast and crew of "Dear World"
expect from her...with regards to her role...and "anything else"? Just wondering...from RC in Austin,Texas
Visiting New York City for the seventh time from June 7-10, 2013. Shows I'll be seeing: Friday, June 7th: "Chicago", Saturday, June 8th @ 2pm: "The Nance", "Pippin": 8pm and Sunday, June 9th: "Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike": 2pm.

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