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Bette Midler working script and production materials for Hello, Dolly!
- Title
- Bette Midler working script and production materials for Hello, Dolly!, 2016-2017.
- Author
- Midler, Bette.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2024-001 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- .25 linear ft. (1 box)
- Summary
- Typescript (79 pp.), dated March 1st [2017], for the 2017 Broadway revival of the musical Hello, Dolly! with extensive manuscript annotations by Bette Midler, who played the lead role of Dolly Gallagher Levi.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Notes (documents).
- Printed ephemera.
- Scores (documents for music).
- Typescripts.
- Source (note)
- Bette Midler;
- Biography (note)
- Hello, Dolly! premiered on Broadway in 1964, with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart. The work was based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 play The Merchant of Yonkers, which was revised and retitled as The Matchmaker, opening on Broadway in 1955. This 2017 revival was directed by Jerry Zaks and opened at the Shubert Theatre (New York, N.Y.) on April 20, 2017, closing on August 25, 2018.
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 2024-001
- Author
- Midler, Bette.
- Title
- Bette Midler working script and production materials for Hello, Dolly!, 2016-2017.
- Biography
- Bette Midler (b. 1945) began her career as an actor, singer and comedian in Off-Off-Broadway theatre in New York City in the 1960s, before joining the cast of the musical Fiddler on the Roof in its premier production on Broadway in 1967. She has appeared in many stage and film productions and also has writing and producing credits. Midler has won numerous performance accolades, incuding Grammy, Emmy, and Tony awards. Midler won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Hello, Dolly!Hello, Dolly! premiered on Broadway in 1964, with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart. The work was based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 play The Merchant of Yonkers, which was revised and retitled as The Matchmaker, opening on Broadway in 1955. This 2017 revival was directed by Jerry Zaks and opened at the Shubert Theatre (New York, N.Y.) on April 20, 2017, closing on August 25, 2018.
- Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source
- Gift; Bette Midler; 2024.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 2024-001