Back where they belong. Bette Midler. Hello, Dolly!
Michael Stewart's (book) and Jerry Herman's (music and lyrics) masterpiece, Hello, Dolly!, returns to Broadway starring none other than Bette Midler. Directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly! is playing Broadway's legendary Shubert Theatre.
This production, the first new production of Hello, Dolly! to appear on Broadway since it opened more than fifty years ago, will pay tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion, which has been hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history.
Ms. Midler brings such comic brio - both barn-side broad and needlepoint precise - to the task of playing with her food that I promise you it stops the show. Then again, pretty much everything Ms. Midler does stops the show. As for that much anticipated moment when she puts on fire-engine red plumes and sequins to lead a cakewalk of singing waiters, well, let's just hope that this show's producers have earthquake insurance...But Ms. Midler isn't coasting on the good will of theatergoers who remember her as the queen of 1980s movie comedies or as the bawdy earth goddess of self-satirizing revues from the '70s onward. As the center and raison d'être of this show, which also features David Hyde Pierce in a springtime-fresh cartoon of the archetypal grumpy old man, Ms. Midler works hard for her ovations, while making you feel that the pleasure is all hers.
But the real source of the warmth and color is Midler herself, and the crowd's feelings for her, which together create a feedback loop so tight that the distinction between star and audience is all but obliterated...she performs in a style so broad and unironic despite its myriad references that it seems nearly naked. It's not even a style, really: just a here-I-am, as-I-am honesty (however contrived) that in disguising its own achievement not only breaks down the fourth wall but makes you forget why there ever was one. In Dolly she never looks as right as when she's out on the famous passerelle, promenading among her people, reaching out to them with delight if never quite pressing flesh.
1964 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1965 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
1965 | West End |
London Production West End |
1966 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
1967 | US Tour |
3rd National Tour US Tour |
1975 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1978 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1995 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2006 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
2017 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
2018 | US Tour |
Revival National Tour US Tour |
2020 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
2024 | West End |
West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2018 | Theatre World Awards | John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement In The Theatre | Victor Garber |
2018 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Charlie Stemp |
2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actress in a Musical | Bette Midler |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Bette Midler |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Santo Loquasto |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jerry Zaks |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Gavin Creel |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kate Baldwin |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Hello, Dolly! |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Santo Loquasto |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Scott Lehrer |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | Campbell Young Associates |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | David Hyde Pierce |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Hello, Dolly! |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | David Hyde Pierce |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Bette Midler |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | Warren Carlyle |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Santo Loquasto |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jerry Zaks |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Gavin Creel |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kate Baldwin |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Larry Hochman |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Hello, Dolly! |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Santo Loquasto |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Jerry Zaks |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Larry Hochman |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gavin Creel |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | David Hyde Pierce |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kate Baldwin |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bette Midler |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Santo Loquasto |
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