Editing Hello, Dolly! (musical)

{{short description|1964 Broadway musical}}
{{About|the stage musical|the film adaptation|Hello, Dolly! (film)}}
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{{Infobox Musical
|name= Hello, Dolly!
|image= DollyPlay.jpg
|caption= 1964 Broadway poster
|music= [[Jerry Herman]]
|lyrics= Jerry Herman
|book= [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]]
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1963|11|16}}
| premiere_location = [[Fisher Building|Fisher Theatre]], [[Detroit]]
|basis= ''[[The Matchmaker]]''<br />by [[Thornton Wilder]]
|productions= 1964 Broadway <br /> 1965 West End <br /> 1975 Broadway revival <br /> 1978 Broadway revival <br /> 1995 Broadway revival <br /> 2009 West End revival<br /> 2017 Broadway revival <br /> 2018 US tour <br /> 2024 West End revival
<!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->
|awards= 1964 [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] <br /> 1964 [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical]] <br /> 1964 [[Tony Award for Best Original Score]] <br /> 2010 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]] <br /> 2017 [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical]]
}}

'''''Hello, Dolly!''''' is a 1964 [[Musical theatre|musical]] with lyrics and music by [[Jerry Herman]] and a book by [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|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 Building|Fisher Theater]] in Detroit on November 18, 1963,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=5050|title=Hello, Dolly! – 1964 Broadway – Backstage & Production Info|website=www.broadwayworld.com|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dvornik |first1=Teale |title=Theatre History: Hello Dolly |url=https://thebackstageblonde.co/backstage-blonde-blog//s-hello-dolly |website=thebackstageblonde.co |date=30 April 2017 |publisher=Teale Dvornik |access-date=April 30, 2017}}</ref> The show moved to [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|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.<ref>[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#h Grammy Hall of Fame Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707235113/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |date=2015-07-07 }}</ref> 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! (Louis Armstrong album)|Hello, Dolly!]]''<ref>Whitburn, Joel. ''Top Pop Albums'' (2010), Record Research, {{ISBN|0-89820-183-7}}, p.973</ref> Louis Armstrong also was featured in the film version of the show, performing a small part of the song [[Hello, Dolly! (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! (film)|Hello Dolly!]]'' by [[20th Century Fox]], which won three Academy Awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Score of a Musical Picture]] and was nominated in four other categories, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] at the [[42nd Academy Awards]].

==History==
The plot of ''Hello, Dolly!'' originated in the 1835 English play ''A Day Well Spent'' by [[John Oxenford]], which [[Johann Nestroy]] adapted into the farce ''[[Einen Jux will er sich machen]]'' (''He Will Go on a Spree'' or ''He'll Have Himself a Good Time'') in 1842. [[Thornton Wilder]] adapted Nestroy's play into his 1938 farcical play ''[[The Merchant of Yonkers]]''. That play was a flop, so he revised it and retitled it as ''[[The Matchmaker]]'' in 1954, expanding the role of Dolly (played by [[Ruth Gordon]]).<ref name=London2008>[http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/hello-dolly-new-wimbledon-theatre-review "Hello Dolly! – New Wimbledon Theatre"] IndieLondon, March 2008</ref>

The role of Dolly Gallagher Levi was originally written for [[Ethel Merman]] but she turned it down, as did [[Mary Martin]]—although both eventually played it.<ref name=London2008/> Merrick then auditioned [[Nancy Walker]], but he hired [[Carol Channing]], who then went on to originate the role of Dolly.<ref name=Musicals101>Kenrick, John. [http://www.musicals101.com/1960bway.htm " 'Hello, Dolly!' article"] Musicals101.com</ref> Director [[Gower Champion]] was not the producer's first choice, but [[Hal Prince]] and others turned it down, among them [[Jerome Robbins]] and [[Joe Layton]].<ref>Gilvey, John Anthony. ''Before the Parade Passes by: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical'' (2005), St. Martin's Press, {{ISBN|0-312-33776-0}}, p. 117</ref>

''Hello, Dolly!'' had rocky tryouts in [[Detroit, Michigan]], and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=Musicals101/> After receiving the reviews, the creators made major changes to the script and score, including the addition of the song "Before the Parade Passes By".<ref>Gilvey (2005) p. 149</ref> Initially called ''Dolly, A Damned Exasperating Woman'',<ref>Bloom & Vlastnik (2004) p. 152.</ref> then ''Call on Dolly'', Merrick revised the show's title after hearing [[Louis Armstrong]]'s version of "Hello, Dolly". 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.<ref>Kantor & Maslon (2004) p. 302</ref>

==Synopsis==

Sources: Tams-Witmark<ref>[http://www.tamswitmark.com/shows/hello-dolly/ ''Hello, Dolly!''] tamswitmark.com, accessed December 20, 2016</ref> Guide to Musical Theatre<ref>[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_h/hello_dolly.htm ''Hello, Dolly!''] guidetomusicaltheatre.com, accessed December 20, 2016</ref> Masterworks Broadway<ref>[http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/hello-dolly-1967-broadway-cast/ ''Hello, Dolly!''] masterworksbroadway.com, accessed December 20, 2016</ref>

===Act I===
[[File:Carol Channing - 1964.jpg|thumb|right|[[David Burns (actor)|David Burns]] and [[Carol Channing]] in the original Broadway cast, 1964 ]]
As the 19th becomes the 20th century, all of [[New York City]] is excited because brassy widow [[Dolly Gallagher Levi]] is in town ("Call on Dolly"). Dolly makes a living through what she calls "meddling" – matchmaking and numerous sidelines, including dance instruction and [[mandolin]] lessons ("I Put My Hand In").  She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself.  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.  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.

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.  He plans to travel with Dolly to New York City to march in the Fourteenth Street Association Parade and propose to the widow Irene Molloy, who owns a hat shop there.  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.  Horace departs for New York and leaves Cornelius and Barnaby to mind the store in his absence.

Cornelius decides that he and Barnaby need to get out of Yonkers and have an adventure in New York. They blow up some tomato cans to create a terrible stench as a pretext to close the store.  Dolly mentions that she knows two ladies in New York they should call on: Irene Molloy and her shop assistant, Minnie Fay.  She tells Ermengarde and Ambrose that she will 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.  Cornelius, Barnaby, Ambrose, Ermengarde and Dolly all take the train to New York ("Put on Your Sunday Clothes").

Irene and Minnie open their hat shop for the afternoon.  Irene wants a husband, but does not love Horace Vandergelder.  She declares that she will wear an elaborate hat to impress a gentleman ("Ribbons Down My Back").  Cornelius and Barnaby arrive at the shop and pretend to be rich.  Horace and Dolly arrive at the shop, and Cornelius and Barnaby hide from him.  Irene inadvertently mentions that she knows Cornelius, and Dolly tells her and Horace that even though Cornelius is Horace's clerk by day, he is a notorious New York playboy by night. Minnie screams when she finds Cornelius hiding in the armoire.  Horace is about to open the armoire himself, but Dolly, Irene and Minnie distract him with patriotic sentiments related to subjects like Betsy Ross and The Battle of the Alamo shown in the famous lyrics "Alamo, remember the Alamo!" ("Motherhood March"). Cornelius sneezes, and Horace storms out, realizing there are men hiding in the shop, but not knowing they are his clerks.

Dolly arranges for Cornelius and Barnaby, who are still pretending to be rich, to take the ladies out to dinner to the Harmonia Gardens restaurant to make up for their humiliation.  She teaches Cornelius and Barnaby how to dance since they always have dancing at such establishments ("Dancing").  Soon, Cornelius, Irene, Barnaby, and Minnie are happily dancing.  They go to watch the great 14th Street Association Parade together.  Alone, Dolly decides to put her dear departed husband Ephraim behind her and to move on with life "Before the Parade Passes By".  She asks Ephraim's permission to marry Horace, requesting a sign from him.  Dolly catches up with the annoyed Vandergelder, who has missed the whole parade, and she convinces him to give her matchmaking one more chance.  She tells him that Ernestina Money would be perfect for him and asks him to meet her at the swanky Harmonia Gardens that evening.

===Act II===
[[File:Carol Channing Hello Dolly 1966.jpg|thumb|right|Milo Boulton and [[Carol Channing]] in one of several national tours, 1966 ]]
Cornelius is determined to get a kiss before the night is over, but Barnaby isn't so sure.  As the clerks have no money for a carriage, they tell the girls that walking to the restaurant shows that they've got "Elegance".  At the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, Rudolph, the head waiter, prepares his service crew for Dolly Gallagher Levi's return: their usual lightning service, he tells them, must be "twice as lightning" ("The Waiters' Gallop").  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.

Cornelius, Barnaby, and their dates arrive, unaware that Horace is also dining at the restaurant.  Irene and Minnie, inspired by the restaurant's opulence, order the menu's most expensive items. Cornelius and Barnaby grow increasingly anxious as they discover they have little more than a dollar left. Dolly makes her triumphant return to the Harmonia Gardens and is greeted in style by the staff ("Hello, Dolly!") She sits in the now-empty seat at Horace's table and proceeds to eat a large, expensive dinner, telling the exasperated Horace that no matter what he says, she will not marry him. Barnaby and Horace hail waiters at the same time, and in the ensuing confusion each drops his wallet and inadvertently picks up the other's. Barnaby is delighted that he can now pay the restaurant bill, while Horace finds only a little spare change.  Barnabay and Cornelius realize 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 spots Ermengarde and Ambrose as well. The ensuing free-for-all culminates in a trip to night court.

Cornelius and Barnaby confess that they have no money and have never been to New York before. Cornelius declares that even if he has to dig ditches the rest of his life, he'll never forget the day because he had met Irene. Cornelius, Barnaby, and Ambrose then each profess their love for their companion ("It Only Takes A Moment"). Dolly convinces the judge that their only crime was being in love. The judge finds everyone innocent and cleared of all charges, but Horace is declared guilty and forced to pay damages. Dolly mentions marriage again, and Horace declares that he wouldn't marry her if she were the last woman in the world.  Dolly angrily bids him "So Long, Dearie", telling him that while he's bored and lonely, she'll be living the high life. 

The next morning, back at the hay and feed store, Cornelius and Irene, Barnaby and Minnie, and Ambrose and Ermengarde each set out on new life's paths.  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.  Vandergelder spontaneously repeats a saying of Ephraim's: "Money is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread about, encouraging young things to grow."  Horace tells Dolly life would be dull without her, and she promises in return that she'll "never go away again" ("Hello, Dolly" (reprise)).

==Characters==
* '''[[Dolly Gallagher Levi]]''': A widow in her middle years who has decided to begin her life again. She is a matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, and a life-loving woman.
* '''Horace Vandergelder''': The proprietor of a Hay & Feed store and a client of Dolly Gallagher Levi's. A well-known half-a-millionaire and widower, he is gruff, authoritative, and set in his ways.
* '''Cornelius Hackl''': Vandergelder's chief clerk who yearns for one exciting day in New York City. Energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous young man who has a sweet innocence about him.
* '''Barnaby Tucker''': An assistant to Cornelius at Vandergelder's Hay & Feed store.  He is sweet, naïve, energetic, and a follower.
* '''Irene Molloy''': A widow and a beautiful, smart, fun-loving milliner with a hat shop in New York City.  Dolly has introduced her to Horace Vandergelder but she yearns for romance.
* '''Minnie Fay''': A young girl who works in Irene's hat shop.  Irene's assistant, she is naïve, strait-laced, fresh, and a follower.
* '''Ambrose Kemper''': A young and explosive struggling artist seeking to marry Ermengarde.
* '''Ermengarde''': The young niece of Horace Vandergelder. She cries often and wants her independence and to marry Ambrose.
* '''Ernestina Money''': An eccentric-looking girl in need of Dolly's matchmaker services.
* '''Rudolph Reisenweber''': Maître d'hôtel of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant.
* '''Judge''': A white-whiskered night court judge. Easily moved to tears by romance.
* '''Mrs. Rose''': An old friend of Dolly's.

==Cast and characters==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:1050px;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Character
! Broadway<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-2810 " 'Hello, Dolly!' Broadway, 1964"] ibdb.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref>
! West End<ref name="london">[http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/hellodolly.html " 'Hello, Dolly!' London"] thisistheatre.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=5052#content " 'Hello, Dolly!' West End 1965"] broadwayworld.com, retrieved January 16, 2018</ref>
! Film<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77721/hello-dolly " 'Hello, Dolly!' Film"] tcm.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref>
! Broadway Revival<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-3769 " 'Hello, Dolly!' Broadway, 1975"] ibdb.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref>
! Broadway Revival<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-4044 " 'Hello, Dolly!' Broadway, 1978"] ibdb.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref>
! West End Revival<ref name=london/>
! West End Revival<ref name=london/>
! Broadway Revival<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-4308 " 'Hello, Dolly!' Broadway, 1995"] ibdb.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref>
! Off-West End Revival<ref>Blank, Matthew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-hello-dolly-at-regents-park-open-air-theatre-in-london-com-163849# "PHOTO CALL: ''Hello, Dolly!'' at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London"] Playbill, April 26, 2009</ref>
! Broadway Revival<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-507877 " 'Hello, Dolly!' Broadway, 2017"] ibdb.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref>
! US National Tour<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=332568 |title=Hello, Dolly! Original US Tour Cast – 2018 US Tour |website=Broadway World |access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref>
!West End Revival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hello, Dolly! {{!}} The London Palladium |url=https://hellodollyldn.com/cast-creative |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=hellodollyldn.com}}</ref>
|-
!<small>1964</small>
!<small>1965</small>
!<small>1969</small>
!<small>1975</small>
!<small>1978</small>
!<small>1979</small>
!<small>1983</small>
!<small>1995</small>
!<small>2009</small>
!<small>2017</small>
!<small>2018</small>
!<small>2024</small>
|-
! [[Dolly Gallagher Levi]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Carol Channing]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Mary Martin]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Barbra Streisand]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Pearl Bailey]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Carol Channing
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Danny La Rue]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Carol Channing
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Samantha Spiro]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Bette Midler]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Betty Buckley]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Imelda Staunton]]
|- 
! Horace Vandergelder
| style="text-align:center;"| [[David Burns (actor)|David Burns]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Loring Smith]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Walter Matthau]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Billy Daniels]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Eddie Bracken]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Lionel Jeffries]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jay Garner (actor)|Jay Garner]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Allan Corduner]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Lewis J. Stadlen]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Andy Nyman]]
|-
! Cornelius Hackl
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Charles Nelson Reilly]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Garrett Lewis]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Michael Crawford]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Terrence Emanuel
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Lee Roy Reams]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Tudor Davies
| style="text-align:center;"| Michael Sadler
| style="text-align:center;"| Michael DeVries
| style="text-align:center;"| Daniel Crossley
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Gavin Creel]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Nic Rouleau 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Harry Hepple]]
|-
! Irene Molloy
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Eileen Brennan]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Marilyn Lovell Matz|Marilynn Lovell]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Marianne McAndrew]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Mary Louise
| style="text-align:center;"| Florence Lacey
| style="text-align:center;"| Maureen Scott
| style="text-align:center;"| Lorna Dallas
| style="text-align:center;"| Florence Lacey
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Josefina Gabrielle]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Kate Baldwin]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Analisa Leaming
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jenna Russell]]
|-
! Barnaby Tucker
| style="text-align:center;"| Jerry Dodge
| style="text-align:center;"| Johnny Beecher
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Danny Lockin]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Grenoldo Frazier
| style="text-align:center;"| Robert Lydiard
| style="text-align:center;"| Richard Drabble
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Mark Haddigan]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Cory English]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Oliver Brenin
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Taylor Trensch]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Jess LeProtto
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Tyrone Huntley]]
|-
! Minnie Fay
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sondra Lee]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Coco Ramirez
| style="text-align:center;" |[[E. J. Peaker|E.J. Peaker]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Chip Fields]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Alexandra Korey
| style="text-align:center;"| Mandy More
| style="text-align:center;"| Pollyann Tanner
| style="text-align:center;"| Lori Ann Mahl
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Akiya Henry]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Beanie Feldstein]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Kristen Hahn
| style="text-align:center;"| Emily Lane
|-
! Ermengarde
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alice Playten]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Beverlee Weir
| style="text-align:center;"| Joyce Ames
| style="text-align:center;"| Karen Hubbard
| style="text-align:center;"| K.T. Baumann
| style="text-align:center;"| Angela Curran
| style="text-align:center;"| Sue Latimer
| style="text-align:center;"| Christine DeVito
| style="text-align:center;"| Clare Louise Connolly
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Melanie Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Morgan Kirner
| style="text-align:center;"| Emily Langham
|-
! Ambrose Kemper
| style="text-align:center;"| Igors Gavon
| style="text-align:center;"| Mark Alden
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Tommy Tune]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Howard Porter
| style="text-align:center;"| Michael C. Booker
| style="text-align:center;"| Mike Fields
| style="text-align:center;"| David Ellen
| style="text-align:center;"| James Darrah
| style="text-align:center;"| Mark Anderson
| style="text-align:center;"| Will Burton
| style="text-align:center;"| Garrett Hawe
| style="text-align:center;"| Michael Lin
|-
! Ernestina
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Mary Jo Catlett]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Judith Drake
| style="text-align:center;"| Judy Knaiz
| style="text-align:center;"| Bessye Ruth Scott
| style="text-align:center;"| P.J. Nelson
| style="text-align:center;"| Veronica Clifford
| style="text-align:center;"| Carol Kaye
| style="text-align:center;"| Monica M. Wemitt
| style="text-align:center;"| Annalisa Rossi
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jennifer Simard]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Jessica Sheridan
| style="text-align:center;"| Jodie Jacobs
|-
! Rudolph
| style="text-align:center;"| [[David Hartman (TV personality)|David Hartman]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Robert Hocknell
| style="text-align:center;"| [[David Hurst]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Jonathan Wynne
| style="text-align:center;"| John Anania
| style="text-align:center;"| Ian Burford
| style="text-align:center;"| Jeremy Hawk
| style="text-align:center;"| Steve Pudenz
| style="text-align:center;"| Andy Hockley
| style="text-align:center;"| Kevin Ligon
| style="text-align:center;"| Wally Dunn
| style="text-align:center;"| Paul Kemble
|}

===Broadway cast replacements===
====Broadway 1964====

Source:<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-2810#Replacements_4310 "''Hello, Dolly!'' 1964 Replacements"] Playbill, accessed September 7, 2019</ref>

*Dolly Gallagher Levi: [[Pearl Bailey]], [[Marie Bryant]] (standby), [[Thelma Carpenter]], [[Ethel Merman]], [[Novella Nelson]] (u/s), [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Bibi Osterwald]], [[Betty Grable]], [[Martha Raye]], [[Ginger Rogers]]<ref name=dolly64/> 
*Horace Vandergelder: [[Cab Calloway]], [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], [[Max Showalter]]<ref name=dolly64/>
*Cornelius Hackl: [[Will Mackenzie]], [[Russell Nype]]<ref name=dolly64/>
*Barnaby Tucker: [[Danny Lockin]] (Reprising role from the [[Hello, Dolly! (film)|1969 film]])<ref name=dolly64/>
*Irene Molloy: [[Ernestine Jackson]]<ref name=dolly64/>
*Minnie Fay: [[Georgia Engel]], [[Leland Palmer (actress)|Leland Palmer]]<ref name=dolly64/>
*Ernestina: [[Mabel King]]<ref name=dolly64>[http://www.playbill.com/production/hello-dolly-st-james-theatre-vault-0000004200 "''Hello, Dolly!'' 1964 Person List"] Playbill Vault, accessed September 6, 2019</ref>

====Broadway 2017====
*Dolly Gallagher Levi: [[Bernadette Peters]],<ref name=":0"/><ref name=replace>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hello-dolly-507877#Replacements_4310 "''Hello, Dolly!'' Replacements 2017–2018"] ibdb.com, accessed September 6, 2019</ref><ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/read-the-reviews-for-bernadette-peters-star-turn-in-broadways-hello-dolly# "Read the Reviews for Bernadette Peters' Star Turn in Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!''"] Playbill, February 23, 2018</ref><ref name=variety>Stasio, Marilyn. [https://variety.com/2018/legit/reviews/hello-dolly-review-bernadette-peters-1202707835/ "Broadway Review: Bernadette Peters in 'Hello, Dolly!'"] ''Variety'', February 22, 2018</ref> [[Donna Murphy]] (alternate)<ref name=replace/><ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-donna-murphy-in-hello-dolly# "Read Reviews for Donna Murphy in ''Hello, Dolly!''"] Playbill, July 10, 2017</ref><ref name=donna/>
*Horace Vandergelder: [[Victor Garber]]<ref name=replace/>
*Cornelius Hackl: [[Santino Fontana]]<ref name=replace/>
*Barnaby Tucker: [[Charlie Stemp]]<ref name=stemp/><ref name=replace/><ref name=variety/>
*Ernestina: [[Alli Mauzey]]<ref name=replace/><ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/alli-mauzey-joins-broadways-hello-dolly# "Alli Mauzey Joins Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!''"] Playbill, March 19, 2018</ref>

====U.S. Tour 2019====
*Dolly Gallagher Levi: [[Carolee Carmello]]<ref name=tour18/><ref name=passerelle>[http://www.playbill.com/article/carolee-carmello-walks-the-passerelle-headlining-hello-dolly-tour-beginning-september-25 "Carolee-Carmello-Walks-the-Passerelle"] Playbill, September 25, 2019</ref>
*Horace Vandergelder: [[John Bolton (actor)|John Bolton]]<ref name=passerelle/>

==Musical numbers==
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;Act I
* Overture – Orchestra
* "Call On Dolly" – Ensemble
* "I Put My Hand In" — Dolly
* "It Takes a Woman" — Horace, Men
* "It Takes a Woman (Reprise)" – Dolly
* "World, Take Me Back" – Dolly*
* "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" — Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, Ermengarde, and Ensemble
* "Ribbons Down My Back" — Irene
* "Ribbons Down My Back (Reprise)" – Irene
* "Motherhood March"— Dolly, Irene, and Minnie Fay
* "Dancing" — Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie Fay, and Ensemble
* "Love, Look in My Window" – Dolly*
* "Before the Parade Passes By" — Dolly and the Company**
* "Finale Act I: Before the Parade Passes By" – Dolly
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;Act II
* Entr'acte – Orchestra
* "Penny in My Pocket" – Vandergelder^ 
* "Elegance" – Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, and Minnie Fay
* "The Waiters' Gallop" – Rudolph and the Waiters
* "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" – Dolly, Rudolph, Waiters, Cooks
* "The Waiters' Gallop (Reprise)" – Rudolph and Waiters
* "The Polka Contest" – Ambrose, Ermengarde, Irene, Cornelius, Minnie Fay, Barnaby, and the Contestants***
* "It Only Takes a Moment" – Cornelius, Irene, Ensemble
* "So Long Dearie" – Dolly
* "Hello, Dolly!" (Reprise) – Dolly and Vandergelder
* "Finale Act II: Hello, Dolly! / Dancing / It Only Takes a Moment / Put On Your Sunday Clothes / Hello, Dolly!" — The Company
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Song cut before Broadway Opening, reinstated when Ethel Merman joined to play Dolly.<br />
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Song was not included in the original version. During the tryouts in [[Detroit]], [[Gower Champion]] invited [[Charles Strouse]] and [[Lee Adams]] to consult on improvements to the musical. [[David Merrick]] was aware of their involvement, but Jerry Herman was not, even though Strouse was under the impression that Herman knew about it. Strouse and Adams suggested re-working the ending of Act I, wrote a new song "Before the Parade Passes By" and sent it to Champion. 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. After Strouse and Adams threatened to sue the production, they were given a songwriting credit for the song. That conflict led to an eight-year-long feud between Champion and Michael Stewart on one side and Strouse and Adams on the other.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Richard Skipper|url=http://richardskipper.blogspot.com/2013/03/charles-strouse-on-his-involvement-with.html|title=Charles Strouse on his Involvement with Hello, Dolly!|date=1 March 2013}}</ref> The official songwriting credits as listed with [[ASCAP]] have Adams, Herman and Strouse as co-writers.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[ASCAP]]|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/320126047|title=Before the Parade Passes By songwriter listing|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref><br />
<nowiki>***</nowiki>Song replaced "Come and Be My Butterfly" during Broadway Run.

^Horace Vandergelder's solo "Penny in My Pocket", although it received rave responses out of town, was cut prior to the Broadway opening for reasons of time. For the 2017 Broadway Revival, it was added back in as the opening of Act Two in front of the curtain. It is not, however, included in the licensed version for stock and amateur productions from Tams Witmark.

The song "Elegance", though credited to Herman, was written by [[Bob Merrill]] for the 1957 show ''[[New Girl in Town]]'' but deleted from the original production.<ref>Suskin, ''Show Tunes'', p. 263</ref>

==Productions==

===Original Broadway production===
The musical, directed and [[choreographed]] by [[Gower Champion]] and produced by David Merrick, opened on January 16, 1964, at the [[St. James Theatre]] and closed on December 27, 1970, after 2,844 performances.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Playbill]] |title=VINTAGE PLAYBILL: Hello, Dolly!; Opening Night, 1964 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/vintage-playbill-hello-dolly-opening-night-1964-com-213795 |first=Brynn |last=Cox |date=16 January 2014}}</ref> [[Carol Channing]] starred as Dolly, with a supporting cast that included [[David Burns (actor)|David Burns]] as Horace, [[Charles Nelson Reilly]] as Cornelius, [[Eileen Brennan]] as Irene, Jerry Dodge as Barnaby, Sondra Lee as Minnie Fay, [[Mary Jo Catlett]] as Ermengarde, and Igors Gavon as Ambrose.  Although facing competition from ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' with [[Barbra Streisand]], ''Hello, Dolly!'' swept the [[Tony Awards]] in 1964, winning awards in ten categories<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010126160100/http://www.tams-witmark.com/musicals/hellodolly.html#brief " 'Hello, Dolly!' Listing"] tams-witmark.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref> (out of eleven nominations) that tied the musical with the previous record keeper ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'',{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} record that remained unbroken for 37 years until ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' won twelve Tonys in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/the-producers-beats-record-for-tony-wins-with-12-trophies-com-97014|title=The Producers Beats Record for Tony wins with 12 Trophies|last=Simonson|first=Robert|date=June 3, 2001|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref>

[[File:Pearl Bailey Ed Sullivan Show 1968.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Pearl Bailey]] as Dolly, 1968.]]
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.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea3-d936-a7fd-eef741440000&type=op# " 'Hello, Dolly' Cast Replacements"] Playbill, retrieved December 28, 2017</ref>

Two songs cut prior to the opening – typical [[Belt (music)|belt]] style songs "World, Take Me Back" and "Love, Look in My Window" – were restored for Merman's run. [[Jo Anne Worley]] was Channing's original standby but she never went on. She later played Dolly in regional and [[Summer stock theater|summer stock]] productions. [[Bibi Osterwald]] was the standby for Dolly following Worley's and Channings' departures, subbing for all the stars, including Bailey, despite the fact that Osterwald was white. [[Marie Bryant]] and [[Novella Nelson]] also covered for the role of Dolly. Bailey received a [[Special Tony Award]] in 1968.<ref>Sullivan, Dan. " 'Rosencrantz' and 'Hallelujah, Baby!' Garner Tonys: Zoe Caldwell and Balsam Capture Acting Honors", ''The New York Times'', April 22, 1968, p.58</ref>

The show received rave reviews,<ref name=Musicals101/><ref>Bovson article</ref> with "praise for Carol Channing and particularly Gower Champion."<ref>[[Stanley Green (historian)|Green, Stanley]]. ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre'', Da Capo Press, 1980, {{ISBN|0-306-80113-2}}, p. 183</ref> The original production became the [[List of the longest-running Broadway shows|longest-running musical]] (and third longest-running show) in September 1970<ref>{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Ernio |title=Long Runs on Broadway |website=Playbill |url=http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222-Long-Runs-on-Broadway |access-date=July 1, 2010 |date=February 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626103201/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222-Long-Runs-on-Broadway |archive-date=June 26, 2010}}</ref> in Broadway history up to that time, surpassing ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' and then being surpassed in turn by ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]].'' The run was not continuous, unlike ''My Fair Lady'', with several week-long breaks, including a week where the production moved to St. Louis.<ref name=mark>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Dolly' Due To Top 'MFL' Mark Sept. 9; 'Fiddler' Looms As Potential Rival|date=August 26, 1970|page=1|last=Segers|first=Frank|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-08-26_260_2/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=April 3, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> The Broadway production of ''Hello Dolly!'' grossed $27&nbsp;million.<ref>Bloom & Vlastnik (2004) p. 302.</ref> By August 1970, it had made a profit of $8.5 million against its $350,000 investment.<ref name=mark/>

;Tour and regional Dollys
[[Mary Martin]] starred in a US tour, starting in April 1965 and playing in 11 cities. The production also toured in [[Japan]], [[Korea]] and [[Vietnam]] for a special USO performance for U.S. troops.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397087/ Information about a documentary chronicling Martin's Asian tour in ''Hello, Dolly!''] IMDb</ref><ref>Dibble, Susan. [https://www.stripes.com/news/from-the-s-s-archives-mary-martin-dolly-cast-in-tokyo-1.88252 "From the S&S archives: Mary Martin, 'Dolly!' cast in Tokyo"] ''Stars and Stripes'', September 8, 1965</ref><ref>[https://tamswitmark.com/blog_items/photo-gallery-hello-dolly-a-dozen-dollys/ "PHOTO GALLERY: ''Hello, Dolly!'' – A Dozen Dollys"] tamswitmark.com, accessed August 26, 2019</ref>

After Channing left the Broadway show, she headed a second US tour beginning in September 1965. 18 months later, Rogers also joined the roadshow production.<ref name=mark/> It ran for two years and nine months. [[Eve Arden]] and [[Dorothy Lamour]] were replacements.<ref>Green, Stanley. "Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre" (1980), Da Capo Press, {{ISBN|0-306-80113-2}}, p. 183</ref> Grable led another touring company before joining the Broadway show.<ref name=mark/> 

Bailey and Calloway headed an all-Black tour in 1967 prior to their Broadway run, which was given a second cast album.<ref>Culwell-Block, Logan. [https://playbill.com/article/9-original-cast-albums-featuring-replacement-performers "9 Original Cast Albums Featuring Replacement Performers"], ''Playbill'', November 17, 2022</ref><ref name=mark/> 

[[Carole Cook]], (the second actress to play the title role, after Channing, appearing in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] productions), [[Dorothy Lamour]], [[Eve Arden]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Michele Lee]], [[Edie Adams]], and [[Yvonne De Carlo]] also played the role on tour. [[Betty White]] appeared with the [[Kenley Players]] as Dolly in the summer of 1979. [[Molly Picon]] appeared as Dolly in a 1971 production by the [[North Shore Music Theatre]] of [[Beverly, Massachusetts]]. [[Lainie Kazan]] starred in a production at the [[Claridge Atlantic City]]. [[Vicki Lawrence]] played the role twice, once for [[Sacramento Music Circus]] and once for Glendale Music Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arkush|first=Michael |date=1991-09-27|title=Not Quite Prime Time : Vicki Lawrence Hopes to Have Fun With 'Hello, Dolly!' but Misses the Weekly TV Audience |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-27-ca-3059-story.html |access-date=2021-11-11|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Both [[Tovah Feldshuh]] and [[Betsy Palmer]] played Dolly in productions by the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]]. [[Marilyn Maye]] also starred in several regional productions and recorded a full album of the score. 

=== Original Australian production ===
The Australian production was produced by [[J. C. Williamson's|J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd.]] and opened at [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney]] on 27 March 1965. [[Carole Cook]] was imported to star, making her the second woman to play the role of Dolly Levi. Jack Goode played Horace, alongside Bill Millican as Cornelius, [[Jill Perryman]] as Irene, Tikki Taylor as Minnie Fay, and Brian Hannan as Barnaby.

Australian choreographer Betty Pounder was employed to stage the musical numbers. Jill Perryman served as understudy to Carole Cook. [[Nancye Hayes]] was featured in the ensemble as well as understudying the part of Irene Molloy.

After a successful season in Sydney, the show went on to play [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne]], and His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland in 1966.'''''<ref>[http://www.callondolly.com/carole-cook/ "Call on Dolly"] callondolly.com, accessed September 24, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.ovrtur.com/production/2900995/credits " 'Hello, Dolly!' Australia"] ovrtur.com, accessed September 24, 2016</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-an40491377 "Stage set for the J. C. Williamson production of 'Hello, Dolly!'"] nla.gov.au, accessed September 24, 2016</ref>'''''

==== Australian revivals ====
In 1995 a new Australian tour was presented by Gordon Frost. [[Jill Perryman]], who starred as Irene Molloy in the 1965 production, starred as Dolly Levi. The production opened at the [[State Theatre (Melbourne)|State Theatre, Melbourne]], followed by [[Lyric Theatre, Brisbane]], [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney]], [[Festival Theatre, Adelaide]] and [[His Majesty's Theatre, Perth]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hello, Dolly! (1995)|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/31517|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.ausstage.edu.au}}</ref>

[[The Production Company]] has staged ''Hello, Dolly!'' at the [[State Theatre (Melbourne)|State Theatre, Melbourne]] twice: first in 2002, starring [[Amanda Muggleton]], then again in 2017, starring [[Marina Prior]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hello, Dolly! (2002)|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/19960|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.ausstage.edu.au}}</ref>

===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>

===Revivals===
The show has been revived four times on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]:
*November 6, 1975 – December 28, 1975, [[Minskoff Theatre]] – Starring [[Pearl Bailey]] and [[Billy Daniels]] in an all-black production (42 performances)
*March 5, 1978 – July 9, 1978, [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] – Starring [[Carol Channing]] and [[Eddie Bracken]] (147 performances)
*October 19, 1995 – January 28, 1996, [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] – Starring [[Carol Channing]] and [[Jay Garner (actor)|Jay Garner]] (116 performances)
*April 20, 2017 – August 25, 2018, [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]] – Starring [[Bette Midler]] and [[David Hyde Pierce]] (550 performances)

In the [[West End theatre|West End]] the show has been three times revived (to date, July 2024):
*1979 – [[Carol Channing]] headlining at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] and [[Shaftesbury Theatre]], with [[Eddie Bracken]] as Horace and [[Angela Curran]] as Ermengarde.
*January 3, 1984 – April 27, 1984 – [[Danny La Rue]] headlining at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]], with [[Lionel Jeffries]] as Horace, [[Mark Haddigan]] as Barnaby, and [[Jeremy Hawk]] as Rudolph.<ref name=london/>
*A third West End revival, headlined by [[Imelda Staunton]] under the direction of [[Dominic Cooke]], played a limited ten-week season at the [[London Palladium]] from July 6 - September 14, 2024, with a July 18 press night.<ref>Wood, Alex. [https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/hello-dolly-in-the-west-end-starring-imelda-staunton-announces-2024-dates-and-venue_51685/ "Hello, Dolly! in the West End starring Imelda Staunton announces 2024 dates and venue"] whatsonstage.com, November 2, 2023</ref><ref>Al-Hassan, Aliya. [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-Did-Imelda-Staunton-Delight-in-HELLO-DOLLY-at-The-London-Palladium-20240719 Review Roundup: Did Imelda Staunton Delight in HELLO, DOLLY! at The London Palladium?] broadwayworld.com, July 19, 2024</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew. [https://playbill.com/article/goodbye-dolly-imelda-staunton-led-revival-closes-september-14-at-the-london-palladium "Goodbye, Dolly!: Imelda Staunton-Led Revival Closes September 14 at the London Palladium"], ''Playbill'', September 14, 2024</ref> The production's cast included [[Andy Nyman]] (Horace), [[Jenna Russell]] (Irene), [[Harry Hepple]] (Cornelius) and [[Tyrone Huntley]] (Barnaby). This production had been scheduled to premiere on August 11, 2020 for a limited season at the [[Adelphi Theatre]], its four-year postponement being due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref> [https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/imelda-staunton-hello-dolly-west-end_50325.html "Imelda Staunton 'Hello Dolly' West End"] whatsonstage.com, November 22, 2019</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bestoftheatre.co.uk/blog/post/hello-dolly-andy-nyman |title=Andy Nyman and Jenna Russell Join Imelda Staunton in the New Production of the Iconic Musical, Hello Dolly! |date=10 January 2020 |website=bestoftheatre.co.uk |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/hello-dolly-delayed |title=The Queen Delays HELLO DOLLY! |date=16 June 2020 |website=londonboxoffice.co.uk |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> 

A 1989 UK tour of the show of ''Hello, Dolly!'', directed and choreographed by Paul Kerryson, was headlined by [[Dora Bryan]] reprising her 1965-66 West End role. Bryan's castmates included [[Norman Rossington]] as Horace and [[Kathryn Evans]] as Irene. Kerryson would subsequently direct the 2014 [[Curve (theatre)|Curve Theatre]] (Leicester) production of ''Hello, Dolly!'', headlined by [[Janie Dee]] whose castmates included [[Laura Pitt-Pulford]] as Irene and [[Michael Xavier]] as Cornelius.

The 2009 [[Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] revival of ''Hello, Dolly'', headlined by [[Samantha Spiro]] under the direction of [[Timothy Sheader]], ran July 30 – September 12, with other cast members including [[Allan Corduner]] (Horace), [[Josefina Gabrielle]] (Irene), and [[Akiya Henry]] (Minnie Fay).<ref>[https://openairtheatre.com/production/hellodolly ''Hello, Dolly!''] openairtheatre.com, retrieved January 15, 2018</ref> The production was honored with  the [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] as the best London-area stage musical revival of 2009, also earning Olivier awards for leading lady Samantha Spiro and for choreographer [[Stephen Mear]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2010/ | title=Olivier Awards Winners 2010 -Official London Theatre }}</ref>

===2017 Broadway revival/national tour===
[[File:Bette Midler Hello Dolly Broadway (34654432724).jpg|thumb|upright|2017 Broadway revival at the Shubert Theatre.]]
[[File:Hello Dolly - Shubert Theater Broadway - Thursday 5th October 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb |upright=1.15|[[Bette Midler]] performing the title song on Broadway, 2017]]

On January 19, 2016, it was announced that [[Bette Midler]] would play the title role in a Broadway revival of ''Hello, Dolly!''. Previews began March 15, 2017, officially opening on April 20, 2017, at the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mark |title=Bette Midler to return to Broadway in 'Hello, Dolly!' |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4f7c279e89e04195a77f0d0e9537579d/bette-midler-return-broadway-hello-dolly |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121231903/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4f7c279e89e04195a77f0d0e9537579d/bette-midler-return-broadway-hello-dolly |archive-date=21 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/get-a-first-look-at-bette-midler-in-hello-dolly# "Get a First Look at Bette Midler in ''Hello, Dolly!''] Playbill, March 14, 2017</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Hello, Dolly! review – Bette Midler is irresistible in a riotous delight| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/apr/21/hello-dolly-review-bette-midler-broadway-david-hyde-pierce| last=Soloski| first=Alexis| date=April 21, 2017| work=[[The Guardian]]| location=[[Manchester]]}}</ref>

The production was produced by [[Scott Rudin]], directed by [[Jerry Zaks]] and choreographed by [[Warren Carlyle]]. [[David Hyde Pierce]] played Horace Vandergelder.<ref>{{cite news| last=Gans| first=Andrew| title=David Hyde Pierce Will Join Bette Midler in ''Hello, Dolly!'' |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/david-hyde-pierce-will-join-bette-midler-in-hello-dolly| work=Playbill| date=May 17, 2016| access-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref> 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,<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/article/kate-baldwin-gavin-creel-jennifer-simard-join-bette-midler-hello-dolly "Kate Baldwin, Gavin Creel, Jennifer Simard Join Bette Midler ''Hello, Dolly!'' "], ''Playbill'', September 16, 2016</ref> and [[Beanie Feldstein]] as Minnie Fay.<ref>{{cite web |last=Viagas |first=Robert |title=Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!'' Casts Its Minnie Fay |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-hello-dolly-casts-its-minnie-fay |website=Playbill |access-date=August 4, 2022 |date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> [[Donna Murphy]] played the role of Dolly at Tuesday evening performances beginning in June 2017, as well as covering Midler's holiday dates.<ref name=donna>{{cite news| last=Hetrick| first=Adam| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/donna-murphy-will-play-matchmaker-once-a-week-in-broadways-hello-dolly#| title=Donna Murphy Will Play Matchmaker Once a Week in Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!''| work=Playbill| date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> She played her final performance on January 7, 2018.<ref name=final/> Midler won the Tony for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, and Creel for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, at the [[71st Tony Awards]] in 2017. 

Midler, Pierce, Trensch, and Feldstein left the production on January 14, 2018.<ref name=final>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/bette-midler-david-hyde-pierce-taylor-trensch-beanie-feldstein-bid-farewell-to-hello-dolly-january-14# "Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, Taylor Trensch, Beanie Feldstein Bid Farewell to ''Hello, Dolly!'' January 14"] Playbill, January 14, 2018</ref> [[Bernadette Peters]] took over the role of Dolly on January 20, 2018, and [[Victor Garber]] took over the role of Horace Vandergelder.<ref name=":0">McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/bernadette-peters-will-succeed-bette-midler-in-broadways-hello-dolly# "Bernadette Peters Will Succeed Bette Midler in Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!''"] Playbill, September 5, 2017</ref> [[Charlie Stemp]] assumed the role of Barnaby Tucker on January 20, 2018.<ref name=stemp>{{cite web |last=McPhee |first=Ryan |title=Charlie Stemp Will Make Broadway Debut in ''Hello, Dolly!'' Alongside Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/charlie-stemp-will-make-broadway-debut-in-hello-dolly-alongside-bernadette-peters-and-victor-garber |website=Playbill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907213558/http://www.playbill.com/article/charlie-stemp-will-make-broadway-debut-in-hello-dolly-alongside-bernadette-peters-and-victor-garber |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |date=September 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>Green, Jesse. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/theater/hello-dolly-review-bernadette-peters.html " Theater. ''Hello Dolly'' Review"] ''The New York Times'', February 22, 2018</ref> [[Santino Fontana]] temporarily played the role of Cornelius Hackl from March 2018 to May 6 while Gavin Creel recovered from back surgery. Creel returned to the role on May 8, 2018.<ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/gavin-creel-returns-to-broadways-hello-dolly-may-8# "Gavin Creel Returns to Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!'' May 8"] Playbill, May 8, 2018</ref> Before Fontana's temporary engagement, understudy Christian Dante White played the role of Cornelius.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Clement|first1=Olivia|last2=McPhee|first2=Ryan|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/santino-fontana-steps-into-hello-dolly-on-broadway-march-13|title=Santino Fontana Steps into ''Hello, Dolly!'' on Broadway March 13|website=Playbill|language=en|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref> The production closed on August 25, 2018, with Midler and Hyde Pierce returning to play Dolly and Horace (respectively) from July 17, 2018, to closing.<ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/bette-midler-will-return-to-broadways-hello-dolly-tony-winning-revival-sets-closing-date# "Bette Midler Will Return to Broadway's ''Hello, Dolly!''; Tony-Winning Revival Sets Closing Date"] Playbill, April 20, 2018</ref>

[[Betty Buckley]] played the title role in the first national tour of the 2017 Broadway revival, which began performances in Cleveland, Ohio in October 2018 in the [[Connor Palace]] at Playhouse Square, after a tryout in Utica, New York in September 2018.<ref>Simakis, Andrea. [https://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2018/10/hello_dolly_betty_buckley_and.html "'Hello, Dolly!': Betty Buckley and a superb cast rediscover the legendary musical's bittersweet joy (review)"] cleveland.com, October 8, 2018</ref><ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/hello-dolly-national-tour-starring-betty-buckley-begins-september-25# : ''Hello, Dolly!'' National Tour, Starring Betty Buckley, Begins September 25"] Playbill, September 25, 2018</ref>

===International productions===
*The Israeli production in 1968–1970 starred [[Hanna Maron]] as Dolly Levi, one of the most famous actress on the Israel theater, on 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 remains one of Maron's lovable roles. The musical was translated to Hebrew by [[Haim Hefer]], a well-known songwriter and poet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/126734176985732116/?amp_client_id=Zgh5X6b1RYdX5OVgykoGWkCr9BcfFZ1AvHxZIvACN0c9xIkcjw4RL5wVRClN37Kg |title=Hello Dolly Israeli Hebrew Musical Chana Maron Godik Original Cast LP 1968 &#124; Set The Record Straight, Theatre & Movie Recordings &#124; Pinterest &#124; Hello dolly, Lp … |publisher=Pinterest |access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref>
*In 1967, the Argentine singer and actress [[Libertad Lamarque]] starred the first [[Spanish language]] version of the musical in the Teatro Manolo Fabregas of [[Mexico City]]. Lamarque also starred the musical in [[Argentina]] the same year.<ref>[http://criticateatral2021.org/transcripciones/364_680728.php ''Critica Teatral: Libertad Lamarque in Hello, Dolly!'']</ref>
*In 1985, Cuban diva [[Rosita Fornés]] played Dolly in a Cuban production of ''Hello, Dolly'' by the Teatro Karl Marx in Havana, Cuba. She also played the role in Camaguey City and in a television production under director Manolo Rifat.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIwY_okq97E "YouTube video"]</ref>
*In 1989, Canadian theatre actress [[Nonnie Griffin]] played Dolly in a 10-month run of ''Hello Dolly'' in Toronto.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nonnie-griffin-margaret|title=Nonnie Griffin|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>
*In 1996, Mexican cinema star [[Silvia Pinal]] starred in a new version of the musical opposite [[Ignacio Lopez Tarso]] in the Teatro Silvia Pinal, in [[Mexico City]].<ref>[http://musicallatino.blogspot.mx/2013/12/figuras-del-musical-latinoamericano.html ''The Latin American Musical Comedy Stars: Silvia Pinal'']</ref>
* In 2018, the Mexican actress and singer [[Daniela Romo]] starred in a new Mexican version of the musical in the [[Teatro de los Insurgentes]] in Mexico City.<ref>[https://carteleradeteatro.mx/2018/daniela-romo-y-jesus-ochoa-en-hello-dolly/ ''Cartelera de teatro: Daniela Romo in Hello, Dolly!'']</ref>
* In 2020, Lucía Galán (half of the [[Pimpinela]] singing duo) starred in the Argentinian version of the musical in the [[Teatro Opera]] in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ticketek.com.ar/hello-dolly/teatro-opera-orbis-seguros|title=Hello, Dolly!|website=Ticketek|language=es|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref>
* In 2024, [[Caroline O'Connor (actress)|Caroline O’Connor]] starred in a new English language production commemorating 60 years of ''Hello, Dolly!'' at [[Le Lido|Lido 2 Paris]], directed and choreographed by [[Stephen Mear]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=HELLO, DOLLY! – Théâtre du Lido |url=https://lido2paris.com/fr/agenda/hello-dolly/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=lido2paris.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

===Tours===
*From February 2008, [[Anita Dobson]] headlined a six month tour of ''Hello, Dolly!'' which played 19 British venues - including [[New Wimbledon Theatre]] in the [[London Borough of Merton]] (March 24-29) - also playing the [[Jersey Opera House]] in [[St Helier|St Helier, Jersey]] (July 22-August 2). Dobson's castmates included [[Darren Day]] as Cornelius and [[Louise English]] as Irene.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Tour/Musical/Hello-Dolly/T01617725290/ | title=Tour archive for Hello, Dolly! (Musical). 1st February 2008-23rd August 2008 &#91;TOUR&#93; }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Edmonds |first=Richard |title=Review: Hello Dolly |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/19781/hello-dolly |website=The Stage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611135330/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/19781/hello-dolly |archive-date=11 June 2011 |date=February 8, 2008}}</ref> In 2006 Dobson had headlined the [[New Theatre Royal Lincoln]] production of ''Hello, Dolly!'' (November 16-December 2) which had co-starred [[Rolf Saxon]] as Horace.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2006/11/30/hello_dolly_review_feature.shtml | title=Hello Dolly }}</ref>
*[[Sally Struthers]] appeared as Dolly in the 50th anniversary tour of the musical, which premiered in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=50th Anniversary Tour of ''Hello, Dolly!'', Starring Sally Struthers, Parades Across U.S. Beginning Oct. 5 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/50th-anniversary-tour-of-hello-dolly-starring-sally-struthers-parades-across-us-beginning-oct-5-com-210214 |website=Playbill |access-date=August 4, 2022 |date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> Struthers had previously headlined the [[Ogunquit Playhouse]] 2006 production of ''Hello, Dolly!'' (July 25-August 5).<ref>{{cite web | last=Jones | first=Kenneth | title=Struthers Helps Makes Dolly a Hit in Maine, July 25-Aug. 5 | website=Playbill | date=25 July 2006 | url=https://playbill.com/article/struthers-helps-makes-dolly-a-hit-in-maine-july-25-aug-5-com-133947 | access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hello, Dolly! – Broadway Musical – 2013–2014 Tour {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/hello-dolly-503917#OpeningNightCast |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
*A tour of the 2017 Broadway revival began touring the U.S. in September 2018 in Utica, New York starring [[Betty Buckley]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-betty-buckley-will-lead-hello-dolly-national-tour|title=Tony Winner Betty Buckley Will Lead ''Hello, Dolly!'' National Tour|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2018-02-12|date=2018-02-12}}</ref> The cast includes [[Lewis J. Stadlen]] as Horace Vandergelder, Nic Rouleau as Cornelius, Analisa Leaning as Irene Molloy, Jess LeProtto as Barnaby, Kristen Hahn as Minnie Fay, Garret Hawe as Ambrose Kemper, Morgan Kirner as Ermengarde, and Jessica Sheridan as Ernestina.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Mark A.|url=https://broadwaydirect.com/complete-casting-announced-national-tour-hello-dolly/|title=Complete Casting Announced for National Tour of ''Hello, Dolly!''|date=2018-08-09|website=Broadway Direct|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-22|archive-date=22 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125358/https://broadwaydirect.com/complete-casting-announced-national-tour-hello-dolly/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Buckley ended her run in the tour on August 25, 2019; [[Carolee Carmello]] took over as Dolly on September 24, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri.<ref name=tour18>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/betty-buckley-ends-run-in-national-tour-of-hello-dolly-august-25# "Betty Buckley Ends Run in National Tour of ''Hello, Dolly!'' August 25"] Playbill, August 25, 2019</ref> The other cast changes effective in September 2019 include [[John Bolton (actor)|John Bolton]] as Horace, with new cast playing Cornelius, Barnaby, Minnie Fay, and Ambrose.<ref name=carolee>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/see-whos-joining-carolee-carmello-in-the-new-company-of-hello-dolly-tour# "See Who's Joining Carolee Carmello in the New Company of'' Hello, Dolly!'' Tour"] Playbill, September 4, 2019</ref>

==Critical reception==
Opening night reviews of the original production were generally positive, and Carol Channing's performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi was greatly acclaimed; however, some reviewers criticized the score and the [[libretto]], implying that Channing's performance was responsible for the efficacy of the show. In his review of the opening night performance, ''[[The New York Times]]'' theatre critic Howard Taubman wrote

<blockquote>''Hello, Dolly!'' ... has qualities of freshness and imagination that are rare in the run of our machine-made musicals. It transmutes the broadly stylized mood of a mettlesome farce into the gusto and colors of the musical stage. ...  Mr. Herman's songs are brisk and pointed and always tuneful ... a shrewdly mischievous performance by Carol Channing. ...  Making the necessary reservations for the unnecessary vulgar and frenzied touches, one is glad to welcome ''Hello, Dolly!'' for its warmth, color and high spirits.<ref>Taubman, Howard. [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=HELLO,%20DOLLY!%20(PLAY)&pdate=19640117&byline=By%20HOWARD%20TAUBMAN&id=1077011430206 "Hello Dolly!"]. ''The New York Times'', 1964</ref></blockquote>

John Chapman of the ''[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]'' lauded Carol Channing's performance, declaring her "the most outgoing woman on the musical stage today – big and warm, all eyes and smiles, in love with everybody in the theatre and possessing a unique voice ranging somewhat upward from a ''basso profundo''."  He also wrote, "I wouldn't say that Jerry Herman's score is memorable."<ref name=Suskin>Suskin, Steven. ''Opening Night on Broadway: A Critical Quotebook of the Golden Era of the Musical Theatre'', pp. 297–301. Schirmer Books, New York, 1990. {{ISBN|0-02-872625-1}}</ref> [[New York Post]] critic Richard Watts, Jr., wrote,

<blockquote>The fact that [''Hello, Dolly!''] seems to me short on charm, warmth, and the intangible quality of distinction in no way alters my conviction that it will be an enormous popular success. Herman has composed a score that is always pleasant and agreeably tuneful, although the only number that comes to mind at the moment is the lively title song. His lyrics could be called serviceable.<ref name=Suskin/></blockquote>

In the ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]'', [[Walter Kerr]] wrote,

<blockquote>''Hello, Dolly!'' is a musical comedy dream, with Carol Channing the girl of it. ... Channing opens wide her big-as-millstone eyes, spreads her white-gloved arms in ecstatic abandon, trots out on a circular runway that surrounds the orchestra, and proceeds to dance rings around the conductor. ... With hair like orange sea foam, a contralto like a horse's neighing, and a confidential swagger, [she is] a musical comedy performer with all the blowzy glamor of the girls on the sheet music of 1916.</blockquote>

Kerr perceived deficiencies in the libretto, though, stating that the "lines are not always as funny as Miss Channing makes them".<ref name=Suskin/> John McClain of the [[New York Journal American]] particularly praised the staging of the musical, saying that

<blockquote>Gower Champion deserves the big gong for performance beyond the call of duty. Seldom has a corps of dancers brought so much style and excitement to a production which could easily have been pedestrian. ... It is difficult to describe the emotion [the song "Hello, Dolly!"] produces. Last night the audience nearly tore up the seats as she led the parade of waiters in a series of encores over the semi-circular runway that extends around the orchestra pit out into the audience, ... a tribute to the personal appeal of Miss Channing and the magical inventiveness of Mr. Champion's staging.<ref name=Suskin/></blockquote>

==Awards and nominations==

===Original Broadway production===
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| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"| 1964
| [[New York Drama Critics Circle|New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]]<ref>[http://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html#1964 "New York Drama Critics Past Awards, 1964"] dramacritics.org, accessed March 29, 2012</ref>
| Best Musical
| Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="11"| [[Tony Award]]<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2810 " 'Hello Dolly' Listing, 1964–1970"] Internet Broadway Database, accessed March 29, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1964 "Tony Awards, 1964"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105101119/http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1964 |date=2012-01-05 }} broadwayworld.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153433.html "Tony Award Winners, 1964"] infoplease.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]]
| [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Carol Channing]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Charles Nelson Reilly]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Jerry Herman]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award|Best Producer of a Musical]]
| [[David Merrick]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Gower Champion]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director|Best Conductor and Musical Director]]
| Shepard Coleman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| [[Oliver Smith (designer)|Oliver Smith]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Freddy Wittop]]
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1968
| [[Special Tony Award]]<ref>[http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1968 "Tony Awards, 1968"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407225811/http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1968 |date=2016-04-07 }} broadwayworld.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=30650 "Pearl Bailey Listing, Awards and Nominations"] Internet Broadway Database, accessed March 29, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153442.html "Tony Award Winners, 1968"] infoplease.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref>
| Special Award
| [[Pearl Bailey]]
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1970
| [[Drama Desk Award]]<ref>[http://www.dramadesk.org/1969_1970dd.html "Drama Desk, 1969–1970"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} dramadesk.org, accessed March 29, 2012</ref><ref>Flinn, Caryl.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=QzivAc6Yei8C&pg=PA376 "Chapter 17"] ''Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman'' (2007), University of California Press, {{ISBN|0-520-22942-8}}, p.376</ref>
| [[Drama Desk Award|Outstanding Performance]]
| [[Ethel Merman]]
| {{won}}
|}

===1978 Broadway revival===
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|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:40%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1978
| [[Tony Award]]<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawardssearch.cfm " 'Hello, Dolly!' Tony Awards Listing"] broadwayworld.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref>
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Eddie Bracken]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1979 West End revival===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:40%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1979
| [[Olivier Award]]<ref>[https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1979/b "Olivier Winners 1979"] Officiallondontheatre.com, accessed April 30, 2023</ref>
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] 
| [[Carol Channing]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1995 Broadway revival===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:40%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| [[Tony Award]]<ref>[http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1996 "Tony Awards 1996"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033524/https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1996 |date=2018-10-22 }} broadwayworld.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref><ref>Evans, Greg. "50th Tonys raise 'Rent' with 'Class' ", ''Daily Variety'', June 3, 1996, p.1</ref> 
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2009 Open Air Theatre revival===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
|-
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! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:40%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| 2009
|[[Evening Standard Theatre Awards]]<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/winners-of-evening-standard-theatre-awards-2009-6733220.html "Winners of Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009"] standard.co.uk, accessed April 30, 2023</ref>
| colspan="2"| Best Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2010
| rowspan="3"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item110508/olivier-winners-2010/ "Olivier Winners 2010"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120907154120/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item110508/Olivier-Winners-2010/ |date=2012-09-07 }} olivierawards.com, accessed March 29, 2012</ref>

| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Best Musical Revival]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Samantha Spiro]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer|Best Theatre Choreographer]]
| [[Stephen Mear]]
| {{won}}
|}

===2017 Broadway revival===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
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! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:40%;"| Category
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|-
| rowspan="34" | 2017
| rowspan="10"| [[Tony Award]]<ref>Kelley, Seth. [https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/tony-nominations-2017-full-list-nominees-1202406314 "Tony Nominations Announced: Full List of 2017 Nominees"], ''Variety'', May 2, 2017, accessed June 11, 2017</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/2017-tony-award-nominations-the-great-comet-and-hello-dolly-lead-the-pack|title=2017 Tony Award Nominations: ''The Great Comet'' and ''Hello, Dolly!'' Lead the Pack|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2017-05-02|date=2017-05-02}}</ref>

| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical]]
| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Leading Role in Musical]]
| [[Bette Midler]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical]]
| [[Gavin Creel]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical]]
| [[Kate Baldwin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical|Best Scenic Design of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Santo Loquasto]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical|Best Costume Design of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical|Best Lighting Design of a Musical]]
| [[Natasha Katz]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Orchestrations|Best Orchestrations]]
| [[Larry Hochman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[Drama Desk Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/drama-desk-awards-2017-winners-full-list-1202453738/|title=Drama Desk Awards 2017: Bette Midler, 'Oslo' Take Top Honors (Full List)|last=Cox|first=Gordon|date=2017-06-05|work=Variety|access-date=2017-12-05|language=en-US}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Bette Midler]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Gavin Creel]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Kate Baldwin]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography|Outstanding Choreographer]]
| [[Warren Carlyle]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| [[Santo Loquasto]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| [[Santo Loquasto]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical|Outstanding Sound Design]]
| Scott Lehrer
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design|Outstanding Wig and Hair Design]]
| Campbell Young Associates
| {{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Drama League Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/dear-evan-hansens-ben-platt-hello-dolly-and-more-are-winners-of-drama-league-awards|title=''Dear Evan Hansen''{{'}}s Ben Platt, ''Hello, Dolly!'' and More Are Winners of Drama League Awards|website=Playbill|language=en |access-date=2017-05-19|date=2017-05-19}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
| {{win}}
|-
|Distinguished Performance
|[[David Hyde Pierce]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Outer-Critics-Circle-Nominations-Announced-20170425|title=Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced: Hello, Dolly!, Anastasia, Groundhog Day and More!|publisher=BWW News|date=April 25, 2017|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=May 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical
| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical
| [[Bette Midler]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
| [[Gavin Creel]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
| [[Kate Baldwin]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Outstanding Director of a Musical
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Outstanding Choreographer
| [[Warren Carlyle]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Costume Design
| [[Santo Loquasto]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Outstanding Lighting Design
| [[Natasha Katz]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Outstanding Orchestrations
| [[Larry Hochman]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography|Chita Rivera Awards]]<ref>McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/bandstand-sweet-charity-and-more-earn-chita-rivera-award-nominations# " ''Bandstand'', ''Sweet Charity'' and More Earn Chita Rivera Award Nominations"] Playbill, May 1, 2017</ref>
| colspan="2" |Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show
| {{nominated}}
|-
|Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show
|[[Warren Carlyle]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| 2018
| [[60th Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards#category-224 |title=60th Annual GRAMMY Awards |date=2017-11-28 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-grammys-nominees-winners-list-2018-story.html |title=Grammys 2018: Complete list of nominees |website=Los Angeles Times |date=2017-11-28 |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadwaynews.com/2018/01/28/dear-evan-hansen-wins-grammy-award-best-musical-theater-album/ |title='Dear Evan Hansen' wins Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album |last=Huston |first=Caitlin | date=January 28, 2018 |website=Broadway News | access-date=2022-08-04}}</ref>
|[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]]
| [[Bette Midler]] (principal soloist); [[Steven Epstein (music producer)|Steven Epstein]] (producer)
|{{nom}}
|}

===2024 West End revival===
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|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:25%;"| Award
! style="width:40%;"| Category
! style="width:20%;"| Nominee
! style="width:10%;"| Result
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2025
| rowspan="3"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Wiegand |first=Chris |date=4 March 2025 |title=Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier Awards and Romola Garai Nominated Twice in Same Category |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar/04/olivier-awards-fiddler-on-the-roof-romola-garai-adrien-brody-imelda-staunton |access-date=6 April 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |title=John Lithgow, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton Among 2025 Olivier Awards Winners |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/olivier-awards-2025-winners-full-list-1236361612/ |date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-06 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Best Musical Revival]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Imelda Staunton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| [[Andy Nyman]]
| {{nom}}
|}

==Recordings==
{{further|Hello, Dolly! (original Broadway cast recording)}}
The [[RCA Victor]] [[cast recording]] of the original Broadway production was released in 1964. It was the number-one album on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' pop albums]] chart for seven weeks, the top album of the year on the [[Billboard Year-End|Year-End chart]] and won a [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]]. In 1965, a recording of the original London production was released. 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.<ref>Culwell-Block, Logan. [https://playbill.com/article/9-original-cast-albums-featuring-replacement-performers "9 Original Cast Albums Featuring Replacement Performers"], ''Playbill'', November 17, 2022</ref>

The movie soundtrack was released in 1969. On November 15, 1994, the 1994 revival cast recording was released.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000014VF Release date of 1994 revival album] Amazon.com, retrieved June 26, 2010</ref>

The 2017 Broadway Revival cast recording was released on May 12, 2017, featuring the songs now sung by Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, Kate Baldwin, and Gavin Creel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/listen-to-the-complete-hello-dolly-cast-recording-featuring-bette-midler-and-more|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|title=Listen to the Complete ''Hello, Dolly!'' Cast Recording, Featuring Bette Midler and More|website=Playbill|date=May 8, 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref>

==Cultural influence==
*Armstrong's 1964 recording of the song "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" rose to the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' pop chart.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-dolly-r153005 "'Hello, Dolly!' Louis Armstrong Listing"] allmusic.com, accessed April 2, 2012</ref><ref>Ruhlmann, William.  [https://www.allmusic.com/song/t4280502 "Song Review"] allmusic.com, accessed April 2, 2012</ref>
*The title song was sung in the 1999 film ''[[Dick (film)|Dick]]'' by actor [[Dan Hedaya]], playing President Richard Nixon.<ref>[http://all-reviews.com/videos/dick-3.htm "Movie/Video Review. 'Dick' "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512052238/http://all-reviews.com/videos/dick-3.htm |date=12 May 2013 }} All-Reviews.com, accessed April 2, 2012</ref>
*Following the thirtieth anniversary tour of the show, the [[Smithsonian]] accepted a donation from Channing and theatrical producer Manny Kladitis of the red satin, sequin-bedecked costume designed by [[Freddy Wittop]]. Worn by Channing during the climactic title song at the Harmonia Gardens, the red gown has been displayed at the [[National Museum of American History]].<ref name="NMAH">{{cite web | url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_739085 | title="Hello, Dolly" Dress | publisher=National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution | access-date=2022-08-04}}</ref> The remainder of the original Wittop costumes are part of the Broadway Collection at Costume World, a theatrical museum located in [[Pompano Beach, Florida]].<ref>[http://www.costumeworld.com/category/broadway-collection/ "Broadway Collection"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} costumeworld.com, accessed April 2, 2012</ref>
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==Footnotes==
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==References==
*{{cite book | title = Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time | author = Bloom, Ken |author2=Frank Vlastnik | publisher = Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers | location = New York, New York | isbn = 1-57912-390-2 | pages = 152–155 | date = 2004-10-01}}
*{{cite ATT Broadway}} 
*Bovsun, Mara. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061101193013/http://www.barbra-archives.com/articles/streisand_dolly_bovsun_article.html From 'Hello, Dolly!': Dolly Gallagher Levi.] barbra-archives.com.  Retrieved on 2007-04-08. <!-- Looks broken. Check it someone else. -->
*{{cite book | title = Broadway: the American musical | author = Kantor, Michael | author2 = [[Laurence Maslon]] | location = New York, New York | publisher = Bulfinch Press | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-8212-2905-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/broadwayamerican00kant }}
*[http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/albm69.html Hello, Dolly!] imagi-nation.com.  Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
*{{cite book | title = Show Tunes | author = Suskin, Steven | publisher = Oxford University Press US | location = New York | isbn = 0-19-512599-1 | date = 1999-01-01}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/hello-dolly-4310 Internet Broadway Database listing for all productions]
*[http://www.charlesnelsonreilly.com/ Charles Nelson Reilly's autobiographical film, in which he discusses ''Hello Dolly'']
*[http://www.playbill.com/article/long-runs-on-broadway-com-109864# "Long Runs on Broadway as of February 2017"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071127174553/http://www.tuts.com/season07/dolly_study.pdf TUTS study guide]
*[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_h/hello_dolly.htm Synopsis, Casting, Choreography, Scenes and Settings]
*[http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=HELLO,%20DOLLY!%20(PLAY)&pdate=19640117&byline=By%20HOWARD%20TAUBMAN&id=1077011430206 1964 ''New York Times'' review of original production]
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