When Bette Midler leaves the current Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! in January, she will be replaced by Bernadette Peters. But of course.
I'd rather see Bette but Bernadette Peters is not exactly chopped liver. Victor Garber will take over for David Hyde-Pierce.
During the original run, producer David Merrick kept the show going forever by casting one great lady of Broadway after another, eventually bringing in an all-black cast with Pearl Bailey as Dolly and Cab Calloway as Horace. Wonder if this one will run long enough for Audra McDonald to play Dolly with…I don't know…Ben Vereen as Horace? Today in the era of the race-blind Hamilton, they probably wouldn't bother making the cast all-black.
Hey, while I've got you here: Where did that "chopped liver" expression start? It's like a saying…"What am I? Chopped liver?" Who started that? Why isn't it "What am I? Tuna salad?" Or "What am I, a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich on pumpernickel toast?" Why chopped liver? It doesn't make any more sense than any other food.