Poster from Hello, Dolly! with Phyllis Diller: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Framed poster from Phyllis Diller’s time portraying Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway. Diller portrayed Dolly for three months in 1970 at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Diller followed Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Pearl Bailey (in a version with an all-black cast), and Betty Grable in the roll and was replaced by Ethel Merman, who closed out the show in December 1970. NMAH’s collection also includes the costume that Diller wore in the show (Catalog Number 2003.0289.10).

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date made: ca 1970
• Object Name: poster, framed
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Physical Description: glass (overall material)
• Physical Description: wood (overall material)
• Physical Description: paint (overall material)
• Physical Description: metal (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 26 1/2 in x 20 3/4 in; 67.31 cm x 52.705 cm
• place made: United States: New York, New York City
• Subject: Musical Theater
• Subject: Actors
• ID Number: 2003.0289.21
• accession number: 2003.0289
• catalog number: 2003.0289.21
• Credit Line: Gift of Phyllis Diller
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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