CAROLEE CARMELLO Hello, Dolly!

National tour 2020. Carolee Carmello is now back on Broadway in "Bad Cinderella." More Carolee: "Mamma Mia!" ( • Carolee Carmello MAMMA... ); "Lestat" ( • CAROLEE CARMELLO Lestat ); "Parade" ( • PARADE Carolee Carmel... and • PARADE Original Broadw... "The Scarlet Pimpernel" ( • CAROLEE CARMELLO The S... ); "Kiss Me, Kate" ( • KISS ME, KATE Carolee ... )

[@fountainchain126]

Carolee singing this like it’s Traviata. Adore this woman.

[@flipspicksphilip4677]

A Merman-esque Dolly voice... we haven't had that in a while. Love it ❤️ She sounds marvelous.

[@ryebread9299]

I just love Carolee met her after seeing her off Broadway playing Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd back in 2017 and she was the sweetest human ever.

[@nondescript2892]

Amazing to hear this role, for once, sung by a real singer at full power...as one can so easily buck and wing through this part...but here it is

[@leonle7465]

Couldn't agreed more. I wish there was a cast recording with Carolee or Donna Murphy.

[@treesny]

@@leonle7465 Glad you included Donna Murphy, another "real singer." Only saw the (bootleg) video of her Dolly, but it was sung beautifully and her acting was fantastic.

[@gometome]

what I wouldn't give for this whole show, or any clips really! Carolee is just such a perfect dolly!

[@dylansmith1833]

What a legend! Saw her in 1776 and my my can that woman belt out a number! I just don't know how long Cinders is gonna last on Broadway.

[@whitediamond000]

Christ, how old are you to see her from so long ago? 😂

[@dylansmith1833]

@@whitediamond000 What are you talking about? She was in the recent BWAY revival of 1776.

[@DamnGleeks]

@@dylansmith1833 I believe White Diamond was joking since you saw her in 1776 (we know you mean the musical, but one can read it as seeing her in that year *nudge nudge*)

[@whitediamond000]

@@DamnGleeks A person of culture, thank you.

[@kallen868]

I didn't know she played Dolly! Awesome. TY.💖

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Yes, she replaced Betty Buckley in the national tour version of the 2017 Broadway revival and played the rest of the run.

[@MS-df2fk]

I saw her on tour in this show. She was wonderful!

[@wallyrubin5173]

Another gem, Aurora! What an undervalued talent. More Carolee, please!

[@brrr1315]

Thank you so much for posting! I was lucky enough to catch her in the show right before it prematurely closed. She’s just as incredible here as I remember, and I only wish her time in the role hadn’t been cut short.

[@ProfessorStuDDS]

I had the pleasure of seeing this production in late 2019 and meeting Carolee after. She was absolute dynamite onstage, and we had a lovely conversation at the stage door, mutually gushing over some of the previous shows and the people she's worked with. SO glad my stop came before the pandemic!

[@LondonTheatreLover]

I saw her in Kiss Me, Kate in London in one of her last few performances in 2002 and have loved her ever since. Thank you for this!

[@ethanc739]

You are the best account on KZbin!!! Thanks for your work. I would be remiss not to ask if you have anything of Donna Murphy (my fav) as Dolly? There is a depressing lack of footage on the internet :(

[@joshuadavisfarner]

That option up at 1:19 tho….I love her

[@jamessloan6812]

She’s sublime

[@charlese.mccarry209]

Adore her!

[@johnflynn9619]

Carolee is Wonderful. Beautiful Voice and Amazing Actress. Best since Merman.

[@rockyman1248]

Your video is awesome along with the Sunsetblvd79 video of the original 2017 Broadway revival tour cast. Keep it up Aurora!! 😊

[@markwaltz3307]

On the 20th Century, Kiss Me Kate, Sister Act, Scandalous, Finding Neverland, Tuck Everlasting, Hey Look Me Over!, 1776, and hopefully soon Bad Cinderella. All but BC shows I've seen Carolee in. Too bad she didn't do this in or near NY where I saw Bette, Donna and Bernadette. I would have seen it a fourth time for her.

[@clcris]

I discover Carolee carmello thanks to SCANDALOUS!! Trash for some but for me PURE CAP thanks the talent of Carmello!

[@marcelokotliar4642]

Oh my god!! Please post So long dearie!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@oliver91ist]

She has something special as Dolly that I’m glad you found video clips but her in Cinderella will be interesting

[@charlesrabb5568]

I saw her in the pre Broadway production of Lestat

[@patrickgaik5616]

I must find the whole video!!

[@dannyvincent7831]

WHAT A RARE AND FANTASTIC FIND!!!! Forgive me if I've asked you this before, aurora spiderwoman, but do you have any Maria Conchita Alonso in Kiss of the Spider Woman?

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

I don't believe I have any video whatsoever of Maria Conchita Alonso, and more's the pity. I thought she was second best of the four B'way ladies I saw.

[@dannyvincent7831]

@@auroraspiderwoman5886 Chita, Vanessa, Maria, and ....?

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

@@dannyvincent7831 Carol Lawrence, Chita's old friend from "West Side Story," filled in when Chita took a vacation. And at some point during the national tour, Lawrence again filled in for Chita.

[@dannyvincent7831]

@@auroraspiderwoman5886 I knew she'd done a part of the tour, but I didn't realize she'd also filled in on Broadway. She does not seem like ideal casting for the role. Any memories you can share?

[@danpat18]

Do you have the entire show??

[@nathangaik2272]

Do you have the full show?!? 😍

[@theatreaficionado]

They could have interpolated the Merman songs for her!

[@josephelucas7131]

Got her singing the title number?🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@charlesrabb5568]

Is this from the tour.

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Yes, the tour, I believe early 2020.

[@BroadwayGuy]

She sounds like Ethel Merman.