Hello Dolly!, London Palladium
Hello Dolly! Imelda Staunton will be looking swell on stage as socialite matchmaker Dolly Levi in a revival of a classic musical
Hello Dolly
Multi Olivier and BAFTA Award winning star Imelda Staunton follows in the footsteps of Barbara Steisand to play Dolly Levi, the meddlesome socialite at the heart of 1964 musical, Hello Dolly!.
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Postponed since 2020 because of the pandemic, this new production is directed by Dominic Cooke, who worked with Staunton in a superlative revival of Follies (National Theatre). Based on Thornton Wilder's farcical plat The Matchmaker, with a book by Michael Stewart (42nd Street) and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman (La Cage aux Folles), Hello Dolly! is an enduring hit with a multi award-winning film version and regular revivals all around the world.
With songs including 'Put On Your Sunday Clothes', 'Ribbons Down My Back' and 'Before the Parade Passes By', it offers plum potential for Imelda Staunton's powerful voice. 'Well, I'm delighted and daunted in equal measure to be doing a new production of Hello, Dolly!,' Staunton said, describing the show as 'joyous'.
The story follows widowed matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi as she tries to find a wife for cantankerous Yonkers businessman Horace Vandergelder. But Dolly has her own motives, and manages to engineer and adventure that goes exactly her own way.
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Postponed since 2020 because of the pandemic, this new production is directed by Dominic Cooke, who worked with Staunton in a superlative revival of Follies (National Theatre). Based on Thornton Wilder's farcical plat The Matchmaker, with a book by Michael Stewart (42nd Street) and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman (La Cage aux Folles), Hello Dolly! is an enduring hit with a multi award-winning film version and regular revivals all around the world.
With songs including 'Put On Your Sunday Clothes', 'Ribbons Down My Back' and 'Before the Parade Passes By', it offers plum potential for Imelda Staunton's powerful voice. 'Well, I'm delighted and daunted in equal measure to be doing a new production of Hello, Dolly!,' Staunton said, describing the show as 'joyous'.
The story follows widowed matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi as she tries to find a wife for cantankerous Yonkers businessman Horace Vandergelder. But Dolly has her own motives, and manages to engineer and adventure that goes exactly her own way.
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| What | Hello Dolly!, London Palladium |
| Where | London Palladium, Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Oxford Circus (underground) |
| When |
06 Jul 24 – 14 Sep 24, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
| Price | £24+ |
| Website | Click here for more information and to book |