Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
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(Optional) OVERTURE – (Orchestra)<br />
<strong>Dolly</strong> Levi!<br />
OPENING ACT ONE<br />
MUSIC.<br />
ACT ONE<br />
Scene 1<br />
Curtain rises on STREET SCENE, NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1890's.<br />
TOWNSPEOPLE are chatting….<br />
ALL<br />
CALL ON DOLLY<br />
SHE'S THE ONE THE SPINSTERS RECOMMEND,<br />
JUST NAME THE KIND OF MAN YOUR SISTER WANTS<br />
AND SHE'LL SNATCH HIM UP.<br />
DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR MAIDEN AUNTS<br />
AND SHE’LL MATCH ‘EM UP<br />
CALL ON DOLLY,<br />
IF YOUR ELDEST DAUGHTER NEEDS A FRIEND.<br />
(Horsecar enters right bearing SEVERAL LADIES reading newspapers)<br />
JUST NAME THE KIND OF MAN YOUR SISTER WANTS<br />
AND SHE'LL SNATCH HIM UP<br />
DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR MAIDEN AUNTS<br />
AND SHE’LL MATCH ‘EM UP<br />
CALL ON….<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
(On back of horsecar, she drops newspaper and comes DC to ERNESTINA)<br />
(Applause. Giving card to ERNESTINA)<br />
That's right, Mrs. <strong>Dolly</strong> Levi, born Gallagher, Social Introductions, Ladies and gentlemen of excellent family<br />
introduced under the most respectable conditions in an atmosphere of elegance and refinement….Object<br />
Matrimony! Unfortunately I won't be able to offer my usual lightning service today as I have a previous<br />
appointment in Yonkers, New York, arranging the second marriage of Mr. Horace Vandergelder....the wellknown<br />
half-a-millionaire….as my late husband Ephraim Levi always said that means he's got at least sixty<br />
thousand cash….but I'll do my best to have you carried across somebody's threshold before the week is<br />
out!<br />
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