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Betty Buckley stars in “Hello, Dolly!” as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a professional meddler who creates an intricate plan to set up her &quot;half-millionaire&quot; love interest, Horace Vandergelder, with a woman she knows he will reject. (Courtesy of Julieta Cervantes)

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Theater review: &#039;Hello, Dolly&#039; features masterful set design, poor translation into modernity - Daily Bruin

Theater review: &#8216;Hello, Dolly&#8217; features masterful set design, poor translation into modernity

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“Hello, Dolly!” utilizes old tropes and stereotypes to create a musical catering to the elderly. Running at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until Feb. 17, the show’s central character, Dolly Gallagher Levi (Betty Buckley), opened the first act on an 1885 New York street, telling the crowd about her eclectic profession: meddling.

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Theater review: ‘Hello, Dolly’ features masterful set design, poor translation into modernity

By John Tudhope

Jan. 31, 2019 4:43 p.m.