The Matchmaker Broadway Original Cast

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Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Full synopsis

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Original Cast

C. K. Alexander

Horace Vandergelder (u/s)

(Understudy)

Peter Bayliss

A Cabman

Esme Church

Miss Flora Van Husen

(a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife)

Alexander Davion

Ambrose Kemper

(Artist)

Ruth Gordon

Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi

(a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife)

Charity Grace

Gertrude

(Vandergelder's Housekeeper)

Rosamund Greenwood

Minnie Fay

(Mrs. Molloy's Assistant)

Eileen Herlie

Irene Molloy

(a Milliner)

Arthur Hill

Cornelius Hackl

(Clerk in Vandergelder's Store)

William Lanteau

Rudolf

(Waiter)

Philip Leeds

A Musician

Joe Scanlon

(a Barber)

Patrick McAlinney

Malachi Stack

John Milligan

August

(Waiter)

Robert Morse

Barnaby Tucker

(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...

Loring Smith

Horace Vandergelder

(a Merchant of Yonkers)

Christine Thomas

Miss Van Huysen's Cook

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Production Team

Tyrone Guthrie Director

Tanya Moiseiwitsch Costume Designer

Scenic Designer

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