Why This Dolly Will Never Go Away For Me - A musical lover remembers the understudy who first captured his heart
A musical lover remembers the understudy who first captured his heart---On a recent Sunday afternoon, I settled in to my seat in the upper balcony of the Shubert Theatre to watch Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!. Over half a century earlier at age 10, I had attended my first Broadway show, Oliver!, in the same theatre, sitting in the same section. I have seen many a musical in the intervening years. Nowadays, I rarely a…