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Hello, Dolly!

Based on The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, Hello, Dolly! tells the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a matchmaker who has been hired to arrange a marriage for the widowed half-millionaire Horace Vandergelder. Dolly, however, has other plans. She has herself been recently widowed and come to the conclusion that Horace and his fortune will make the perfect mate for her. So when she arrives in Yonkers, she immediately begins to plant seeds of doubt in Vandergelder's mind about Irene Molloy, the pretty young widow she has picked out for him.

With a cast of delightful leading characters and a fabulous chorus, Hello, Dolly! was first produced on Broadway by David Merrick in 1964 and went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical and nine other Tonys. The original cast album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. The show has become one of the most enduring musical theatre hits, enjoying three Broadway revivals and international success. It was also made into a 1969 film that was nominated for seven Academy Awards.