Hello, Dolly!

Richmond Theatre

January 2002

Director – John Hebden

Musical Director – Mike Carver

Choreographer – Melanie Edwards

Production Manager – Beryl Yorath

Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder’s 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955.

Hello, Dolly! was first produced on Broadway by David Merrick in 1964, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and nine other Tonys. The show album Hello, Dolly! An Original Cast Recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.

The show has become one of the most enduring musical theatre hits, enjoying three Broadway revivals and international success. It was also made into a 1969 film that was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

CAST

Dolly Levi – Lizzie Brignall

Irene Molloy – Lisa M Rose

Minnie Fay – Deb McDowell

Ermengarde – Louise Ellard Turbull

Ernestina – Helen Donald

Mrs Rose – Clare Henderson-Roe

Horace Vandegelder – Bob Salter

Cornelius Hackl – Andrew Yeates

Barnaby Tucker – Mark Burgess

Rudolph – John Pyle

Judge – Jim Trimmer

Chorus – Jane Bean, Alison Birtle, Clare Burgess, Sue Cambridge, Jan Croxson, Sheila Fitzgerald, Fiona Hedger-Gourlay, Cathy Hough, Jane Kissack, Kate Leader, Ruth Saunders, Janet Simpson, Angela Sturgeon, Edz Barrett, Thomas Butler, Bryan Cardus, Anthony Chalmers, Roger Fairhead, Mark Fallon, Kristian Lopez, John Nugent, Tony Smith, Paul St James, Eric Williams, Duncan Woolley, Dean Zetter

CREW

Set Designer – Spencer Butler

Costume Designer – Suzy Deal

Lighting Designer – Ed Pagett

Technical Manager – Wesley Henderson Roe

Properties – Jane Bean

Box Office – Barbara Thomas

Programme – Tricia Vandepeer

Publicity – Helen Donald, Bob Salter

Prompt – Sue Brydone

Treasurer – Sarah Perkins

Sponsorship – Lesley Whithair