Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.
Herman at the White House for the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors
Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with 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 1954. The musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder.
1964 Broadway poster
David Burns and Carol Channing in the original Broadway cast, 1964
Milo Boulton and Carol Channing in one of several national tours, 1966
Pearl Bailey as Dolly, 1968.