Hello, Dolly!

This gargantuan musical was the last of its kind. It's like a dinosaur ear-marked for extinction and yet it's highly entertaining. Parts of it are terrible, (mostly those scenes in which Babs doesn't appear), and Gene Kelly's direction is never... Full review

I cannot imagine anyone seeing this film in the present without any preconceived notions finding it anything but a delight. Sure, those "in the know" are aware that Carol Channing could have and should have played the role, but that... Full review

This generation (I'm ashamed to say MY generation) just doesn't seem to appreciate a good musical, much less one that came out when our parents were young-ens, heaven forbid! It will be a sad day when these classic films are... Full review

This film was certainly beautiful to look at and listen to. I was lucky to see it in 70 mm during its initial roadshow release. It was one of the few movies to have the negative actually filmed in 70... Full review

perfectly directed by the wonderful and legendary gene kelly, with a note perfect cast. i was 20 years old when i first saw this film, beforehand, i had no desire to see it as i really did not like streisand.... Full review

The miscasting of Barbra Streisand is an interesting topic of discussion regarding this movie. She's way too young, as everyone else has said; despite slight changes to the script and giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, it's silly to... Full review

Perhaps... just perhaps... Gene Kelly INTENTIONALLY cast Barbara Streisand as a younger, more sexual Dolly rather than the older version because he thought it would make more money... obviously wrong, but nonetheless an interesting strategy. I don't remember much of... Full review

Hello, Dolly is one of my all time favourite musicals. It's a fantastic, classic movie which from start to finish, is very enjoyable. The amazing Barbra Streisand is brilliant here as usual and the just as great Walter Matthau is... Full review

While some of the cast of "Hello, Dolly! leaves something to be desired, its sets, costumes, general production values, and choreography cannot be beat. Striesand is miscast, but nobody can fault her for that. She gives it her all, and... Full review

Hello Dolly is really a fun film, it's based on Thorton Wilders "The Matchmaker" And thats just what Dolly is, She interferes with peoples lives for a living. From this ensues a lot of toe tapping music and enthusiastic energy.... Full review

He deserves the spotlight as one of Broadway's finest -- responsible for "Hello, Dolly! Carol Channing had her greatest role as Dolly Levi, and Louis Armstrong sent the title song into the stratosphere as a standard. ... Full Review

Imagine my surprise when I found myself enjoying the film, sometimes despite its excesses and sometimes because of them.....looks like a checklist of things I dislike about late-period musicals.....I loved the city-wide choreography of the opening number, the resolutely unmusical Matthau's gung-ho butchery of melody, Danny Lockin's high-kicking athletic grace....the standards of the time, and I disliked the lead performance that everything hinges on.....But it has enough restless energy to carry it through ... Full Review

It is a happy, lighthearted, fun musical. Matchmaker Dolly Levi tries to set up three young couples while winning the hand of Horace Vandergelder (the well known unmarried half-a-millionaire) for herself. Personally I love this movie. ... Full Review

Don't worry about the lack of a solid story or Gene Kelly's pedestrian direction.....Some of us, however, love big, splashy, overdone musical scenes, of which there are many..... ... Full Review

perhaps I don't see the film's flaws as keenly as its detractors. Lavish and overproduced is a very good way to describe the 1969 screen version of the Broadway hit HELLO, DOLLY! ... Full Review

Wigfall didn't know because he's blind. Benitez has cerebral palsy. And Nancy Spagnolo, who sings backup, has mental disabilities. The three are members of The Spirit of Goodwill, a 28-person band of musicians with severe disabilities. ... Full Article

Broadway's Ruth Williamson stars as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! , the Jerry Herman - Michael Stewart musical about living life to the fullest, July 9-Aug. 1 in Santa Ana, CA . ... Full Article

NEW YORK - Anyone for alienation? The angry, aimless youth who populate the stage adaptation of Green Day's "American Idiot" have found their way to Broadway, venting their cynical unhappiness with life in the same theater that once housed such... ... Full Article

Posted Jan 18, 2010 @ 12:09 PM HOPKINTON - On Sunday, Jan. 24, Enter Stage Left Theater will host auditions for " Hello Dolly!" at its studios at 30 Main St. ... Full Article