Hello Dolly
Broadway matchmaker show
Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 Broadway musical about a matchmaker returning to her craft, featuring the iconic title song.
The phrase evokes theatrical warmth and grand welcomes. "Hello, Dolly!" also names a 1969 film adaptation starring Barbra Streisand, and Louis Armstrong's recording of the title song topped the charts that year.
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- musicalSung theatrical production
- Louis ArmstrongPioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- matchmakerArranger of romantic pairings
- YonkersWestchester suburb of Manhattan
Barbra Streisand · parade · waiter · showstopper · curtain call · feathers · red velvet · title song · leading lady · restaurant · widow · merchant · New York · 1960s · waltz · grand staircase · theater · reprise
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
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