STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/16- HELLO, DOLLY!
Today in 1964, Hello Dolly opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 2844 performances. The show features lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. Hello, Dolly was first produced on Broadway by David Merrick in 1964, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and nine o…