Go Inside Star-Studded Hello, Dolly! Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall

Jennifer Simard, Mike Baerga, Tyler Johnson-Campion, Jake Corcoran, TJ Kubler, Greg Liles, Nick Nazzaro, Andrew Nelin, Tanner Pflueger, Tyler Sparacio, Michael Anthony Sylvester, Matthew Varvar, and Matt Wiercinski Grace Copeland

Get a front-row view of the Transport Group’s Hello, Dolly! concert June 23 at Carnegie Hall with new photos of the star-studded event.

Artistic Director Jack Cummings III directed the production—the Off-Broadway company’s 11th presentation in its Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series—with musical direction by Joey Chancey. Tony nominee Lee Roy Reams, who starred in the musical’s 1978 Broadway revival and also directed the 1995 revival, co-hosted with Spectrum News NY1’s Frank DiLella.See More

GOOD GOLLY! “HELLO, DOLLY!” AT 61! 24 Jun, 2025

June 24, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.

Last night at Carnegie Hall, those in attendance for an all-star performance of Jerry Herman’s score to Hello, Dolly!, were treated to an Act One closer no one present is ever likely to forget. When cabaret superstar Marilyn Maye took to the stage and quietly intoned Dolly Gallagher Levi’s speech to her dead husband Ephram, it was as if time stopped. The monologue, equal parts Michael Stewart, author of the show’s book and Thornton Wilder, who wrote its source material, The Matchmaker, perfectly served up Ms. May to then quietly and effortlessly segue way into “Before the Parade Passes By,” building it in ways I’ve never seen done before (and I’ve seen it done many times). That she is ninety-seven years old is entirely beside the point. The fact is she acted the hell out of it and sang it with an energy and vitality that demanded the standing ovation it got. It was extraordinary when, if as one, 3,000 leaped to their feet wildly cheering. Unforgettable. Read MORE