BREAKING NEWS: The Award winning celebrated performer Bette Midler (fresh off of closing her Tony winning performance in the recent revival of Hello, Dolly on Broadway) is set to perform next Sunday night at the The Academy Awards. The versatile entertainer will take the stage of the Dolby Theatre…
Bette Midler is headed for the Oscars! According to Variety, she will perform ?The Place Where Lost Things Go? from Mary Poppins Returns at the Oscar ceremonies on February 24.
HOLY CABOOSES!! From there, she was gone. Check out the video of the final bows from the company of the 2017 Tony winning revival of Hello, Dolly on Broadway (starring Bette Midler and David Hyde-Pierce).
This production said SO LONG DEARIE after playing a complete total of 583 performance at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre and a full total of 3,737 performances here on the Great White Way (consisting of the original 1964 production’s of 2,844 performances, the 1975 revival’s 47 performances, the 1978 revival’s 147 performances, the 1995 revival’s 116 performances, and this production combined).
REMINDER: If you didn’t get to see this revival of HELLO, DOLLY on Broadway, no worries. Everyone’s favorite street-smart matchmaker will be coming to a city near you as the US National Tour of this production is set to kick off this Fall 2018. It will star Tony Award winning legend Betty Buckley in the title role.
Congrats to the entire cast, crew, musicians, and creative team on an incredible Broadway run. Hope to see you BACK WHERE YOU BELONG soon. Promise us next time, YOU’LL NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN when you return.
Yesterday, August 25, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival of Hello, Dolly! ended its historic Broadway run. Check out a video below of Bette Midler’s final bow with the cast.
Tonight, Broadway says SO LONG DEARIE once again to everyone’s favorite street smart Matchmaker as the 2017 Tony winning revival of Hello, Dolly on Broadway (starring Tony winners Bette Midler and David Hyde-Pierce) ends its run at the Shubert Theatre. Following the final curtain call, this production will have played 34 previews and 549 regular performances here on the Great White Way.
In addition, HELLO, DOLLY will have made history playing a complete total of 3,737 PERFORMANCES here in New York City. That consists of…
the original 1964 production’s of 2,844 performances,
the 1975 revival’s 47 performances,
the 1978 revival’s 147 performances,
the 1995 revival’s 116 performances,
and this current revival lasting a full total of 583 performances.
For those who weren’t able to get to come to New York City to see this acclaimed revival of one of the most iconic musicals in Broadway history, no worries. A US National Tour of this production as previously announced is set to kick off this Fall 2018 starring Tony Award winning legend Betty Buckley.
Congrats to the entire cast, crew, musicians, and creative team on an incredible Broadway run. Hope to see you BACK WHERE YOU BELONG soon Dolly. Promise us next time, YOU’LL NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN when you return.
Who is sad to see HELLO, DOLLY once again leave Broadway?
Bette Midler gets a massive standing ovation during her entrance on July 17, her first show back at Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! Credit: Getty Video, DKC PR
Everyone’s favorite matchmaker promised to NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN and she didn’t keep that promise. Due to recent low ticket sales, last year’s Tony winning revival of Hello, Dolly on Broadway is set to say SO LONG DEARIE this Summer (after over 500 performances) at the Shubert Theatre. The show will play its final performance on August 25th, 2018.
In addition, it has just been announced that the revival’s original Tony winning stars The Divine Bette Midler (the titular role of the beloved matchmaker “Dolly Levi”), David Hyde-Pierce (the Grumpy “Horace Vandergelder”) ,and recovered cast member Gavin Creel (the energetic co-worker “Cornelius Hackl”) are all set to return for the final 6 weeks beginning July 20th, 2018.
The production’s current stars leads Tony winner Bernadette Peters along with Tony nominees Victor Garber and Santino Fontana are all set to take their final bows on July 15th, 2018.
Tickets for the final 6 week engagement return of Bette, David, and Gavin will go on sale April 28th, 2018.
In addition as previously announced, this production is set to embark on a North American National Tour this Fall in Cleveland (starring the legendary Tony winner Betty Buckley).
The Associated Press reports that Bette Midler will return to HELLO, DOLLY! on Broadway for a limited six week engagement to close out the Broadway run beginning July 17th.
BREAKING NEWS: The Tony winning revival of Hello, Dolly on Broadway was filmed for Lincoln Center Archives (at the New York Performing Arts Library).
The performance was filmed last night at the Shubert Theatre which was also the final performance of the show’s original stars Tony winners Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce along with Taylor Trensch, and Beanie Feldstein.
For those who weren’t able to see the whole original cast of this revival of HELLO, DOLLY, this is your chance next time you plan to visit the New York Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center.
In addition as previously announced, the show itself will be dark for the whole weekday as the company gears up to prepare for Tony winner Bernadette Peters, Tony nominee Victor Garber, and newcomers Charlie Stemp and Molly Riggs who join this Saturday as the new “Dolly”, “Horace”, “Barnaby”, and “Minnie”.
BroadwayWorld has confirmed that filming trucks spotted outside the Shubert Theatre over the weekend were on hand to capture a performance of Hello, Dolly! for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. This weekend marked the final performances for many of the show’s original cast members, including Tay…
