Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder's clerks, several lovely ladies, and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant, where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After more...
(Understudy)
(Apprentice in Vandergelder's Store)
Robert Morse, who played in The Matchmaker, is renowned for his Tony Award-winning role as J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and for his memorable portrayal of Truman Capote in the one-man play Tru. more...
Awards and Nominations
1956 Tony Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Ruth Gordon was nominated but did not win.
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