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Hello, Dolly!

Original Broadway Production [1964]

Listed

My Libretto Collection
by rsmaggie94

Credits

Performers
Click the role for more info and replacements.

Original Cast

Dolly Gallagher Levi ...
Carol Channing
Ernestina ...
Mary Jo Catlett
Ambrose Kemper ...
Igors Gavon
Horse ...
Jan LaPrade
...
Bonnie Mathis
Horace Vandergelder ...
David Burns
Ermengarde ...
Alice Playten
Cornelius Hackl ...
Charles Nelson Reilly
Barnaby Tucker ...
Jerry Dodge
Irene Molloy ...
Eileen Brennan
Minnie Fay ...
Sondra Lee
Mrs. Rose ...
Amelia Haas
Rudolph ...
David Hartman
Judge ...
Gordon Connell
Court Clerk ...
Ken Ayers
Ensemble ...
Nicole Barth
...
Monica Carter
...
Carvel Carter
...
Amelia Haas
...
Jan LaPrade
...
Joan Buttons Leonard
...
Marilyne Mason
...
Bonnie Mathis
...
Else Olufsen
...
Yolanda Poropat
...
Bonnie Schon
...
Barbara Sharma
...
Mary Ann Snow
...
Jamie Thomas
...
Pat Trott
...
Ken Ayers
...
Alvin Beam
...
Joel Craig
...
Dick Crowley
...
Gene Gebauer
...
Joe Helms
...
Richard Hermany
...
Neil Jones
...
Charles Karel
...
Paul Kastl
...
Jim Maher
...
Joe McWherter
...
John Mineo
...
Randy Phillips
...
Lowell Purvis
...
Michael Quinn (i)
...
Will Roy
...
Paul Solen
...
Ronnie Young

Swings/Alternates

no swings or alternates listed

Standbys

Dolly Gallagher Levi ...
Jo Anne Worley

Understudies

Horace Vandergelder ...
Gordon Connell
Ernestina ...
Amelia Haas
Ambrose Kemper ...
Charles Karel
Cornelius Hackl ...
Charles Karel
Barnaby Tucker ...
John Mineo
Judge ...
Michael Quinn (i)
Minnie Fay ...
Barbara Sharma
Irene Molloy ...
Mary Ann Snow
Mrs. Rose ...
Jamie Thomas
General Replacements
The credits below document characters added after a production has opened; roles for which understudies were added after opening night; and performers who are listed in reliable sources as replacements but without the role they took over being specified.

Ermengarde (understudy) [1965] ...
Joan Kall
Ermengarde (understudy) [May 1965 - ?] ...
Joan Kall
Ermengarde (understudy) [April 1966] ...
Patti Pappathatos
Joshua Van Groot [? - ? (role eliminated in Washington DC)] ...
Michael Quinn (i)
Rudolph (understudy) [? - ?] ...
Robert L. Hultman
Rudolph (understudy) [1965] ...
Ed Mastin
Rudolph (understudy) [May 1965 - ?] ...
Dan Merriman
Rudolph (understudy) [November 12, 1967] ...
Guy Allen
Might-Have-Beens

no might-have-beens listed