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Hello, Dolly! West End

Hello, Dolly! 2024

Ages: 10+
Opened: July 18, 2024
Closing: September 14, 2024

Hello, Dolly! - 2024 West End History , Info & More


London Palladium
8 Argyll St, Soho London

Imelda Staunton will be back where she belongs in *Hello, Dolly!* next summer, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium. With an unforgettable score by the legendary Jerry Herman, Hello, Dolly! will begin performances at The London Palladium on Saturday 6 July 2024 for a strictly limited 10-week season.

Multi Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning __Imelda Staunton__ plays meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi, as she travels to Yonkers, New York to find a match for the miserly, unmarried ‘half-a-millionaire’ Horace Vandergelder. But everything changes when she decides that the next match she needs to make is for herself.

With music and lyrics by__ Jerry Herman__ (*La Cage aux Folles, Mack and Mabel, Mame*) and book by __Michael Stewart__ (*42nd Street, Mack and Mabel, Barnum*), *Hello, Dolly!* is one of the most iconic musicals of all time. Jerry Herman’s timeless score includes ‘Put On Your Sunday Clothes’, ‘Ribbons Down My Back’, ‘Before the Parade Passes By’, ‘Elegance’, ‘It Only Takes a Moment’ and of course, ‘Hello, Dolly!’.

This brand new production reunites Imelda with director __Dominic Cooke__, following their spectacular, critically acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies at the National Theatre.


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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Hello, Dolly!

Imelda Staunton leads London Palladium revival
8 / 10

Designer Rae Smith orchestrates a blistering run of costume changes, and a set that at times beggars belief. Buildings and train stations fly in, shops whizz slickly into place on a conveyor belt, which also allows the cast to walk for mile after imaginary mile, as New York’s buildings and skies move past them on a video backdrop. The world feels expansive. Not to mention expensive. An opulent restaurant with a sweeping staircase appears. A steam train rolls onto stage (really) as if the Palladium’s wings are one great Mary Poppins carpet bag. It’s the kind of set that could upstage a lesser cast.

Hello, Dolly! review
8 / 10

Hello, Dolly! review“Victorious turn from Imelda Staunton” REVIEWS JUL 19, 2024 BY HOLLY O'MAHONY THE LONDON PALLADIUM Imelda Staunton in Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium. Photo: Manuel Harlan Imelda Staunton in Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium. Photo: Manuel Harlan “Hello, Imelda!” Staunton is spectacular as widowed matchmaker Dolly Levi in Dominic Cooke’s long-awaited revival Facebook Twitter LinkedIn bookmark_border Sparkling with joie de vivre and running on a boisterous charm that prevents this safe but loveable production becoming overly sentimental, Dominic Cooke’s revival of Michael Stewart (book) and Jerry Herman’s (music and lyrics) 1964 musical about a widowed matchmaker who returns to New York City on a second wind marks the first time the show has been seen in London since Timothy Sheader’s polished 2009 production at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. But “look at the old girl now, fellas”, because Cooke’s take is a far grander affair that stylistically leans into the story’s dawn-of-the-20th-century setting and is driven by a victorious turn from musical theatre heavyweight Imelda Staunton as Dolly Levi. The story follows its professional meddler from the small town of Yonkers, where she’s been on a mission to find a suitable wife for the miserly half-a-millionaire Horace Vandergelder (a socially awkward and tetchy Andy Nyman), to New York City. Continues... RELATED TO THIS REVIEWHello, Dolly! praised for majority female orchestra Hello, Dolly! praised for majority female orchestra How Hello, Dolly! set the template for leading ladies in musical theatre How Hello, Dolly! set the template for leading ladies in musical theatre But the show is essentially built around its second act title number, and a rosy-cheeked, mischievously likeable Staunton saves her best for it: gliding like royalty down the gilded staircase (made iconic by the Barbra Streisand-starring film) of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant and affectionately ‘wow wow wow-ing’ to waiters in velvet jackets as they coo “Hello, Dolly” back at her. If it’s a visual replica of the movie’s sequence, it’s also a spectacular scene in which Rae Smith’s set and costumes, Bill Deamer’s choreography and the performances all dazzle.

Review Roundup: Did Imelda Staunton Delight in HELLO, DOLLY! at The London Palladium?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 19, 2024


What did the critics think of Dominic Cooke's long-delayed production?

Review: HELLO, DOLLY!, The London Palladium
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 19, 2024


Well, we got there in the end and thankfully, it was worth the wait. Initially due to open back in 2020, Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Hello, Dolly! has finally arrived in the West End.

Photos: Imelda Staunton is Dolly Gallagher Levi in HELLO, DOLLY!
by Nicole Rosky - July 11, 2024


Hello, Dolly! is now in performances at The London Palladium for a strictly limited 10-week season led by multi-Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning Imelda Staunton as meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi. Check out a first photos of the cast in action here!

Video: Imelda Staunton Takes the Stage in HELLO, DOLLY!
by Lauren Hilton - July 10, 2024


Watch Imelda Staunton and the cast of the West End's Hello, Dolly! take their bows during previews!

Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO, DOLLY! Begins at the London Palladium Tonight
by Blair Ingenthron - July 6, 2024


Hello, Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton, begins performances Saturday, July 6th at the London Palladium for a strictly limited 10-week season.

Interview: 'It Feels Genuinely Uplifting': Director Dominic Cooke On Working With Imelda Staunton and The Long Wait For HELLO, DOLLY!
by Kat Mokrynski - July 9, 2024


Hello, Dolly!, the iconic musical from the 1960s, has returned to the West End. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Dominic Cooke about directing the revival. We discussed what his career as a director has been like, what it has been like to take on this iconic musical and even how the pandemic has had an effect on the work as a whole.

Photos: Imelda Staunton and More in Rehearsal For HELLO, DOLLY!
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024


All new rehearsal photos have been released for this summer’s new production of Hello, Dolly!, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium.

Video: Imelda Staunton on Returning to the Stage for HELLO, DOLLY!
by Blair Ingenthron - April 21, 2024


Multi-Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning Imelda Staunton will play meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi in the London Palladium production of Hello, Dolly. She sat down with Official London Theatre to discuss her return to the stage in the video here.

Full Cast Set For Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO DOLLY! at the London Palladium
by Stephi Wild - March 20, 2024


The complete cast has been revealed for this summer's new production of Hello, Dolly!, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium.

Hello, Dolly! FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the songs in Hello, Dolly! and what's the order?
Call on Dolly
I Put My Hand In
It Takes a Woman
Put on Your Sunday Clothes
Ribbons Down My Back
Motherhood
Dancing
Before the Parade Passes By [i]
Elegance
The Waiters' Gallop
Hello, Dolly!
Come and Be My Butterfly
It Only Takes a Moment
So Long Dearie
World Take Me Back
Love Look in My Window
Penny in My Pocket
You're a Damned Exasperating Woman
No, a Million Times No
The Goodbye Song
Just Leave Everything to Me
Love Is Only Love
The Polka Contest
I Still Love the Love
Before the Parade Passes By [ii]

Hello, Dolly! History

Other Productions of Hello, Dolly!

1964   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1965   US Tour 1st National Tour
US Tour
1965   West End London Production
West End
1966   US Tour 2nd National Tour
US Tour
1967   US Tour 3rd National Tour
US Tour
1975   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
1978   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
1995   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
2006   Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production
Milburn, NJ (Regional)
2017   Broadway Broadway Revival Production
Broadway
2018   US Tour Revival National Tour
US Tour
2020   West End West End Revival
West End
2024   West End
West End

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