Hello, Dolly!

Put on your Sunday clothes and polish up those silver trays,
because IN THE SPOTLIGHT is diving into Hello, Dolly! Join
Michael and Anika as they talk about the show's surprisingly
ancient inspirations and complex road to Broadway - including
which parts of the score might not actually be composed by the
great Jerry Herman. Come for the insights into one of Broadway's
greatest shows, stay for how often we confuse the names Ernestina
and Ermengarde. Press play - it only takes a moment!


 


HELLO, DOLLY! Book by Michael Stewart |
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman | Based on “The Matchmaker” by
Thornton Wilder 


 


Episode Segments:


2:03 - Speed Test

4:07 - Why God Why

7:37 - Back to Before

14:20 – Putting It Together

32:25 - What's Inside

50:28 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

1:06:42 - Our Favorite Things

1:19:04 - Corner of the Sky

1:21:55 – What Comes Next?



Works Consulted & Reference :


Hello, Dolly! (Original Libretto) by Michael Stewart

The Matchmaker by Thorton Wilder

Showtune by Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman: Poet of the Showtune by Stephen Citron

Gower Champion: Dance and Musical Theatre by David
Payne-Carter

The Great Parade: Broadway’s Astonishing
Never-to-Be-Forgotten 1963-1964 Season by Peter Filichia

“An Evening With Jerry Herman – Up Close & Personal” (The
Kennedy Center)

“Interview with Jerry Herman” (Theater Talk)



Music Credits:


"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast
Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by
Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin

"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by
Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc
Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble

"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live
Recording  (Original Cast Recording  /
Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics
by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by
Alistair Brammer

"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original
Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen
Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie

"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in
the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast
Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith
Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy
Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne

"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast
Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles |
Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble

"Elegance” from Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast
Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman &
Bob Merrill| Performed by Eileen Brennan, Jerry Dodge, Sondra
Lee, & Charles Nelson Reilly

"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack
Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee,
Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon

"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
(Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard
Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie
Andrews

"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast
Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz |
Performed by Matthew James Thomas

“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway
Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel
Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff