Dress worn by Phyllis Diller in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Phyllis Diller wore this dress when she portrayed Dolly Gallagher Levi in the Broadway production of <i>Hello, Dolly!</i> for three months in 1970 at the St. James Theatre in New York City. The complete costume includes a full-length maroon and pale pink dress decorated with sequins, beads, and embroidery as well as elbow-length white gloves. Diller followed Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Pearl Bailey (in a version with an all-black cast), and Betty Grable in the role and was replaced by Ethel Merman, who closed out the show in December 1970. NMAH also has the dress Carol Channing wore when she portrayed Dolly Gallagher Levi in 1994 for the 30th anniversary of the 1964 production (1997.0232.01).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
label: Subject
content: Actors
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Phyllis Diller
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Phyllis Diller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0289.10.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0289
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0289.10.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: back: 65 in; 165.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: shoulder: 14 in; 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: front: 54 in; 137.16 cm