Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart. Based on the 1938 Thornton Wilder imitation of The Merchant of Yonkers (which Wilder revised and titled The Matchmaker in 1955), this musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi (a strong-willed ) matchmaker), as he travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match of the unmarried "married billionaires" married, Horace Vandergelder. By doing so he persuaded his nephew, his nephew, and two Horace employees to go to New York City.
Hello, Dolly! was first produced on Broadway by David Merrick in 1964, winning tape-binding (tied with South Pacific's ) 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, a record held for 37 years. Hello, Dolly! Original Brand Recording was inaugurated to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. The album reached number one on the Billboard album charts on June 6, 1964 and was replaced the following week by the album Louis Armstrong Halo, Dolly!
The show has become one of the most enduring musical theater hits, with four Broadway revolts and international success. It was also made into the 1969 movie Hello Dolly! nominated for seven Academy Awards, and won three.
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Plot Hello, Dolly! comes from an English drama of 1835, A Day Well Spent by John Oxenford, the Johann Nestroy adaptation into the play Einen Jux will er sich machen He Will Spree or He Will Have Good Moment ). Thornton Wilder adapted the Nestroy game into his funny 1938 drama The Merchant of Yonkers, a failure he revised and titled The Matchmaker in 1955, extending the role of Dolly, played by Ruth Gordon. The Matchmaker became a hit and much revived and made into a 1958 film of the same name that starred Shirley Booth. The story of a belligerent widow who tries to bring romance to several couples and herself in a big-city restaurant also stands out in the 1891 hit musicals A Trip to Chinatown.
The role of Dolly Gallagher Levi in ​​the musical was originally written for Ethel Merman, but Merman rejected it, as did Mary Martin (though each one eventually played it). Merrick then auditioned for Nancy Walker. Eventually, he hired Carol Channing, who later created Dolly's signature role. Gower Champion's director is not the first choice of producers, as Hal Prince and the others (among them Jerome Robbins and Joe Layton) all refuse to direct the musical duties.
Hello, Dolly! has tested out of town in Detroit and Washington, DC After receiving reviews, the creators made major changes to scripts and scores, including the addition of the song "Before Parade Skipping". The show was originally titled Dolly, A Damned Exasperating Woman and Call on Dolly but Merrick changed the title after hearing Louis Armstrong's version of "Hello, Dolly." The show became one of Broadway's most iconic shows of its era, the second half of the 1960s, running for 2,844 performances, and for the longest running time in Broadway history. During that decade, ten "blockbuster" musicals played over 1,000 shows and three played over 2,000, helping to redefine "success" for the Broadway music genre.
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Synopsis
Source: Tams-Witmark Guide to Broadway Masterworks Musical Theater
Act Me
When the 19th century became the 20th century, the entire city of New York was very excited because of Dolly Gallagher Levi's muscular widow who was in town ("Call On Dolly"). Dolly earns her living through what she calls "meddling" - matchmaking and many other things, including dance lessons and mandolin lessons ("I Put My Hand In"). He is currently looking for a wife for the angry Horace Vandergelder, the famous half-billionaire, but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace himself. Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's wily nephew, Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's call does not guarantee a stable life. Ambrose enlists Dolly's help, and they travel to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace, who is a leading citizen there and has Hay and Feed Vandergelder.
Horace explained to his two kins, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, that he would marry for "It Takes a Woman" to cheerfully do all the housework. He plans to travel with Dolly to New York City to march on the Fourteenth Street Parade Association and propose to widow Irene Molloy, who owns a hat shop there. Dolly arrived at Yonkers and "accidentally" mentioned that Irene's first husband might not have died of natural causes, and also mentioned that she knew an heir, Ernestina Money, who might be interested in Horace. Horace left for New York and left Cornelius and Barnaby to run the store.
Cornelius decided that he and Barnaby should get out of the Yonkers. They will go to New York, eat well, spend all their money, see whales in the Barnum museum, almost arrested, and each kiss a girl! They blew up a few tin cans to create a terrible smell and a good alibi to close the store. Dolly mentioned that she knew two New York women they needed to contact: Irene Molloy and her shop assistant, Minnie Fay. He told Ermengarde and Ambrose that he would include them in a polka competition at the upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant in New York City so that Ambrose can demonstrate his ability to become a breadwinner for Horace. Cornelius, Barnaby, Ambrose, Ermengarde, and Dolly take the train to New York ("Wear your Sunday Clothes").
Irene and Minnie open their hat shop for the afternoon. Irene wants a husband, but does not love Horace Vandergelder. He stated that he would wear a complicated hat to impress a man ("Ribbons Down My Back"). Cornelius and Barnaby arrive at the store and pretend to be rich. Horace and Dolly arrive at the store, and Cornelius and Barnaby hide from him. Irene accidentally mentions that she knows Cornelius Hackl, and Dolly tells him and Horace that although Cornelius is Horace's employee today, she is a New York playboy at night; he is one of the the Hackls. Minnie screamed as she found Cornelius hiding in the closet. Horace will open the cabinet itself, but Dolly, Irene, and Minnie distract him with patriotic sentiments related to subjects like Betsy Ross and Battle of the Alamo shown in the famous lyrics "Alamo, remember the Alamo!" ("Motherhood March"). Cornelius sneezed, and Horace came out, realizing there were people hiding in the store, but not knowing they were his employees.
Dolly arranged for Cornelius and Barnaby, who still pretended to be rich, to get the women out to dinner at the Harmonia Gardens restaurant to make up for their humiliation. He taught Cornelius and Barnaby how to dance because they always danced in a place like that ("Dancing"). Soon, Cornelius, Irene, Barnaby, and Minnie were dancing happily. They went to watch the fabulous 14th Street Association Parade together. Alone, Dolly decided to put her beloved husband, Ephram, behind him and go on "Before the Parade is Over". He asked Ephram's permission to marry Horace, asking for a sign from him. Dolly meets upset Vandergelder, who has lost all the parades, and she convinces him to give one more chance. She tells him that Ernestina's money will be perfect for her and asks her to meet him in the fancy Harmonia Gardens that night.
Act II
Cornelius was determined to get a kiss before the night was over, but Barnaby was not so sure. Since employees have no money for trains, they tell the girls who walk to the restaurant to show that they have "Elegance". At Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, Rudolph, the butler, prepares his service crew for the return of Dolly Gallagher Levi: their regular express service, he says, should be "twice as fast" ("The Waiters' Gallop"). Horace arrives with his date, but he proves not as rich or as wonderful as Dolly; He soon got bored by Horace and left, as Dolly had planned.
Cornelius, Barnaby, and the dates they arrived, unaware that Horace was also eating in the restaurant. Irene and Minnie, inspired by the luxury of the restaurant, order the most expensive items menu. Cornelius and Barnaby became increasingly anxious when they discovered that they had less than a dollar left. Dolly makes her victory back to Harmonia Gardens and is greeted with style by the staff ("Hello, Dolly!") She sits on the now vacant chair at Horace's desk and starts eating a big, expensive dinner, telling Horace the annoyance that no matter what she says , she will not marry him. Barnaby and Horace called the maids at the same time, and in subsequent confusion each dropped his wallet and accidentally picked up the other. Barnaby is glad that he can now pay the restaurant bill, while Horace finds only a few pennies. Barnaby and Cornelius realized that the wallet must belong to Horace. Cornelius, Irene, Barnaby and Minnie try to sneak out during "The Polka Contest", but Horace recognizes them and sees Ermengarde and Ambrose as well. The next free-for-all peaked on the way to the night court.
Cornelius and Barnaby claimed that they had no money and had never been to New York before. Cornelius stated that even if he had to dig the trenches the rest of his life, he would never forget that day because he had met Irene. Cornelius, Barnaby, and Ambrose each expressed their love for their companion ("Just a Moment"). Dolly convinces the judge that their only crime is in love. The judge found all the innocent people and released from all charges, but Horace was found guilty and forced to pay compensation. Dolly mentions the marriage again, and Horace declares that she will not marry her if she is the last woman in the world. Dolly is mad at her, "So Long, Dearie", telling him that while he's bored and lonely, he's going to live a high life.
The next morning, back to the straw and feed shop, Cornelius and Irene, Barnaby and Minnie, and Ambrose and Ermengarde each embarked on a new journey of life. The unconscious Horace Vandergelder finally admits that he needs Dolly in his life, but Dolly is not sure about marriage until her late husband sends her a sign. Vandergelder spontaneously repeats the words of Ephram: "Money is like a fertilizer It is worthless unless it spreads, encourages young things to grow." Horace says that Dolly's life will be boring without her, and she promises in return that she will "never leave again" ("Hello, Dolly" (reprise)).
Character
- Dolly Gallagher Levi : A widow in her middle year who decides to start her life again. He is a matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, and woman who loves life.
- Horace Vandergelder : Owner Hay & amp; Feed shop and client of Dolly Gallagher Levi's. A famous half millionaire, he is a widower, rugged, authoritative, and organized in his ways.
- Cornelius Hackl : Vandergelder's chief officer who missed a fun day in NYC. Energetic, enthusiastic, and young adventurer who has a sweet innocence about him.
- Barnaby Tucker : Assistant Cornelius at Vandergelder's Hay & amp; Feed shop. She is sweet, naive, energetic, and follower.
- Irene Molloy : A beautiful, smart, and fun-loving widow and milliner with a hat shop in New York. Dolly had introduced it to Horace Vandergelder but she missed romance.
- Minnie Fay : A young girl working at Irene's hat shop. Assistant Irene, she's a naïf, a strait, a fresh, and a follower.
- Ambrose Kemper : A young and explosive artist who tries to marry Ermengarde.
- Ermengarde : Young nephew Horace Vandergelder. She often cried and wanted her independence and wanted to marry Ambrose.
- Ernestina Money : An eccentric looking girl who needs Dolly's matchmaker service.
- Rudolf Reisenweber : MaÃÆ'®tre d 'from Harmonia Gardens restaurant.
- Judge : Court judge with a white mustache. Easy to shed tears by romance.
- Madam. Rose : Dolly's old friend.
Original characters and castors
Music number
* The song is cut before the opening of Broadway, restored when Ethel Merman joins to play Dolly ** Song replaces "Come and Be My Butterfly" during Broadway Run.
^ Horace Vandergelder's solo "Penny in My Pocket", despite receiving a warm welcome from the city, was cut before the opening of Broadway due to time. For Broadway Revival 2017, it was added back as the opening of Act Two in front of the curtain. However, it is not included in the licensed version for stock and amateur production from Tams Witmark.
The song "Elegance", though credited to Herman, was written by Bob Merrill for the 1957 show New Girl in the City but removed from its original production.
Productions
Original Broadway production
Musical, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion and produced by David Merrick, opened on January 16, 1964, at St. James and closed on December 27, 1970, after 2,844 performances. Carol Channing starred as Dolly, with supporting cast that included David Burns as Horace, Charles Nelson Reilly as Cornelius, Eileen Brennan as Irene, Jerry Dodge as Barnaby, Sondra Lee as Minnie Fay, Alice Playten as Ermengarde, and Igors Gavon as Ambrose. Despite facing competition from Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand, Hello, Dolly! swept the Tony Awards that year, winning awards in ten categories (of eleven nominations) that tied the musical with the previous South Pacific record guard, a record that remained unbroken for 37 years until The Producers won twelve Tonnes in 2001.
After Channing left the show, Merrick hired a leading actress to portray Dolly, including Ginger Rogers, who began on August 9, 1965; Martha Raye, starting February 27, 1967; Betty Grable, from 12 June 1967 to 5 November 1967; Pearl Bailey (in black versions) began on November 12, 1967; Phyllis Diller, on December 26, 1969; and Ethel Merman (after refusing to lead at the start of the show) from 28 March 1970 to 27 December 1970.
Two songs were cut before the opening - a typical belt track "World, Take Me Back" and "Love, Look in My Window" - restored to Merman run. Thelma Carpenter played Dolly in all performances during the production of Pearl Bailey and subbed more than a hundred times, at one point playing all shows for seven weeks in a row. Aunt Osterwald is standby for Dolly in original Broadway production, subbing for all stars, including Bailey, despite the fact that Osterwald is a blue-eyed blonde. Bailey received the Special Tony Award in 1968.
The show was warmly received, with "praise for Carol Channing and especially the Gower Champion." The original production became the longest musical show (and the third longest show) in Broadway history up to that time, surpassing My Fair Lady and later defeated by Fiddler on the Roof. Broadway Production Hello Dolly! earned $ 27 million. Hello, Dolly! and Fiddler remain the longest Broadway record holder for nearly ten years until Grease surpassed them.
- Tour and Dolly regional
Dorothy Lamour, Eve Arden, Ann Sothern, Michele Lee, Edie Adams, and Yvonne De Carlo played a part in the tour. Betty White appeared with Kenley Players as Dolly in the summer of 1979. Molly Picon appeared as Dolly in 1971 production by North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts. Lainie Kazan starred in a production at Claridge Atlantic City. Both Tovah Feldshuh and Betsy Palmer play Dolly in production by Paper Mill Playhouse. Marilyn Maye also starred in several regional productions and recorded a full-length album.
Original London production
Hello, Dolly! aired in the West End at Theater Royal, Drury Lane on December 2, 1965 and ran for 794 shows. The directed champion and choreographer, and starring Mary Martin as Dolly (after her, as well as Merman, has rejected the role for the original show of the show), Loring Smith as Horace Vandergelder (Smith has created Horace's role in original production The Matchmaker ), Johnny Beecher as Barnaby, Garrett Lewis as Cornelius, Mark Alden as Ambrose Kemper, and Marilynn Lovell as Irene Molloy. Dora Bryan replaces Martin during the run.
Revivals
This show has been revived four times on Broadway:
- November 6, 1975 - December 28, 1975, Theater Minskoff - Starring Pearl Bailey and Billy Daniels in the all-black production (42 shows)
- March 5, 1978 - July 9, 1978, Lunt-Fontanne Theater - Starring Carol Channing and Eddie Bracken (147 shows)
- October 19, 1995 - January 28, 1996, Lunt-Fontanne Theater - Starring Carol Channing and Jay Garner (116 shows)
- March 15, 2017 (preview), opened April 20, 2017, Shubert Theater - Starring Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce
In the West End the show has been revived three times:
- 1979 - Starring Carol Channing at Theater Royal, Drury Lane, and Shaftesbury Theater
- January 3, 1984 - April 27, 1984 - Starring female imitator Danny La Rue as Dolly at Prince of Wales Theater
- July 30, 2009 - September 12, 2009 - Starring Samantha Spiro (Dolly) and Allan Corduner (Horace) at Open Air Theater, Regent's Park. Spiro won the Olivier Award for his performance.
In 1989, there was an English tour of the show directed and choreographed by Paul Kerryson, starring Dora Bryan. Kerryson continues to direct the show again in 2014 at the Curve Theater in Leicester UK, starring Janie Dee.
2017 Broadway Awakening
On January 19, 2016, it was announced that Bette Midler would play the title role in Broadway revival Halo, Dolly! . Preview begins March 15, 2017, officially opened on April 20, 2017, at Shubert Theater.
The production is produced by Scott Rudin, directed by Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. David Hyde Pierce plays Horace Vandergelder. Other major foundries for the resurrection include: Kate Baldwin as Irene Molloy, Gavin Creel as Cornelius Hackl, Jennifer Simard as Ernestina Money, Taylor Trensch as Barnaby Tucker, Will Burton as Ambrose Kemper, Melanie Moore as Ermengarde, and Beanie Feldstein as Minnie Fay. Donna Murphy plays Dolly's role on Tuesday night's performance starting June 2017, and includes the Midler holiday date. She played her last performance on January 7, 2018.
Midler, Pierce, Trensch and Feldstein left production on January 14, 2018. Bernadette Peters took over Dolly's role with a preview of January 20, 2018, officially on 22 February 2018, and Victor Garber took over the role of Horace Vandergelder. Charlie Stemp takes over the role of Barnaby Tucker on January 20, 2018. Santino Fontana temporarily plays the role of Cornelius Hackl from March 2018 to May 6 while Gavin Creel recovers from back surgery. Creel returned to the role on May 8, 2018. Before the temporary engagement of Fontana, substitute Christian Dante White played the role of Cornelius. Production is expected to close on August 25, 2018, with Midler and Hyde Pierce returning to play Dolly and Horace (respectively) from July 17, 2018 until closing.
International production
- Australian production from 1965-1966 starring Carole Cook, produced by JC Williamson Theaters LTD. She is the second woman to play that role. Jack Goode as Horace and Bill Millican as Cornelius also starred. The show was played at Her Majesty's Theater, Sydney and Melbourne, and His Majesty's Theater, Aukland in 1966. The production of Israel in 1968-1970 starred Hanna Maron as Dolly Levi, one of Israel's most famous actresses, at the "Alhambra" theater, produced by Giora Godik, also starring Shraga Friedman as Horace Vandergelder, Gadi Yagil as Cornelius Hackl and Tzipi Shavit as Minnie Fay. The musical was a huge success and Dolly remained one of Maron's beloved roles. The musical was translated into Hebrew by Haim Hefer, a famous songwriter and poet.
- In 1985, Cuban diva Rosita Fornes played Dolly in Cuban production Hello, Dolly by Teatro Karl Marx in Havana, Cuba. He also played a role in Camaguey City and in television production under director Manolo Rifat.
- In 1996, Mexican film star Silvia Pinal starred in the Spanish version of the musical, Ã,¿QuÃÆ' Â © tal Dolly? ("What's Up, Dolly?"), opposite Ignacio Lopez Tarso in Mexico City.
Tour
- Mary Martin starred in the US tour, starting in April 1965 and playing in 11 cities. Production also toured in Japan, Korea and Vietnam for a special USO performance for US troops.
- The second US tour began in September 1965, led by Channing, and lasted for two years and nine months. Eve Arden and Dorothy Lamour are substitutes.
- In 2008, Anita Dobson toured in the UK.
- Sally Struthers appeared as Dolly on the musical's 50th anniversary tour, starting in October 2013
- The third US tour will start on October 2, 2018 with starring Betty Buckley
Critical reception
The opening night of reviews from original production is generally positive, and Carol Channing's performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi is highly acclaimed; However, some reviewers criticized the score and libretto, implying that Channing's performance was responsible for the efficacy of the event. In his review of the opening night show, The New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman wrote
Hello, Dolly! ... has a rare quality of freshness and imagination in running our machine-made musicals. It transmits a very stylish atmosphere from complex jokes to the spirit and color of the music stage.... Songs Tn. Herman is very fast and pointy and always melodious... a clever and ingenious performance by Carol Channing.... Making necessary reservations for unnecessary vulgar and unnecessary touch, someone gladly welcome Hello, Dolly! for its warmth, color and high spirits.
John Chapman of New York Daily News praised Carol Channing's performance, stating he was "the most open woman on today's music scene - big and warm, all eyes and smile, falling in love with everyone in the theater and having a voice a unique start up rather than basso profundo. "He also wrote," I would not say that Jerry Herman's score is easy to remember. " The New York Post critic, Richard Watts, Jr., writes,
The fact that [ Hello, Dolly! ] seems to me lacking the charm, warmth, and quality of the invisible differences does not change my belief that it will be a huge big success. Herman has created a score that is always fun and melodious, although the only number that comes to mind today is the title of a living song. The lyrics can be called useful.
Di New York Herald Tribune , Walter Kerr menulis,
Hello, Dolly! is a musical comedy dream, with Carol Channing the girl... Channing opens wide her big eyes like a millstone, spreads her gloved white sleeve with pleasure, trots out on a circular runway that surrounds the orchestra, and continues into a circle of dancing around conductor.... With hair like orange sea foam, contralto like a neighing horse, and secret pride, [he] a musical comedy player with all the glamor that mesmerized the girls on sheet 1916 music.
Kerr considers flaws in the libretto, though, stating that "the lines are not always as fun as Miss Channing makes them". John McClain of the New York Journal of America highly praised the musical staging, saying that
Gower Champion deserves big gongs for appearances beyond the call of duty. Rarely has a dancer corps bring so much style and excitement to production that can easily become a hiker.... It's hard to describe emotions [the song "Hello, Dolly!"] Produce. Last night the audience almost tore up the chairs as he led a servant parade in a series of encorees of a half-circular runway that stretched around the orchestra pit out to the audience,... a tribute to Miss Channing's personal charm and the magic of Mr. staging. Champion.
Awards and nominations
Original Broadway production
1978 Broadway revival
1979 West End Awakening
Broadway Revival 1995
Open Air Theater Generation 2009
2017 Broadway Awakening
Recordings
RCA Victor's cast footage from the original Broadway production was released in 1964. It is the number one album on the Billboard pop album chart for seven weeks and this year's top album at the End of the Year. chart. In 1965, the original London production record was released. In 1967, RCA Victor released a recording of a black Broadway replacement, featuring Pearl Bailey, who also starred in an undisclosed 1975 revival. The film's soundtrack was released in 1969. On November 15, 1994, a 1994 revival cast recording was released.
Cast 2017's Broadway Revival footage was released on May 12, 2017, featuring songs currently sung by Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, Kate Baldwin, and Gavin Creel.
Cultural effects
- In 1964 Armstrong's song recording, "Hello, Dolly!", climbed to number one on the Billboard charts, making Armstrong, at the age of 62, the oldest person ever. to achieve that feat. In the process, Armstrong pulled out The Beatles "Can not Buy Me Love" from the number one spot they occupied for 14 consecutive weeks with three different songs.
- The title of this song was sung in the 1999 film Dick by actor Dan Hedaya, playing the role of President Richard Nixon.
- Red, foamy satin costume designed by Freddy Wittop, used by Channing for Hello, Dolly! donated to the Smithsonian by Channing and the theater producer Manny Kladitis, following the thirtieth anniversary tour of the show. Currently on display at the National Museum of American History. While Miss Channing's Harmonia Gardens dress is on the Smithsonian, the rest of Freddy Wittop's original costume is now stored in the permanent collection of Broadway Costume World Collection, a theater museum dedicated to Broadway shows located in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Footnote
References
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Bloom, Ken; Frank Vlastnik (2004-10-01). Broadway Musical: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time . New York, New York: Black Dog & amp; Leventhal Publisher. pp.Ã, 152-155. ISBNÃ, 1-57912-390-2. - Botto, Louis (2002-09-01). Robert Viagas, ed. At This Theater . Book Applause. ISBN: 1-55783-566-7.
- Bovsun, Mara. From 'Hello, Dolly!': Dolly Gallagher Levi. barbra-archives.com. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
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- Hello, Dolly! imagi-nation.com. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- Suskin, Steven (1999-01-01). Show Songs . New York: Oxford University Press US. ISBN: 0-19-512599-1.
External links
- List of Broadway Internet Databases for all productions
- The autobiography film of Charles Nelson Reilly, where he discusses Hello Dolly
- "Long Duration on Broadway per February 2017"
- TUTS study guide
- Synopsis, Casting, Choreography, Landscape, and Settings
- 1964 New York Times review original production
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