Singer and actress Bette Midler has been honored with multiple Grammy Awards and Oscar nominations for her work in films like 'The Rose' and 'Beaches.' In 2017, she won a Tony Award for her . Green, Stanley. . Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. Champion directed and choreographed, and the cast starred Mary Martin as Dolly (after she, as well as Merman, had turned down the role for the original run of the show) and Loring Smith as Horace Vandergelder. 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 1955. [3] Louis Armstrong also was featured in the film version of the show, performing a small part of the song "Hello, Dolly!". Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Photograph Smile 20) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 21) Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - 24 . Get to know the cast before they take their opening bows! It is not, however, included in the licensed version for stock and amateur productions from Tams Witmark. Satisfied, Dolly agrees to marry Horace and vows shell never go away again (Finale: Hello, Dolly). Bette Midler is playing in "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway. The revival of Hello, Dolly opens tonight on Broadway, starring Bette Midler and featuring a star-studded cast. Back Where They Belong! Her parents, originally from New Jersey . Buy it now. for its warmth, color and high spirits.[89]. Well, hello, Dolly. The cost and license availability quoted are estimates only and may differ when you apply for a license. From 'Hello, Dolly! Before The Parade Passes By Dolly & Chorus9. Qualifying purchases could enjoy No Interest if paid in full in 6 months on purchases of $99 or more. He won the Tony for Curtains and was nominated for his work in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; his additional Broadway credits as a performer include La Bte, Accent on Youth, Spamalot and The Heidi Chronicles. She tells Ermengarde and Ambrose that she'll enter them in the polka competition at the upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant in New York City so Ambrose can demonstrate his ability to be a breadwinner to Horace. Pearl Bailey 1968 Tony Awards, Overture Orchestra1. 4 standing ovations.. Went to see Hello Dolly last night. ("Motherhood March"). Dolly settles down to eat with Horace, talking incessantly and repeatedly rejecting a proposal of marriage which he never makes. Scripts and rental materials are not included in this estimate. As director: It Shoulda Been You (Broadway, George Street Playhouse), Ripcord (Manhattan Theatre Club), Vanya and Sonia (Center Theatre Group), The Importance of Being Earnest (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Bette Midler. Ambrose enlists Dolly's help, and they travel to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace, who is a prominent citizen there and owns Vandergelder's Hay and Feed. Regional: Goodspeed Musicals, Barrington Stage Company, Theatre Under the Stars, The Muny, Gateway Playhouse, Music Theatre Wichita. Scripts and rental materials are not included in this estimate. [40], After Channing left the show, Merrick employed prominent actresses to play Dolly, including Ginger Rogers, who started on August 9, 1965; Martha Raye, starting on February 27, 1967; Betty Grable, from June 12, 1967, to November 5, 1967; Pearl Bailey (in an all-black version with Cab Calloway as Horace) starting on November 12, 1967 (with Thelma Carpenter as her alternate); Phyllis Diller, as of December 26, 1969; and Ethel Merman (after having turned down the lead at the show's inception) from March 28, 1970, to December 27, 1970. Orchestra parts are cued so the score may be played with the following minimum number of parts: 3 Reeds, 2 Trumpets, 1 Trombone, 1 Percussion, Bass and Piano. Branch Woodman (Ensemble, u/s Rudolph, Judge) - Broadway/tours: Cinderella, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Billy Elliot, Bye Bye Birdie, Big, and Crazy For You. Holly's dad Phil Lambert . Stewart also wrote Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage Aux Folles are home to some of the most popular, most-often performed and most successful musical hero(in)es of all time, and have given Jerry Herman (1931-2019) the distinction of being the only composer/lyricist in history to have had three Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton, was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. New York City Tourism New York City Hotels New York City Bed and Breakfast Smith had created the Horace role in the original Broadway production of The Matchmaker, Johnny Beecher as Barnaby, Garrett Lewis as Cornelius, Mark Alden as Ambrose Kemper, and Marilynn Lovell as Irene Molloy. Book by Michael StewartMusic and Lyrics by Jerry HermanBased on the play The Matchmaker Add to basket. Polka Orchestra16. Television: "So You Think You Can Dance." Tours: Ballets Jazz Montral, Come Fly Away. Sign up for reopening news, announcements, and exclusive discounts on tickets to your favorite shows! BFA: NYU. Professional Artwork Available for Your Production of Hello, Dolly!Concord Theatricals has collaborated with Subplot Studio to create high-quality artwork that complies with your license. Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce returned to the production for the final six weeks of its run, starting July 17, with Donna Murphy playing Dolly on Sunday matinees. He directed the recent Main Stem production of It Shoulda Been You. Midler, who returns to her stage musical . Bette Midler is dressed to the nines in flamboyant red with extravagant head plumage in the first image of the star . A sideshow is offered up by the threesome working for the merchants, Vandergelder's assistants Cornelius (Gavin Creel . Will Burton (Ambrose Kemper) - Broadway: An American In Paris, Holiday Inn. Michael Stewart (1924-1987) scored on Broadway the first time when he won a Tony Award for his Bye Bye Birdie libretto. (City Center Encores!). The show became one of the most iconic Broadway shows of the latter half of the 1960s, and running for 2,844 performances, was the longest-running musical in Broadway history for a time. A chastened Horace Vandergelder finally admits that he needs Dolly in his life, but Dolly is unsure about the marriage until her late husband sends her a sign. [35] The official songwriting credits as listed with ASCAP have Adams, Herman and Strouse as co-writers. ; Hairspray; Cry-Baby; Shrek; Promises, Promises; How To Succeed; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Gigi; She Loves Me. Aaron Kaburick (Ensemble, u/s Rudolph, Judge) - Broadway: Something Rotten!, Motown, Sister Act, and Billy Elliot. If Midler once had the voice for the part . Bette Midler in her Tony-winning performance as Dolly Levy in the revival of the 1964 Jerry Herman musical, "Hello, Dolly!" Hello, Dolly/Julieta Cervantes. Dolly arrives in Yonkers and "accidentally" mentions that Irene's first husband might not have died of natural causes, and also mentions that she knows an heiress, Ernestina Money, who may be interested in Horace. Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's weepy niece Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's vocation does not guarantee a steady living. I recently checked out one episode and Keith Alexander was sporting a clingy jumpsuit. In 1965, a recording of the original London production was released. As sung on the original cast album by Carol Channing, the keys for Dolly Levis nine numbers are too low for many singers. David Hyde Pierce played Horace Vandergelder. Multiple other Broadway and film/television credits. Mary Martin, Pearl Bailey, Ethel Merman, Ginger Rogers, and Barbra Streisand are among the most celebrated stars of this musical, which opened in 1964 with Carol Channing playing Dolly Gallagher Levi, a fin de . Alone, Dolly decides to put her dear departed husband Ephram behind her and to move on with life "Before the Parade Passes By". Thornton Wilder adapted Nestroy's play into his 1938 farcical play The Merchant of Yonkers. Streisand and ex-husband Gould were one of . [65] Bernadette Peters took over the role of Dolly with previews from January 20, 2018, officially on February 22, 2018, and Victor Garber took over the role of Horace Vandergelder. Education: Wesleyan University. It pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion, hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. He was born in 1966. They'll go to New York, have a good meal, spend all their money, see the stuffed whale in Barnum's museum, almost get arrested, and each kiss a girl! Training: Elon University. And normal people are paying nearly $800 a pop to sit . It Only Takes A Moment (Part II) Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius & Chorus16b. Put On Your Sunday Clothes Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ermengarde, Ambrose & Chorus4a. Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon said the band members putting their egos in "second place" to their success has been key to the band's longevity. New York: On the Town (City Center Encores!). [62] Other principal casting for this revival included 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,[63] and Beanie Feldstein as Minnie Fay. Change of Scene Orchestra18. She tells him that Ernestina Money would be perfect for him and asks him to meet her at the swanky Harmonia Gardens that evening. Dolly angrily bids him "So Long, Dearie", telling him that while he's bored and lonely, she'll be living the high life. Ovation and L.A. Weekly Award nominee. Copyright 1991-2023 Playbill Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi an indefatigable meddling matchmaker; a widow in her middle yearsMrs. In 1967, RCA Victor released a recording of the all-black Broadway replacement cast, featuring Pearl Bailey, who also starred in the unrecorded 1975 revival. BFA: University of Michigan. Learn more at Subplot Studio. The Medium-Voice Transpositions are specially made to accommodate Dollys role; all the other musical numbers remain in their original keys. Crowin! Irene and Minnie, inspired by the restaurant's opulence, order the menu's most expensive items. Cameron Adams (Ensemble) - Broadway: The Music Man; Oklahoma! Horace expects Dolly to help him, but instead she chooses to walk away (So Long, Dearie). Michael Jon Slinger (Swing, Co-Dance Captain) - Broadway: Matilda, Side Show, Evita, How to Succeed, Billy Elliot, West Side Story. Kate Baldwin (Irene Molloy) - Broadway: Finian's Rainbow (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Big Fish, The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Wonderful Town, and Fiorello! Bette Midler won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance inHello, Dolly!. Giuseppe Bausilio (Ensemble) - Broadway: Cats, Aladdin, Newsies, Billy Elliot. The ensuing free-for-all culminates in a trip to night court. Horace tells Dolly life would be dull without her, and she promises in return that she'll "never go away again" ("Hello, Dolly" (reprise)). Regional: Billy Elliot. Barbra Streisand, with her son Jason Gould, on the set of the movie 'Hello, Dolly!', 1969. ': Dolly Gallagher Levi. BFA: The Ailey School/Fordham University. Regional: Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, NC Theatre, Theatre by the Sea. With Donna Murphy. Recent hit shows at the Shubert Theatre include the Bette Midler-led Hello, Dolly! Noam Galai/Getty Images. Eventbrite - Rizzoli Bookstore presents TICKETED EVENT: The Art of Bob Mackie with Bernadette Peters - Thursday, March 23, 2023 at Rizzoli Bookstore, New York, NY. Ernestina, who proves to be less refined than Horace had hoped, soon gets drunk and passes out. Starring Bette Midler in her long-awaited return to the musical theatre stage. Concert dance: River North Dance Chicago, Ailey II, Metropolitan Opera. Finale Ultimo Company19. / Dancing / It Only Takes a Moment / Put On Your Sunday Clothes / Hello, Dolly!" The Andy Griffith Show, Bette Midler, Space Jam, Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Regional: St. Louis Muny, Music Theatre Wichita. His lyrics could be called serviceable.[90]. Horace arrives with his date, but she proves neither as rich nor as elegant as Dolly had implied; furthermore she is soon bored by Horace and leaves, as Dolly had planned she would. By the time the next set of tryouts in Washington began, a different number with the same name, written by Herman, was included in the show. Horace explains to his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, that he is going to get married because "It Takes a Woman" to cheerfully do all the household chores. In 2017, Midler returned to Broadway for the 2017 revival production of "Hello, Dolly!" where she played the titular character. Hello, Dolly! In the melee that follows, Rudolph calls the police, and the whole party is arrested. Television: "Eloise at the Plaza" and "Eloise at Christmastime." . December 4, 2017 | 9:54am David Hyde Pierce and Bette Midler Getty Images " . Reprise: Ribbons Down My Back Mrs. Molloy6. Kevin Ligon (Rudolph, u/s Horace Vandergelder) - Broadway: On the Twentieth Century; Bullets Over Broadway; The Phantom Of The Opera; Sister Act; Finian's Rainbow; Young Frankenstein; The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; 1776; The Secret Garden. Born in London, Stemp graduated from Laine Theatre Arts. The venue is named for Sam S. Shubert, one of the three brothers who founded the Shubert Organization that now owns and operates 17 Broadway theatres. Some doubling was employed in the minor parts.The 2017 Broadway revival had a cast of 33 performers, including chorus. The new revival of Jerry Herman's 1964 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Bette Midler is so surpassingly beautiful, propelled by such glorious razzle-dazzle, and crafted with such joy and intelligence that . Cornelius sneezes, and Horace storms out, realizing there are men hiding in the shop, but not knowing they are his clerks. Musical Original. 1964 Broadway Backstage & Production Info", "Hello, Dolly! The Broadway production of Hello Dolly! Cornelius and Barnaby confess that they have no money and have never been to New York before. The song was first recorded by Kamahl in 1982 for a country and western album he was recording. [46] Hello, Dolly! Bette Midler enjoys 72nd birthday with 'Hello, Dolly' celebration By Page Six Team. National: "So You Think You Can Dance" tour, Radio City Music Hall. [90], The RCA Victor cast recording of the original Broadway production was released in 1964. Meanwhile, in her New York hat shop, Irene wistfully considers pursuing a new relationship, or at least a flirtation, after years of mourning her late husband (Ribbons Down My Back). The Musical. This show is closed. Taeler Cyrus (Ensemble) - Broadway: An American in Paris, After Midnight. Dolly mentions that she knows two ladies in New York they should call on: Irene Molloy and her shop assistant, Minnie Fay. Dolly, of course, is happy to oblige (I Put My Hand In). [113], The movie soundtrack was released in 1969. Medium-Voice Transpositions for the role of Dolly Levy. The beaded gown . [4] The Matchmaker became a hit and was much revived and made into a 1958 film starring Shirley Booth. Television: "So You Think You Can Dance" (Season 8 winner), "Glee," "Dancing With the Stars.". Regional: Ragtime (The John F. Kennedy Center), A Chorus Line (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Mary Poppins (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival), Sacramento Music Circus, Milwaukee Repertory. This musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's hit play The Matchmaker bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. Her many film credits include Ruthless People, The First Wives' Club, Beaches, For the Boys, Hocus Pocus, Gypsy, The Stepford Wives, The Rose and Scenes from a Mall. Jessica Sheridan (Ensemble, u/s Dolly Gallagher Levi, Ernestina, Mrs. Rose) - Broadway: Sister Act, Follies, Mary Poppins, Les Misrables. Bette Midler won our love . The show curtain now in use at the Shubert Theatre, where the ecstatic revival of Hello, Dolly! Image: 2017 Broadway Production (Julieta Cervantes). The box office at the Shubert Theatre has been printing $100 . Linda Mugleston (Mrs. Rose, Ensemble, u/s Dolly Gallagher Levi) - Broadway: Beautiful; On the Twentieth Century; Cinderella; Anything Goes; Young Frankenstein; Wonderful Town; Nine; Into the Woods; Kiss Me, Kate; On the Town.