Any vacation that includes Dolly Levi, Kate the Shrew, and P.T. Barnum is off to a rousing start. Throw in everyone’s favorite hotelier, Basil Fawlty to balance out the musicals and solid entertainment is the name of the game. Read MORE
The London Palladium: Hello, Dolly! review By Simon Parris on July 31, 2024
‘Hello, Dolly!’ Review: Imelda Staunton Is Marvelous in a Strikingly Sincere West End Revamp (Variety)
Famous for many things, not least Carol Channing playing the title role more than 5,000 times, “Hello, Dolly!” is, happily, one of Broadway’s brashest, splashiest star vehicles whose relative lack of subtlety is heralded by the title’s exclamation point. Purists seeking yet another rehash of Gower Champion’s original blueprint may consider London’s hotly anticipated revival as more of a case of “Hello, Dolly?” No-one expected plush glamor to be replaced by honesty and sincerity but that’s what a strikingly tender cast, led by a marvelously no-nonsense Imelda Staunton, delivers in director Dominic Cooke’s increasingly joy-filled rethink. See MORE
‘Hello, Dolly!’ Review: Imelda Staunton Has the Wow, Wow, Wow Factor (New York Times)
The veteran British actress shines in a new revival that is the musical theater highlight of the West End summer. Read MORE
Review: HELLO, DOLLY!, London Palladium (WestEnd Friend)
Well, Hello Dolly, “it’s so nice to have you back where you belong”, on the stage of the London Palladium for a short ten-week season. The show was due to be back in 2020 when Covid struck
and was delayed due to the availability of its star Imelda Staunton to this summer but finally, it makes its long-awaited return. Read MORE