Synopsis / Dolly's Daily Dispatch
Last Update: July 29, 2005
Synopsis of Scenes is under "Production Info"
South Bend Civic Theatre's 2005 Summer Musical is...
Hello Dolly
Production Dates: August 12-14, 2005
It will be performed at the
"Morris Performing Arts Center"
Tickets are now on Sale
Adults $18.50, Children 12 & Under $12.00
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HELLO, DOLLY! is the story of Mrs. Dolly Levi's efforts to marry Horace
Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating
among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught
her. Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the young and beautiful
Widow Molloy with Vandergelder's head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius'
assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy's assistant, Minnie Fay; and the
struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder's weeping niece,
Ermengarde.
Mrs. Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Yonkers, then by
train back to Mrs. Molloy's hat shop in New York, out into the streets of the
city where they are all caught up in the great Fourteenth Street Association
Parade, and finally to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the
Harmonia Gardens. There, Dolly is greeted by the waiters, cooks, doormen and
wine stewards in one of the most famous songs in the history of American musical
comedy, Hello, Dolly!
What happens in the end? Dolly gets her man, of course. Even makes him glad
she caught him. Dolly leaves the stage at the end of Act II with a wink to the
audience as she takes a peep into Vandergelder's bulging cash register, and
promises that his fortune will soon be put to good use. She quotes her late
husband as she says, "Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not
worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."
HELLO, DOLLY! is an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living,
glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the
personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly
Gallagher Levi!
Classic musical numbers include Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down
My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes A Moment and
So Long, Dearie.