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Hello Dolly!

Book by Michael Stewart
Based on The matchmaker by Thorton Wilder
Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
Produced by David Merrick
Directed by Gower Champion
Choreography by Gower Champion
Movie - 1969
Opened January 16, 1964 at the St. James Theatre, (New York) and ran for 2844 performances.

Synopsis

HELLO, DOLLY! is the story of Mrs. Dolly Levi's efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught her. Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder's head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius' assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy's assistant, Minnie Fay; and the struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder's weeping niece, Ermengarde.
     Mrs. Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Yonkers, then by train back to Mrs. Molloy's hat shop in New York, out into the streets of the city where they are all caught up in the great Fourteenth Street Association Parade, and finally to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the Harmonia Gardens. There, Dolly is greeted by the waiters, cooks, doormen and wine stewards in one of the most famous songs in the history of American musical comedy, Hello, Dolly!
     What happens in the end? Dolly gets her man, of course. Even makes him glad she caught him. Dolly leaves the stage at the end of Act II with a wink to the audience as she takes a peep into Vandergelder's bulging cash register, and promises that his fortune will soon be put to good use. She quotes her late husband as she says, "Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."
     HELLO, DOLLY! is an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly Gallagher Levi!

Song List

Overture
I put my hand in
It takes a woman
Put on your Sunday clothes
Ribbons down my back
Motherhood
Dancing
Before the parade passes by
Elegance
Hello, Dolly
It only takes a moment
So long dearie
Finale

Ethel Merman Version - Added Songs

World, Take Me Back
Love, Look In My Window

Film Version - Added Songs

Just Leave Everything To Me)
Love Is Only Love

Info

1964 Tony Awards won

Musical: "Hello, Dolly!"

Leading Actress: Carol Channing

Author: Michael Stewart

Producer : David Merrick

Director : Gower Champion

Composer and Lyricist: Jerry Herman

Conductor and Musical Director: Shepard Coleman

Scenic Designer: Oliver Smith

Costume Designer: Freddy Wittop

Choreographer: Gower Champion

1969 Academy Awards Nominations and Winners

Best Score - Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman

Best Art Direction - John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphael Bretton

Best Sound - Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack

Nomination: Best Picture

Nomination: Best Cinematography - Harry Stadling

Nomination: Best Editing - William Reynolds

Nomination: Best Costume Design - Irene Sharaff

During 1995's pre-Broadway tour, Carol Channing received Broadway's highest honor: a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, only the second time in Broadway's history that this award has been bestowed.

Related

Hello Dolly! MIDI Files
Hello, Dolly! (1967 New York Revival) Jerry Herman / Audio CD / Released 1991
Hello, Dolly!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1969 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] Jerry Herman / Audio CD / Released 1994
Hello, Dolly!: The New 1994 Cast Recording (New York Revival) Jerry Herman / Audio CD / Released 1994
Hello, Dolly!: The New Musical Comedy - The Original Broadway Cast Recording Jerry Herman / Audio CD / Released 1989
Highlights From Guys And Dolls/Hello Dolly Original Cast / Audio CD / Released 1993
Hello Dolly! Sheet Music
Hello, Dolly! (1969) Video

Licensing Agent

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