Goodbye, Dolly: With their bids, fans hold on to Carol Channing
A wig and headpiece worn by Carol Channing, at David Turner s home, in Clifton, N.J. on July 11, 2021. Awards and autographs, costumes and wigs have recently been sold at auction. Even the glamorous red gown from Hello, Dolly! found a home. Amy Lombard/The New York Times.
by Adam Nagourney
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- For men of a certain age and it is mostly men Carol Channing was something of an obsession. They waited by stage doors from Broadway to Tampa, Florida, for her to emerge. They devoured the Hello, Dolly! cast album as teenagers, watched her on television and in the movies and, at times, dressed up in drag to impersonate her the exaggerated red lipstick, the drone of a nasal voice, the wide-eyed comedic delivery and the burst of puffy hair.
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