An open letter to HELLO, DOLLY!

Dear Friend

I'm really glad you're back in town and looking so great. Can you believe we've known each other for 53 years? There isn't a day that goes by without me thinking of you and every time I do I smile. When we first met I was still in high school. Now I've retired from teaching but am still working with kids --only now I'm working with special needs kids and enjoying it. How many children have I taken to meet you down through the yearts? They alwayscome away with enormous grins on their face and love in their hearts.

It seems like so many younger people are meeting you on this visit. It's their first introduction to you and now the are learning how special you are. They're getting that " Dolly Glow" within them and I hope it never leaves. You are the finest example of how the arts can lift our spirits and how important the performing arts are in our everyday lives.

I'll be back to see you real soon, my friend. I never tire of your company and am so very glad we're still around for each other. Please promise you'll never go away again.

Devotedly yours,

Dollypop

Updated On: 3/18/17 at 04:35 PM

Thank you for this. Hoping to catch a SRO ticket sometime in the near future.

Thank you for this.

Not to sound like an old grouch, but with ticket prices being what they are these days, I'll be resorting to standing room for many of my future visits to my friend. I'm not complaining, though. With support hose and my orthopedic shoes, I'll be fine.

This is truly beautiful. I caught the show last night, and it was my first introduction to Hello, Dolly! outside of the cast albums. I definitely have that "Dolly Glow", and will for days to come.

Thank you so much for this.



I re-joined these boards under the name BeNice a few years ago because I was so disheartened that these boards had become less about our mutual love of theatre and more about calling out people for their grammatical errors and opinions that differ from their own.

At some point in all our lives we were struck by cupid's arrow that made us fall madly in love with the theatre and this should be a sanctuary where we can gather for the right reasons instead of all the wrong.

Thank you Dollypop.

That's lovely, DP. Just lovely.

Loretta Swit

Truly love this post, Dolli Pop.

Hello, Dolly! is the first day of spring every day of the year.

I returned to see the revival a second time, and was thoroughly delighted, enchanted, and moved. Bette Midler radiates humor, warmth, and knowing understanding of our human follies.

I never to cease to amaze at the genius of Gower Champion's overall conception of this show. The "Dancing" number is so magical, so poetic, so buoyant: every time I see it I feel as if my heart is about to burst.

And "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" is a non-stop express to musical-comedy heaven.

I think the key to the entire piece is Dolly's arranging for all the principals of the show to stay together at the end. Wouldn't it be wonderful if in real life all those we love and care for could stay together forever? That's the blissful dream that Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart, Gower Champion, and that wonderful woman Dolly Levi provide for us in Hello, Dolly!. For that, and for everything else in this great show, we are forever in their debt.