Hello, Dolly! Revival 1978

Ages: 10+
Opened: March 5, 1978
Closing: July 09, 1978

Hello, Dolly! - 1978 - Broadway History , Info & More

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (Broadway)
205 West 46th St. New York, NY

Suggested by The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder which was an adaptation of Wilder’s The Merchant of Yonkers which was based on the 1835 English farce A Day Well Spent by John Oxenford, and the 1842 Austrian farce Einen Jux Will er Sich Machen by Johann Nestoy

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Hello, Dolly! FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Hello, Dolly! have there been?
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