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(TheTimesestimatesthat she played Dolly Levi more than 4,500 times.)
Even after decades of performing in Dolly, Channing continued to appear in cabaret acts.
She even appeared at acelebrationin honor ofDolly!s anniversary in 2014.
Its easy to slide downhill, but who are the ones that just wont do it?
Who are the diamonds in the rough that go upstream against everything?
Channing oncesaid of the musical.
Thats what it was all about, thats what Thornton Wilder kept writing about.
