Martha Raye "HELLO DOLLY" Jerry Herman / Gower Champion 1967 Souvenir Program

Description

This is a rare souvenir program from the Broadway production of the JERRY HERMAN and MICHAEL STEWART musical comedy "HELLO, DOLLY!" which played the St. James Theatre in New York City. (The production opened January 16th, 1964 and ran for 2844 performances while simultaneously playing on tour in the States and abroad.) ..... During the exceptionally long Broadway run, nine different actresses played the role of "Mrs. Dolly Levi Gallagher", created by the legendary CAROL CHANNING. Her first replacement was GINGER ROGERS (1965), followed by MARTHA RAYE (1967), BETTY GRABLE (1967), BIBI OSTERWALD (1967), PEARL BAILEY (1967), THELMA CARPENTER (1969), PHYLLIS DILLER (1969) and finally ETHEL MERMAN (1970) ..... This program is from the MARTHA RAYE run when the cast included MAX SHOWALTER, JUNE HELMERS, SONDRA LEE, JOHN MINEO, GORDON CONNELL, ALICE PLAYTEN, PATRICIA SAUERS, DAN MERRIMAN, RICHARD HERMANY and WILL MACKENZIE ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by JERRY HERMAN ("Milk and Honey", "Mame", "Mack and Mabel", "La Cage Aux Folles" and "Dear World"); Book by MICHAEL STEWART based on the "Matchmaker" by THORNTON WILDER; Sets designed by OLIVER SMITH; Costumes designed by FREDDY WITTOP; Directed and Choreographed by GOWER CHAMPION; Produced by DAVID MERRICK ..... DETAILS: The oversized 20 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, a page of excerpts from a number of rave New York reviews and several pages of photos of scenes from the musical ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned pages have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: This program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.