[National Theatre], David Merrick presents Carol Channing in the new musical comedy "Hello, Dolly!" book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder, also starring David Burns with Eileen Brennan, Sondra Lee, Jerry Dodge, Gordon Connell, Igors Gavon, Alice Playten, and Charles Nelson Reilly, settings designed by Oliver Smith, costumes by Freddy Wittop, lighting by Jean Rosenthal, musical direction and vocal arrangements by Shepard Coleman, orchestrations by Philip J. Lang, dance and incidental music arrangements by Peter Howard, assistant to the director Lucia Victor, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion.