Synopsis
Based on The
Matchmaker by Thornton
Wilder,
Hello Dolly tells the story of
Dolly Gallagher Levi, a matchmaker, who has
been hired to
arrange a
marriage for the widowed half-millionaire, Horace
Vandergelder. Dolly, however, has other
plans.
She has herself
been recently
divorced and sees Horace, with his fortune,
as
her the perfect mate.
When Dolly lands in Yonkers she starts
to
sow the seeds of doubt in Horace's
mind
about Mrs Irene Molloy,
the pretty young
widow she has picked for him. Meanwhile, Vandergelder's two employee's are
plotting to take advantage of
their bosses
absence and sneak off for their first every
visit
to the big City. Soon they cross paths
with
Vandergelder and
hide in Irene
Malloy's
Hat shop. Dolly and Irene
attempt to hide
the boys from Horace
but he comes the conclusion that his
intended fiancé is hidng hoards of men
in her shop.
Love,
however, does blossom
and all soon meet their match. |
Dolly Gallagher Levi
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