The Matchmaker 1955

Opened: December 5, 1955

The Matchmaker - 1955 - Broadway History , Info & More

Booth Theatre (Broadway)
222 West 45th St. New York, NY

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 everyone gets straightened out romantically, Vandergelder finds himself affianced to the astute Dolly Levi herself.



The Matchmaker opened on Broadway in 1955 and ran for 486 performances, Wilder's Broadway record, and closed in 1957. It was later adapted into the musical Hello, Dolly!.

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The Matchmaker FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of The Matchmaker have there been?
The Matchmaker has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1955.
What Tony Awards has The Matchmaker been nominated for?
The Matchmaker has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction for Tyrone Guthrie.

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