PRODUCTION STAFF
DIRECTOR: Casts the show, determines where actors will
stand on stage and what they will do
PLAYBILL
MUSICAL DIRECTOR:
Teaches the songs to the
performers and conducts the orchestra
CHOREOGRAPHER: Designs the dances
DANCE CAPTAIN: Cast member who learns all the
dances and is available to rehearse with other actors
STAGE MANAGER: Responsible for writing all blocking,
assists the director, runs the show each performance
SET DESIGNER:
pieces if necessary
Creates/paints the scenery, builds
LIGHT TECHNICIAN:
Arranges lighting to match the
needs and feel for each scene
Music and lyrics by:
Jerry Herman
Original Book by:
PIT ORCHESTRA: Musician who play the music live
during the performance
Michael Stewart
CAST
Main characters listed in order of appearance
Barbara Streisand ……………………..……… “Dolly Levi”
Walter Mattheu …………….… “Horace Vandergelder”
Tommy Tune …………….………….. “Ambrose Kemper”
Joyce Ames …………..… “Ermengarde Vandergelder”
Michael Crawford ……………………. “Cornelius Hackl”
Danny Lockin …………………..……… “Barnaby Tucker”
Marianne McAndrew ……………………. “Irene Malloy”
E. J. Peaker ……………………………..………. “Minnie Fay”
Judy Knaiz …… “Gussie Granger/Ernestina Semple”
David Hurst ……………...……. “Rudolph Reisenweber”
Louis Armstrong …………………………………..…. “Louis”
Act II
All of the main characters are now at, or are close
to entering, the Harmonia Gardens Restautant. Many of whom
are competing for the cash prize.
Dolly enters Ambrose and Ermangarde into the polka
dance competition. Ambrose and Ermangarde are hoping the
cash prize will persuade Horace to allow his niece to marry her
boyfriend. Cornelius and Irene, and Barnaby and Minnie also
enter the competition because they cannot afford the lavish
dinner they ordered. Unbeknownst to any of them, Dolly will be
a guest judge in the competition; her special dinner guest is
Horace Vandergelder.
Once they leave the restaurant, Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene
and Minnie go to Central Park for a stroll. Dolly leaves Horace
alone at the restaurant and heads back to her home.
The next morning, Horace finds out Cornelius and
Barnaby quit as his store clerks and decide to open their own
Hay and Feed Store (at the suggestion of Dolly). Ermangarde and
Ambrose get married. Unsettled and confused by the recent
days’ happenings, Horace becomes humbled and admits that his
life is dull without Dolly. He agrees to make Cornelius a business
partner and gives Barnaby Cornelius’ old job of head clerk. Dolly
agrees to “never go away again” and the story ends.
SYNOPSIS
Act I
“Call on Dolly” …………………………………..……….……………… company
“Just Leave Everything to Me” ………..………………..……...… Dolly Levi
“Main Titles” (overture)
“It Takes a Woman” …………………………..…..… Horace Vandergelder
“It Takes a Woman (reprise) …………...............................…… Dolly Levi
“Put on Your Sunday Clothes” ……………………...…... Cornelius Hackl
“Ribbons Down My Back” …………...............................……. Irene Malloy
“Dancing” ………..………………………………………………. Cornelius Hackl
“Before the Parade Passes By” ………………………………..… Dolly Levi
Act II
“Intermission”
“Elegance” ……………….……………………………………… Cornelius Hackl
“Love is Only Love” …………………………………...…………..…. Dolly Levi
“Hello, Dolly!” ………………………………………………….………... company
“It Only Takes A Moment” …………………...…………… Cornelius Hackl
“So Long, Dearie” …………………………………………………….. Dolly Levi
“Finale” ………………………………………………………………..…… company
Act I
The year is 1980 and all of New York City is excited
because Mrs. Dolly Levi is back in town. Dolly makes a living as
a matchmaker (and various other jobs). She is currently looking
for a wife for grumpy store owner Horace Vandergelder. Dolly,
however, has every intention of marrying him herself when she
visits him in Yonkers, NY.
Ambrose Kemper, an artist, wants to marry Horace
Vandergelder’s niece, Ermengarde. Horace does not think
Ambrose can provide the ‘good life’ for his niece and so denies
the marriage.
Mr. Vandergelder leaves Yonkers to visit New York City
to meet Irene Malloy in hopes of making her his wife. He leaves
his two store clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker in
charge of his store, Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed. While he is
away, Cornelius and Barnaby close the store and travel to NYC
following Dolly’s impromptu suggestion. They do not know Mr.
Vandergelder will be in the same town that very same day.
Irene Malloy owns a hat shop in NYC. Her assistant is Minnie
Fay. At Irene’s hat shop, Cornelius and Barnaby almost get
caught by Horace Vandergelder. Mrs. Levi directs him away and
he heads to the 14th Street Parade. Wanting to make up for
embarrassing Irene and Minnie, Cornelius and Barnaby take the
pair to the prestigious Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, which they
cannot afford.