Hello, Dolly! (musical)

*Hello, Dolly!*
Hello, Dolly!
	1964 Broadway poster
Music	Jerry Herman
Lyrics	Jerry Herman
Book	Michael Stewart
Basis	The Matchmaker; by Thornton Wilder
Premiere	November 16, 1963: Fisher Theatre, Detroit
Productions	1964 Broadway ; 1965 West End ; 1975 Broadway revival ; 1978 Broadway revival ; 1995 Broadway revival ; 2009 West End revival; 2017 Broadway revival ; 2018 US tour
Awards	1964 Tony Award for Best Musical ; 1964 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ; 1964 Tony Award for Best Original Score ; 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival ; 2017 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1954. The musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder.

Hello, Dolly! debuted at the Fisher Theater in Detroit on November 18, 1963,^[1] directed and choreographed by Gower Champion and produced by David Merrick. It starred stage performer Carol Channing as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a role theatrical audiences of the world would forever associate with her.^[2] The show moved to Broadway in 1964, winning 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actress in a Musical for Channing. The awards earned set a record which the play held for 37 years. The show album Hello, Dolly! An Original Cast Recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.^[3] The album reached number one on the Billboard album chart on June 6, 1964, and was replaced the next week by Louis Armstrong's album Hello, Dolly!^[4] Louis Armstrong also was featured in the film version of the show, performing a small part of the song "Hello, Dolly!".

The show has become one of the most enduring musical theater hits, with four Broadway revivals and international success. It was also made into the 1969 film Hello Dolly! by 20th Century Fox, which won three Academy Awards, including Best Score of a Musical Picture and was nominated in four other categories, including Best Picture at the 42nd Academy Awards.

^ "Hello, Dolly! – 1964 Broadway – Backstage & Production Info". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ Dvornik, Teale (30 April 2017). "Theatre History: Hello Dolly". thebackstageblonde.co. Teale Dvornik. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ Grammy Hall of Fame Award Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Albums (2010), Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-183-7, p.973

[1] "Hello, Dolly! – 1964 Broadway – Backstage & Production Info". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] Dvornik, Teale (30 April 2017). "Theatre History: Hello Dolly". thebackstageblonde.co. Teale Dvornik. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[3] Grammy Hall of Fame Award Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Albums (2010), Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-183-7, p.973

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