Hello, Dolly!
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Jun 10, 2006
Closed Jul 23, 2006
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http://www.papermill.org
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Paper Mill Playhouse presents Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart. New York. 1890s. Dolly Gallagher Levi, a refined matchmaker-extraordinaire, has been hired to arrange yet another marriage. But this time, she's in business for herself. Employing a host of other talents--like corset re-boning, ears piercing, pierced ears re-plugging, and dance instructing--Dolly attempts to win over her unsuspecting husband to be. Winner of 10 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Dolly! is the show-stopping "perfect match" for every musical fan. Tovah Feldshuh stars in the title role.
Special Added Matinees: July 12 & July 19 at 2.
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Dolly Levi was always the first to point out that she was "born Gallagher" -- and boy, does Tovah Feldshuh take that heritage and run with it as the beloved matchmaker in the Paper Mill Playhouse's uneven revival of Hello, Dolly! Indeed, Feldshuh sports an Irish accent thicker than a Carnegie Deli corned beef sandwich, lapsing into a similarly vaudevillian Yiddish shtick only when quoting her late husband, Ephraim Levi. (Imagine Barry Fitzgerald as Dolly Levi and you'll get the idea.)
But, as if to shrink back from the broad brogue, Feldshuh delivers her lines hurriedly and flatly. She's a woman who arranges things -- businesslike, deadpan, and so calm that we never locate this Dolly's desp[...]