What is Hello Dolly?
'''Hello, Dolly!''' is a 1964 [[musical]] with [[lyric]]s and [[music]] by [[Jerry Herman]] and a [[book]] by [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]], based on [[Thornton Wilder]]'s 1938 farce ''[[The Merchant Yonkers]]'', which Wilder revised and retitled ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. == Characters and casts == * [[Carol Channing]] - Dolly Levi * [[David Burns (actor)|David Burns]] - Horace Vandergelder * [[Charles Nelson Riley]] - Cornelius Hackl * [[Eileen Brennan]] - Irene Molloy * [[Jerry Dodge]] - Barnaby Tucker * [[Sondra Lee]] - Minnie Fay * [[Alice Playten]] - Ermengarde * [[Igors Gavon]] - Ambrose Kemper * [[Mary Jo Catlett]] - Ernestina * [[David Hartman (TV personality)|David Hartman]] - Rudolph * [[Gordon Connell (actor)|Gordon Connel]] - Judge * [[Ken Ayers]] - Court Clerk * [[Amelia Haas]] - Mrs. Rose * [[Jan LaPrade]] and [[Barbara Mathis]] - Horse == Musical numbers == # 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 # Dancing - Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie Fay, and Ensemble # Look, Look in My Window - Dolly # Before the Parade Passes By - Dolly and the Company # Finale Act I: Before the Parade Passes By - Dolly # 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 the Waiters # It Only Takes a Moment - Cornelius, Irene, Ensemble # So Long Dearly - 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 == References == {{reflist}} == Other websit