Beloved Broadway star Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in “Cats,” for which she won a Tony) takes on the role of Dolly Levi for the national tour of the 2017 revival of “Hello, Dolly!” She steps into shoes filled in the past by Ethel Merman and Carol Channing and more recently by Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters. Oct. 23-Nov. 17 at Oriental Theatre; broadwayinchicago.com
On Sale in February 2019: “HELLO, DOLLY!” (May 21-26, 2019) Durham Performing Arts Center. The Durham Performing Arts Center will offer $20 tickets just for Durham residents to upcoming events.
Betty Buckley has built an iconic repertoire of work over the years, a star of stage and screen who truly respects the craft. Early in her career, she won a Tony for originating the role of Grizabella in Cats on Broadway. The same year, she starred alongside Robert Duvall as Dixie in Tender Mercies, a character she fondly recalls as one of her favorites. Read 
When she was just 3 years old Donna Murphy asked her mom for singing lessons. Although her mother couldn’t find them in the yellow pages, she did discover an accordion teacher. “They found a child-sized accordion and I went to an adult group class in a village hall and built up a little repertoire,” Murphy says. By the time she started kindergarten in Hauppauge, New York, she would place the accordion in a wagon, walk to school and serenade people as they entered. “Nobody asked me to do it. I just volunteered my services,” she recalls. Her repertoire was a total of two songs: “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.” Read