Editing Hello, Dolly! (musical) (section)

===Original London production===
''Hello, Dolly!'' premiered in the [[West End theatre|West End]] at the [[Theatre Royal Drury Lane]] on December 2, 1965, and ran for 794 performances. 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. 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. [[Dora Bryan]] replaced Martin from May 1966 until the show closed in October 1967.<ref>[http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/bwidb/productions/Hello%2C_Dolly%21_5052/ "1965 London production"] BroadwayWorld.com</ref>