Hello, Dolly! stormed Broadway not long ago, with Bette Midler scooping up a 2017 Tony as the ever-endearing Dolly Gallagher Levi. Here Jerry Herman’s beloved 1964 musical is again, in a new English production directed by Dominic Cooke and choreographed by Bill Deamer—the team behind the National’s superlative revival of Follies, also in 2017. The irrepressible Dolly is being played by Follies alumna, Imelda Staunton, who has a hefty track record with American shows, and the West End’s recent Tevye, Andy Nyman, is on hand to play the crusty widower Horace Vandergelder. Jenna Russell and Tyrone Huntley complete a starry quartet of leads who will open July 18 at the Palladium, performing through September 6.

“You cannot define what Imelda is, other than one of the best actresses in the world,” Nyman told Broadway.com of Britain’s newly anointed Dame, sounding equally enthused about the show’s 40-strong cast and 21-piece orchestra. “This entire production has just been a ball of kindness from the second it started, and that’s what the show will be. It’s going to be a production people talk about for a long time.” See MORE