document_title: Hello, Dolly! (musical)

question_text: who originated the role of dolly levi on broadway

text: Hello, Dolly! (musical)

text: History[edit]

text: The plot of Hello, Dolly! originated in an 1835 English play, A Day Well Spent by John Oxenford, which Johann Nestroy adapted into the farce Einen Jux will er sich machen (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time). Thornton Wilder adapted Nestroy's play into his 1938 farcical play The Merchant of Yonkers, a flop which he revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955, expanding the role of Dolly, played by Ruth Gordon.[3] The Matchmaker became a hit and was much revived and made into a 1958 film of the same name starring Shirley Booth.  The story of a meddlesome widow who strives to bring romance to several couples and herself in a big city restaurant also features prominently in the 1891 hit musical A Trip to Chinatown.[4]

text: The role of Dolly Gallagher Levi in the musical was originally written for Ethel Merman, but Merman turned it down, as did Mary Martin (although each eventually played it).[3]  Merrick then auditioned Nancy Walker. Eventually, he hired Carol Channing, who then created in Dolly her signature role.[5] Director Gower Champion was not the producer's first choice, as Hal Prince and others (among them Jerome Robbins and Joe Layton) all turned down the job of directing the musical.[6]

text: Hello, Dolly! had rocky out-of-town tryouts in Detroit and Washington, D.C.[5] After receiving the reviews, the creators made major changes to the script and score, including the addition of the song "Before the Parade Passes By".[7]  The show was originally entitled Dolly, A Damned Exasperating Woman[8] and Call on Dolly but Merrick changed the title upon hearing Louis Armstrong's version of "Hello, Dolly."  The show became one of the most iconic Broadway shows of its era, the latter half of the 1960s, running for 2,844 performances, and was for a time the longest-running musical in Broadway history. During that decade, ten "blockbuster" musicals played over 1,000 performances and three played over 2,000, helping to redefine "success" for the Broadway musical genre.[9]

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Sources: Tams-Witmark[10] Guide to Musical Theatre[11] Masterworks Broadway[12]

text: Act I[edit]

text: As the 19th becomes the 20th century, all of New York City is excited because widowed but brassy Dolly Gallagher Levi is in town ("Call On Dolly"). Dolly makes a living through what she calls "meddling" – matchmaking and numerous sidelines, including dance instruction and mandolin lessons ("I Put My Hand In").  She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself.  Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's weepy niece Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's vocation does not guarantee a steady living.  Ambrose enlists Dolly's help, and they travel to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace, who is a prominent citizen there and owns Vandergelder's Hay and Feed.

text: Horace explains to his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, that he is going to get married because "It Takes a Woman" to cheerfully do all the household chores.  He plans to travel with Dolly to New York City to march in the Fourteenth Street Association Parade and propose to the widow Irene Molloy, who owns a hat shop there.  Dolly arrives in Yonkers and "accidentally" mentions that Irene's first husband might not have died of natural causes, and also mentions that she knows an heiress, Ernestina Money, who may be interested in Horace.  Horace leaves for New York and leaves Cornelius and Barnaby to run the store.

text: Cornelius decides that he and Barnaby need to get out of Yonkers.  They'll go to New York, have a good meal, spend all their money, see the stuffed whale in Barnum's museum, almost get arrested, and each kiss a girl!  They blow up some tomato cans to create a terrible stench and a good alibi to close the store.  Dolly mentions that she knows two ladies in New York they should call on: Irene Molloy and her shop assistant, Minnie Fay.  She tells Ermengarde and Ambrose that she'll enter them in the polka competition at the upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant in New York City so Ambrose can demonstrate his ability to be a breadwinner to Horace.  Cornelius, Barnaby, Ambrose, Ermengarde and Dolly take the train to New York ("Put On Your Sunday Clothes").

text: Irene and Minnie open their hat shop for the afternoon.  Irene wants a husband, but does not love Horace Vandergelder.  She declares that she will wear an elaborate hat to impress a gentleman ("Ribbons Down My Back").  Cornelius and Barnaby arrive at the shop and pretend to be rich.  Horace and Dolly arrive at the shop, and Cornelius and Barnaby hide from him.  Irene inadvertently mentions that she knows Cornelius Hackl, and Dolly tells her and Horace that even though Cornelius is Horace's clerk by day, he's a New York playboy by night; he's one of the Hackls.  Minnie screams when she finds Cornelius hiding in the armoire.  Horace is about to open the armoire himself, but Dolly, Irene and Minnie distract him with patriotic sentiments related to subjects like Betsy Ross and The Battle of the Alamo shown in the famous lyrics "Alamo, remember the Alamo!" ("Motherhood March"). Cornelius sneezes, and Horace storms out, realizing there are men hiding in the shop, but not knowing they are his clerks.

text: Dolly arranges for Cornelius and Barnaby, who are still pretending to be rich, to take the ladies out to dinner to the Harmonia Gardens restaurant to make up for their humiliation.  She teaches Cornelius and Barnaby how to dance since they always have dancing at such establishments ("Dancing").  Soon, Cornelius, Irene, Barnaby, and Minnie are happily dancing.  They go to watch the great 14th Street Association Parade together.  Alone, Dolly decides to put her dear departed husband Ephram behind her and to move on with life "Before the Parade Passes By".  She asks Ephram's permission to marry Horace, requesting a sign from him.  Dolly catches up with the annoyed Vandergelder, who has missed the whole parade, and she convinces him to give her matchmaking one more chance.  She tells him that Ernestina Money would be perfect for him and asks him to meet her at the swanky Harmonia Gardens that evening.

text: Act II[edit]

text: Cornelius is determined to get a kiss before the night is over, but Barnaby isn't so sure.  As the clerks have no money for a carriage, they tell the girls that walking to the restaurant shows that they've got "Elegance".  At the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, Rudolph, the head waiter, prepares his service crew for Dolly Gallagher Levi's return: their usual lightning service, he tells them, must be "twice as lightning" ("The Waiters' Gallop").  Horace arrives with his date, but she proves neither as rich nor as elegant as Dolly had implied; furthermore she is soon bored by Horace and leaves, as Dolly had planned she would.

text: Cornelius, Barnaby, and their dates arrive, unaware that Horace is also dining at the restaurant.  Irene and Minnie, inspired by the restaurant's opulence, order the menu's most expensive items. Cornelius and Barnaby grow increasingly anxious as they discover they have little more than a dollar left. Dolly makes her triumphant return to the Harmonia Gardens and is greeted in style by the staff ("Hello, Dolly!") She sits in the now-empty seat at Horace's table and proceeds to eat a large, expensive dinner, telling the exasperated Horace that no matter what he says, she will not marry him. Barnaby and Horace hail waiters at the same time, and in the ensuing confusion each drops his wallet and inadvertently picks up the other's. Barnaby is delighted that he can now pay the restaurant bill, while Horace finds only a little spare change.  Barnaby and Cornelius realize that the wallet must belong to Horace. Cornelius, Irene, Barnaby and Minnie try to sneak out during "The Polka Contest", but Horace recognizes them and spots Ermengarde and Ambrose as well. The ensuing free-for-all culminates in a trip to night court.

text: Cornelius and Barnaby confess that they have no money and have never been to New York before. Cornelius declares that even if he has to dig ditches the rest of his life, he'll never forget the day because he had met Irene. Cornelius, Barnaby, and Ambrose then each profess their love for their companion ("It Only Takes A Moment"). Dolly convinces the judge that their only crime was being in love. The judge finds everyone innocent and cleared of all charges, but Horace is declared guilty and forced to pay damages. Dolly mentions marriage again, and Horace declares that he wouldn't marry her if she were the last woman in the world.  Dolly angrily bids him "So Long, Dearie", telling him that while he's bored and lonely, she'll be living the high life.

text: The next morning, back at the hay and feed store, Cornelius and Irene, Barnaby and Minnie, and Ambrose and Ermengarde each set out on new life's paths.  A chastened Horace Vandergelder finally admits that he needs Dolly in his life, but Dolly is unsure about the marriage until her late husband sends her a sign.  Vandergelder spontaneously repeats a saying of Ephram's: "Money is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread about, encouraging young things to grow."  Horace tells Dolly life would be dull without her, and she promises in return that she'll "never go away again" ("Hello, Dolly" (reprise)).

text: Characters[edit]

text:
Dolly Gallagher Levi: A widow in her middle years who has decided to begin her life again. She is a matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, and a life-loving woman.
Horace Vandergelder: The proprietor of a Hay & Feed store and a client of Dolly Gallagher Levi's. A well-known half-a-millionaire, he is a widower, gruff, authoritative, and set in his ways.
Cornelius Hackl: Vandergelder's chief clerk who yearns for one exciting day in NYC. Energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous young man who has a sweet innocence about him.
Barnaby Tucker: An assistant to Cornelius at Vandergelder's Hay & Feed store.  He is sweet, naïve, energetic, and a follower.
Irene Molloy: A widow and a beautiful, smart, fun-loving milliner with a hat shop in New York.  Dolly has introduced her to Horace Vandergelder but she yearns for romance.
Minnie Fay: A young girl who works in Irene's hat shop.  Irene's assistant, she is a naïve, strait-laced, fresh, and a follower.
Ambrose Kemper: A young and explosive struggling artist seeking to marry Ermengarde.
Ermengarde: The young niece of Horace Vandergelder. She cries often and wants her independence and wants to marry Ambrose.
Ernestina Money: An eccentric-looking girl in need of Dolly's matchmaker services.
Rudolf Reisenweber: Maître d' of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant.
Judge: A white-whiskered night court judge. Easily moved to tears by romance.
Mrs. Rose: An old friend of Dolly's.

text: Characters and original cast[edit]

text:
Character

Broadway(1964)[13]

West End(1965)[14][15]

Movie(1969)[16]

Broadway(1975)[17]

Broadway(1978)[18]

West End(1979)[14]

West End(1983)[14]

Broadway(1995)[19]

Paper Mill Playhouse(2006)[20][21]

West End(2009)[22]

Broadway(2017)[23]

US National Tour(2018)[24]

Dolly Gallagher Levi

Carol Channing

Mary Martin

Barbra Streisand

Pearl Bailey

Carol Channing

Carol Channing

Danny La Rue

Carol Channing

Tovah Feldshuh

Samantha Spiro

Bette Midler

Betty Buckley

Horace Vandergelder

David Burns

Loring Smith

Walter Matthau

Billy Daniels

Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

Lionel Jeffries

Jay Garner

Walter Charles

Allan Corduner

David Hyde Pierce

Lewis J. Stadlen

Cornelius Hackl

Charles Nelson Reilly

Garrett Lewis

Michael Crawford

Terrence Emanuel

Lee Roy Reams

Tudor Davies

Michael Sadler

Michael DeVries

Jonathan Rayson

Daniel Crossley

Gavin Creel

Nic Rouleau

Barnaby Tucker

Jerry Dodge

Johnny Beecher

Danny Lockin

Grenoldo Frazier

Robert Lydiard

Richard Drabble

Mark Haddigan

Cory English

Brian Sears

Oliver Brenin

Taylor Trensch

Jess LeProtto

Irene Molloy

Eileen Brennan

Marilynn Lovell

Marianne McAndrew

Mary Louise

Florence Lacey

Maureen Scott

Lorna Dallas

Florence Lacey

Kate Baldwin

Josefina Gabrielle

Kate Baldwin

Analisa Leaming

Minnie Fay

Sondra Lee

Coco Ramirez

E.J. Peaker

Chip Fields

Alexandra Korey

Mandy More

Pollyann Tanner

Lori Ann Mahl

Jessica-Snow Wilson

Akiya Henry

Beanie Feldstein

Kristen Hahn

Ambrose Kemper

Igors Gavon

Mark Alden

Tommy Tune

Howard Porter

Michael C. Booker

David Ellen

James Darrah

Drew Gehling

Mark Anderson

Will Burton

Garrett Hawe

Ermengarde

Alice Playten

Beverlee Weir

Joyce Ames

Karen Hubbard

K.T. Baumann

Sue Latimer

Christine DeVito

Lauren Marcus

Clare Louise Connolly

Melanie Moore

Morgan Kirner

Ernestina

Mary Jo Catlett

Judith Drake

Judy Knaiz

Bessye Ruth Scott

P.J. Nelson

Carol Kaye

Monica M. Wemitt

Anna McNeely

Jennifer Simard

Jessica Sheridan

Rudolph

David Hartman

Robert Hocknell

David Hurst

Jonathan Wynne

John Anania

Jeremy Hawk

Steve Pudenz

William Solo

Kevin Ligon

Wally Dunn

text: Musical numbers[edit]

text:
Act I
Overture – Orchestra
"Call On Dolly" – Ensemble
"I Put My Hand In" — Dolly
"It Takes A Woman" — Horace, Men
"It Takes A Woman (Reprise)" – Horace
"World, Take Me Back" – Dolly*
"Put On Your Sunday Clothes" — Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, Ermengarde, and Ensemble
"Ribbons Down My Back" — Irene
"Ribbons Down My Back (Reprise)" – Irene
"Motherhood" — Dolly, Irene, Minnie Fay, and Horace
"Dancing" — Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie Fay, and Dancers
"Love, Look In My Window" – Dolly*
"Before The Parade Passes By" — Dolly and the Company
"Finale Act I: Before The Parade Passes By" – Dolly

Act II
Entr'acte – Orchestra
"Penny in My Pocket" — Vandergelder^
"Elegance" — Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie Fay
"The Waiters' Gallop" — Rudolph and the Waiters
"Hello, Dolly!" — Dolly, Rudolph, Waiters, Cooks
"The Waiters' Gallop (Reprise)" – Rudolph and Waiters
"The Polka Contest" — Ambrose, Ermengarde, Irene, Cornelius, Minnie Fay, Barnaby, and the Contestants**
"It Only Takes a Moment" — Cornelius, Irene, Ensemble
"So Long Dearie" — Dolly
"Hello, Dolly!" (Reprise) — Dolly and Vandergelder
"Finale Act II: Hello, Dolly! / Dancing / It Only Takes a Moment / Put On Your Sunday Clothes / Hello, Dolly!" — The Company

text:
*Song cut before Broadway Opening, reinstated when Ethel Merman joined to play Dolly.
**Song replaced "Come and Be My Butterfly" during Broadway Run.

text: ^Horace Vandergelder's solo "Penny in My Pocket", although it received rave responses out of town, was cut prior to the Broadway opening for reasons of time. For the 2017 Broadway Revival, it was added back in as the opening of Act Two in front of the curtain. It is not, however, included in the licensed version for stock and amateur productions from Tams Witmark.

text: The song "Elegance", though credited to Herman, was written by Bob Merrill for the 1957 show New Girl in Town but deleted from the original production.[25]

text: Productions[edit]

text: Original Broadway production[edit]

text: The musical, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion and produced by David Merrick, opened on January 16, 1964, at the St. James Theatre and closed on December 27, 1970, after 2,844 performances.  Carol Channing starred as Dolly, with a supporting cast that included David Burns as Horace, Charles Nelson Reilly as Cornelius, Eileen Brennan as Irene, Jerry Dodge as Barnaby, Sondra Lee as Minnie Fay, Alice Playten as Ermengarde, and Igors Gavon as Ambrose.  Although facing competition from Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand, Hello, Dolly! swept the Tony Awards that year, winning awards in ten categories [26] (out of eleven nominations) that tied the musical with the previous record keeper South Pacific, a record that remained unbroken for 37 years until The Producers won twelve Tonys in 2001.

text: After Channing left the show, Merrick employed prominent actresses to play Dolly, including Ginger Rogers, who started on August 9, 1965; Martha Raye, starting on February 27, 1967; Betty Grable, from June 12, 1967 to November 5, 1967; Pearl Bailey (in an all-black version) starting on November 12, 1967; Phyllis Diller, as of December 26, 1969; and Ethel Merman (after having turned down the lead at the show's inception) from March 28, 1970 to December 27, 1970.[27]

text: Two songs cut prior to the opening — typical belt style songs "World, Take Me Back" and "Love, Look in My Window" — were restored for Merman's run.  Thelma Carpenter played Dolly at all matinees during the Pearl Bailey production and subbed more than a hundred times, at one point playing all performances for seven straight weeks. Bibi Osterwald was the standby for Dolly in the original Broadway production, subbing for all the stars, including Bailey, despite the fact that Osterwald was a blue-eyed blonde. Bailey received a Special Tony Award in 1968.[28]

text: The show received rave reviews,[5][29] with "praise for Carol Channing and particularly Gower Champion."[30]  The original production became the longest-running musical (and third longest-running show)[31] in Broadway history up to that time, surpassing My Fair Lady and then being surpassed in turn by Fiddler on the Roof.  The Broadway production of Hello Dolly! grossed $27 million.[32] Hello, Dolly! and Fiddler remained the longest-running Broadway record holders for nearly ten years until Grease surpassed them.

text: Dorothy Lamour, Eve Arden, Ann Sothern, Michele Lee, Edie Adams, and Yvonne De Carlo played the role on tour. Betty White appeared with the Kenley Players as Dolly in the summer of 1979. Molly Picon appeared as Dolly in a 1971 production by the North Shore Music Theatre of Beverly, Massachusetts. Lainie Kazan starred in a production at the Claridge Atlantic City. Both Tovah Feldshuh and Betsy Palmer played Dolly in productions by the Paper Mill Playhouse. Marilyn Maye also starred in several regional productions and recorded a full album of the score.

text: Original London production[edit]

text: Hello, Dolly! premiered in the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on December 2, 1965 and ran for 794 performances.  Champion directed and choreographed, and the cast starred Mary Martin as Dolly (after she, as well as Merman, had turned down the role for the original run of the show), Loring Smith as Horace Vandergelder (Smith had created the Horace role in the original production of The Matchmaker), Johnny Beecher as Barnaby, Garrett Lewis as Cornelius, Mark Alden as Ambrose Kemper, and Marilynn Lovell as Irene Molloy.  Dora Bryan replaced Martin during the run.[33]

text: Revivals[edit]

text: The show has been revived four times on Broadway:

text:
November 6, 1975 – December 28, 1975, Minskoff Theatre – Starring Pearl Bailey and Billy Daniels in an all-black production (42 performances)
March 5, 1978 – July 9, 1978, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – Starring Carol Channing and Eddie Bracken (147 performances)
October 19, 1995 – January 28, 1996, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – Starring Carol Channing and Jay Garner (116 performances)
March 15, 2017 (previews), opened April 20, 2017, Shubert Theatre – Starring Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce

text: In the  West End the show has been revived three times:

text:
1979 – Starring Carol Channing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Shaftesbury Theatre
January 3, 1984 – April 27, 1984 – Starring female impersonator Danny La Rue as Dolly at the Prince of Wales Theatre[14]
July 30, 2009 – September 12, 2009 – Starring Samantha Spiro (Dolly) and Allan Corduner (Horace) at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.[34] Spiro won the Olivier Award for her performance.

text: In 1989, there was a UK tour of the show directed and choreographed by Paul Kerryson, starring Dora Bryan. Kerryson went on to direct the show again in 2014 at the Curve Theatre in Leicester UK, starring Janie Dee.

text: 2017 Broadway revival[edit]

text: On January 19, 2016, it was announced that Bette Midler would play the title role in a Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!. Previews began March 15, 2017, officially opening on April 20, 2017, at the  Shubert Theatre.[35][36][37]

text: The production was produced by Scott Rudin, directed by Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. David Hyde Pierce plays Horace Vandergelder.[38] Other principal casting for this revival included: Kate Baldwin as Irene Molloy, Gavin Creel as Cornelius Hackl, Jennifer Simard as Ernestina Money, Taylor Trensch as Barnaby Tucker, Will Burton as Ambrose Kemper, Melanie Moore as Ermengarde, and[39] Beanie Feldstein as Minnie Fay.[40] Donna Murphy played the role of Dolly at Tuesday evening performances beginning in June 2017, as well as covering Midler's holiday dates.[41] She played her final performance on January 7, 2018.[42]

text: Midler, Pierce, Trensch, and Feldstein left the production on January 14, 2018.[42] Bernadette Peters took over the role of Dolly with previews from January 20, 2018, officially on February 22, 2018, and Victor Garber took over the role of Horace Vandergelder.[43] Charlie Stemp assumed the role of Barnaby Tucker on January 20, 2018.[44][45] Santino Fontana temporarily played the role of Cornelius Hackl from March 2018 to May 6 while Gavin Creel recovered from back surgery. Creel returned to the role on May 8, 2018.[46] Before Fontana's temporary engagement, understudy Christian Dante White played the role of Cornelius.[47] The production closed on August 25, 2018, with Midler and Hyde Pierce returning to play Dolly and Horace (respectively) from July 17, 2018 to closing.[48]

text: International productions[edit]

text:
The Australian production in 1965–66 starred Carole Cook, produced by JC Williamson Theatres LTD. She was the second woman to play the role. Jack Goode as Horace and Bill Millican as Cornelius also starred. The show played at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney and Melbourne, and His Majesty's Theatre, Aukland in 1966.[49][50][51]
The Israeli production in 1968-1970 starred Hanna Maron as Dolly Levi, one of the most famous actress on the Israel theater, on the "Alhambra" theater, produced by Giora Godik, also starring Shraga Friedman as Horace Vandergelder, Gadi Yagil as Cornelius Hackl and Tzipi Shavit as Minnie Fay. The musical was a huge successful and Dolly remains one of Maron's lovable roles. The musical was translated to Hebrew by Haim Hefer, a well-known songwriter and poet.[52]
In 1985, Cuban diva Rosita Fornes played Dolly in a Cuban production of Hello, Dolly by the Teatro Karl Marx in Havana, Cuba. She also played the role in Camaguey City and in a television production under director Manolo Rifat.[53]
In 1996, Mexican cinema star Silvia Pinal starred in the Spanish language version of the musical, ¿Qué tal Dolly? ("What's Up, Dolly?"), opposite Ignacio Lopez Tarso in Mexico City.[54]

text: Tours[edit]

text:
Mary Martin starred in a US tour, starting in April 1965 and playing in 11 cities. The production also toured in Japan, Korea and Vietnam for a special USO performance for U.S. troops.[55]
A second US tour began in September 1965, headed by Channing, and ran for two years and nine months. Eve Arden and Dorothy Lamour were replacements.[56]
In 2008, Anita Dobson toured in the UK.[57]
Sally Struthers appeared as Dolly in the 50th anniversary tour of the musical, starting in October 2013[58]
A third US tour is set to begin on October 2, 2018 starring Betty Buckley[59]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Opening night reviews of the original production were generally positive, and Carol Channing's performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi was greatly acclaimed; however, some reviewers criticized the score and the libretto, implying that Channing's performance was responsible for the efficacy of the show. In his review of the opening night performance, The New York Times theatre critic Howard Taubman wrote

text: Hello, Dolly! ... has qualities of freshness and imagination that are rare in the run of our machine-made musicals. It transmutes the broadly stylized mood of a mettlesome farce into the gusto and colors of the musical stage. ...  Mr. Herman's songs are brisk and pointed and always tuneful ...  a shrewdly mischievous performance by Carol Channing. ...  Making the necessary reservations for the unnecessary vulgar and frenzied touches, one is glad to welcome Hello, Dolly! for its warmth, color and high spirits.[60]

text: John Chapman of the New York Daily News lauded Carol Channing's performance, declaring her "the most outgoing woman on the musical stage today – big and warm, all eyes and smiles, in love with everybody in the theatre and possessing a unique voice ranging somewhat upward from a basso profundo."  He also wrote, "I wouldn't say that Jerry Herman's score is memorable."[61] New York Post critic Richard Watts, Jr., wrote,

text: The fact that [Hello, Dolly!] seems to me short on charm, warmth, and the intangible quality of distinction in no way alters my conviction that it will be an enormous popular success. Herman has composed a score that is always pleasant and agreeably tuneful, although the only number that comes to mind at the moment is the lively title song. His lyrics could be called serviceable.[61]

text: In the New York Herald Tribune, Walter Kerr wrote,

text: Hello, Dolly! is a musical comedy dream, with Carol Channing the girl of it.... Channing opens wide her big-as-millstone eyes, spreads her white-gloved arms in ecstatic abandon, trots out on a circular runway that surrounds the orchestra, and proceeds to dance rings around the conductor.... With hair like orange sea foam, a contralto like a horse's neighing, and a confidential swagger, [she is] a musical comedy performer with all the blowzy glamor of the girls on the sheet music of 1916.

text: Kerr perceived deficiencies in the libretto, though, stating that the "lines are not always as funny as Miss Channing makes them".[61] John McClain of the New York Journal American particularly praised the staging of the musical, saying that

text: Gower Champion deserves the big gong for performance beyond the call of duty. Seldom has a corps of dancers brought so much style and excitement to a production which could easily have been pedestrian.... It is difficult to describe the emotion [the song "Hello, Dolly!"] produces. Last night the audience nearly tore up the seats as she led the parade of waiters in a series of encores over the semi-circular runway that extends around the orchestra pit out into the audience, ... a tribute to the personal appeal of Miss Channing and the magical inventiveness of Mr. Champion's staging.[61]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Original Broadway production[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

1964

New York Drama Critics Circle Award[62]

Best Musical

Won

Tony Award[63][64][65]

Best Musical

Won

Best Book of a Musical

Michael Stewart

Won

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Carol Channing

Won

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Charles Nelson Reilly

Nominated

Best Original Score

Jerry Herman

Won

Best Producer of a Musical

David Merrick

Won

Best Direction of a Musical

Gower Champion

Won

Best Choreography

Won

Best Conductor and Musical Director

Shepard Coleman

Won

Best Scenic Design

Oliver Smith

Won

Best Costume Design

Freddy Wittop

Won

1968

Special Tony Award[66][67][68]

Special Award

Pearl Bailey

Won

1970

Drama Desk Award[69][70]

Outstanding Performance

Ethel Merman

Won

text: 1978 Broadway revival[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

1978

Tony Award[71]

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Eddie Bracken

Nominated

text: 1979 West End revival[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

1979

Olivier Award

Best Actress in a Musical

Carol Channing

Nominated

text: 1995 Broadway revival[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

1996

Tony Award[72][73]

Best Revival of a Musical

Nominated

text: 2009 Open Air Theatre revival[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

2010

Laurence Olivier Award[74]

Best Musical Revival

Won

Best Actress in a Musical

Samantha Spiro

Won

Best Theatre Choreographer

Stephen Mear

Won

text: 2017 Broadway revival[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

2017

Tony Award

Best Revival of a Musical

Won

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

David Hyde Pierce

Nominated

Best Actress in a Leading Role in Musical

Bette Midler

Won

Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Gavin Creel

Won

Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Kate Baldwin

Nominated

Best Direction of a Musical

Jerry Zaks

Nominated

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Santo Loquasto

Nominated

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Won

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz

Nominated

Best Orchestrations

Larry Hochman

Nominated

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Won

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Bette Midler

Won

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Gavin Creel

Won

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Kate Baldwin

Nominated

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Jerry Zaks

Nominated

Outstanding Choreographer

Warren Carlyle

Nominated

Outstanding Set Design

Natasha Katz

Nominated

Outstanding Costume Design

Santo Loquasto

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Design

Scott Lehrer

Nominated

Outstanding Wigs and Hair

Campbell Young Associates

Nominated

Drama League Award

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical

Won

Distinguished Performance

David Hyde Pierce

Nominated

Outer Critics Circle Award

Outstanding Revival of a Broadway Musical

Won

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

David Hyde Pierce

Nominated

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Bette Midler

Won

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Gavin Creel

Won

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Kate Baldwin

Nominated

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Jerry Zaks

Nominated

Outstanding Choreographer

Warren Carlyle

Won

Outstanding Costume Design

Santo Loquasto

Nominated

Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz

Nominated

Outstanding Orchestrations

Larry Hochman

Won

Chita Rivera Awards

Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show

Nominated

Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show

Warren Carlyle

Nominated

2018

Grammy Awards[75][76][77][78]

Best Musical Theater Album

Bette Midler (principal soloist); Steven Epstein (producer)

Nominated

text: Recordings[edit]

text: The RCA Victor cast recording of the original Broadway production was released in 1964. It was the number-one album on the Billboard pop albums chart for seven weeks and the top album of the year on the Year-End chart. In 1965, a recording of the original London production was released. In 1967, RCA Victor released a recording of the all-black Broadway replacement cast, featuring Pearl Bailey, who also starred in the unrecorded 1975 revival. The movie soundtrack was released in 1969. On November 15, 1994, the 1994 revival cast recording was released.[79]

text: The 2017 Broadway Revival cast recording was released on May 12, 2017, featuring the songs now sung by Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, Kate Baldwin, and Gavin Creel.[80]

text: Cultural influence[edit]

text:
In 1964, Armstrong's recording of the song, "Hello, Dolly!", rose to number one on the Billboard pop chart,[81][82] making Armstrong, at age 62, the oldest person ever to accomplish that feat. In the process, Armstrong dislodged The Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" from the number-one position they had occupied for 14 consecutive weeks with three different songs.
The title song was sung in the 1999 film Dick by actor Dan Hedaya, playing President Richard Nixon.[83]
The red satin, sequin-bedecked costume, designed by Freddy Wittop, that Channing wore during Hello, Dolly! was donated to the Smithsonian by Channing and theatrical producer Manny Kladitis, following the thirtieth anniversary tour of the show. It is currently on display at the National Museum of American History.[84] While Miss Channing's Harmonia Gardens gown is in the Smithsonian, the remainder of the original Freddy Wittop costumes are now housed in the permanent collection of the Costume World Broadway Collection, a theatrical museum dedicated to Broadway costuming located in Pompano Beach, Florida.[85]

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document_title: Big 12 Conference

question_text: who's ranked number one in the big 12

question_tokens: who 's ranked number one in the big 12

root

text: Big 12 Conference

text: Member schools[edit]

text: Current members[edit]

text:
Institution
Location
Founded
Joined
Type
Enrollment
Nickname
Colors

Baylor University
Waco, Texas
1845
1996
Private
16,787
Bears/Lady Bears

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
1858
1996
Public
36,660
Cyclones

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
1865
1996
Public
28,091
Jayhawks

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
1863
1996
Public
23,779
Wildcats

University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
1890
1996
Public
30,824
Sooners

Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
1890
1996
Public
23,459
Cowboys/Cowgirls

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
1873
2012
Private
10,394
Horned Frogs

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
1883
1996
Public
50,950
Longhorns

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
1923
1996
Public
37,010[6]
Red Raiders/Lady Raiders

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
1867
2012
Public
29,175[7]
Mountaineers

Reference:[8][9][10][11][12][12][13]

tag: table

text: Affiliate members[edit]

text:
Institution
Location
Founded
Joined
Type
Enrollment
Nickname
Sport(s)

Air Force !United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1954
2015
Military academy
4,000
Falcons
Wrestling

Alabama !University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1831
2014
Public
36,155
Crimson Tide
Women's rowing

Denver !University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
1864
2015
Private
11,809
Pioneers
Women's gymnastics

Fresno State !California State University, Fresno
Fresno, California
1911
2017
Public
24,405
Bulldogs
Wrestling

Northern Colorado !University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, Colorado
1889
2015
Public
12,084
Bears
Wrestling

Northern Iowa !University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
1876
2017
Public
13,914
Panthers
Wrestling

North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota
1890
2015
Public
14,747
Bison
Wrestling

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
1930
2014
Public
24,125
Lady Monarchs
Women's rowing

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota
1881
2015
Public
12,554
Jackrabbits
Wrestling

Tennessee !University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
1794
2014
Public
27,523
Volunteers
Women's rowing

Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah
1941
2015
Public
31,556
Wolverines
Wrestling

Wyoming !University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
1886
2015
Public
13,992
Cowboys
Wrestling

text: On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced it would add the six former members of the Western Wrestling Conference—Air Force, Northern Colorado, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wyoming—as affiliate members for wrestling, plus Denver as an affiliate member for women's gymnastics, all effective with the 2015–16 school year.[14] On July 5, 2017, the Big 12 added Fresno State and Northern Iowa as wrestling affiliates.[15]

tag: ul

text: Former members[edit]

text:
Institution
Location
Founded
Joined
Left
Type
Enrollment
Nickname
Colors
Current
Conference

Colorado !University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
1876
1996
2011
Public
30,128
Buffaloes

Pac-12

Missouri !University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
1839
1996
2012
Public
34,255[16]
Tigers

SEC

Nebraska !University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
1869
1996
2011
Public
24,100[17]
Cornhuskers

Big Ten

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
1876
1996
2012
Public
53,337
Aggies

SEC

text: Membership timeline[edit]

text: Full members Assoc. member (Other sports) Other Conference

tag: p

text: Sports[edit]

text: The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[18]

text:
Teams in Big 12 Conference competition

Sport
Men's
Women's

Baseball
9
–

Basketball
10
10

Cross Country
9
10

Equestrian
–
4

Football
10
–

Golf
10
9

Gymnastics
–
4

Rowing
–
8

Soccer
–
10

Softball
–
7

Swimming & Diving
3
5

Tennis
6
10

Track and Field (Indoor)
9
10

Track and Field (Outdoor)
9
10

Volleyball
–
9

Wrestling
12
–

text: Men's sponsored sports by school[edit]

text:
School
Baseball
Basketball
Cross
Country
Football
Golf
Swimming
& Diving
Tennis
Track
& Field
Indoor
Track
& Field
Outdoor
Wrestling
Total
Big 12
Sports

Baylor
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
8

Iowa State
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
7

Kansas
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
7

Kansas State
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
7

Oklahoma
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
9

Oklahoma State
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
9

TCU
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
9

Texas
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
9

Texas Tech
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
8

West Virginia
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
Y
6

Totals
9
10
9
10
10
3
6
9
9
4*

Affiliate Members

Air Force

Y
1

Fresno State

Y
1

North Dakota State

Y
1

Northern Colorado

Y
1

Northern Iowa

Y
1

South Dakota State

Y
1

Utah Valley

Y
1

Wyoming

Y
1

text: Men's (and Coed – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 schools:

text:
School
Gymnastics
Rifle*
Soccer

Oklahoma
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
No
No

TCU
No
Patriot Rifle Conference
No

West Virginia
No
Great America Rifle Conference
Mid-American Conference

text: Rifle is often categorized as a men's sport because the NCAA bylaws that establish scholarship limits for each sport list rifle as a men's sport.[19] Nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with men's, women's, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams. Through 2017, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four pre-NCAA national titles.

text: Women's sponsored sports by school[edit]

text:
School
Basketball
Cross
Country
Equestrian
Golf
Gymnastics
Rowing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
& Diving
Tennis
Track
& Field
Indoor
Track
& Field
Outdoor
Volleyball
Total
Big 12
Sports

Baylor
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
10

Iowa State
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
11

Kansas
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
11

Kansas State
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
9

Oklahoma
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
11

Oklahoma State
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
9

TCU
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
10

Texas
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
11

Texas Tech
Y
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
9

West Virginia
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
10

Totals
10
10
3
9
3*
5*
10
7
5
10
10
10
9

Affiliate Members

Alabama

Y

1

Old Dominion

Y

1

Denver

Y

1

Tennessee

Y

1

text: History[edit]

text: The Big 12 Conference is a major college athletic conference in the United States, having formed in February 1994 when four prominent colleges from Texas that were members of the Southwest Conference were invited to join the eight members of the Big Eight Conference to form a new 12 member conference. The Big 12 began athletic play in the fall of 1996, with the Texas Tech vs. Kansas State football game being the first-ever sports event staged by the conference. From its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions. Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference, while two schools joined in 2012.

text: Distinctive elements[edit]

text: Football championship game takes hiatus, returns in 2017[edit]

text: The Big 12 is unique among the current "Power Five" conferences in that it only has 10 members, despite the name, causing some confusion. From 1987 to 2015, 12 or more members were required for an "exempt" conference championship game—that is, one that did not count against NCAA limits for regular-season games (currently 12 in FBS)—although the first such game was not established until the SEC did so in 1992.[20] (Since the 2014 season, the Pac-12 has 12 members, while the ACC, Big Ten, and SEC have 14 football members each.)

text: Former Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and former football coach Mack Brown, along with Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, preferred not to have a championship game.[21] Critics argued it was a competitive advantage over other contract conferences. Conferences with a championship game have their division champions typically play one of their toughest games of the year in the last week of the regular season. Unlike the other "Power 5" conferences in which a team only plays a portion of the other teams in the conference each season, each Big 12 team plays the other nine teams during its conference schedule. This theoretically allows for the declaration of a de facto champion without the need for an additional rematch between the top two teams in the conference.

text: On June 3, 2016, the conference announced it would reinstate the football championship game in the 2017 season.[22] This followed the passage of a new NCAA rule allowing all FBS conferences to hold "exempt" football championship games regardless of their membership numbers.[23]

text: Population base[edit]

text: The Big 12 population base is centered on the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia and Iowa. This area has a combined population of 37.8 million.

text: As of 2013, out of the 115.6 million TV households nationwide there are only 13,427,130 TV households in those states (11.6%),[24][25] although Morgantown, West Virginia where WVU is based is in the Pittsburgh television market, which increases the Big 12's television base well into Pennsylvania, and Lawrence, Kansas, where KU is based, is in the Kansas City television market, increasing the base into western Missouri. The Big 12's share of the nation's TVs is a fraction of that reached by the rest of the Power Five. This likely works against the conference in TV negotiations, but the conference negotiated tier 1 and 2 TV contracts with total payouts similar to those of the other Power Five conferences.[26]

text: Grant of Rights[edit]

text: Member schools granted their first and second tier sports media rights to the conference for the length of their current TV deals. The Grant of Rights (GOR) deal with the leagues' TV contracts ensures that "if a Big 12 school leaves for another league in the next 13 years, that school's media rights, including revenue, would remain with the Big 12 and not its new conference."[27]

text: GOR is seen by league members as a "foundation of stability" and allowed the Big 12 to be "positioned with one of the best media rights arrangements in collegiate sports, providing the conference and its members unprecedented revenue growth, and sports programming over two networks." All members agreed to the GOR and later agreed to extend the initial 6-year deal to 13 years to correspond to the length of their TV contracts.[28]

text: Prior to this agreement, the Big Ten and Pac-12 also had similar GOR agreements.[29] The Big 12 subsequently assisted the ACC in drafting its GOR agreement.[30] Four of the five major conferences now have such agreements, with the SEC the only exception.

text: Tier 3 events[edit]

text: The Big 12 is the only major conference that allows members to monetize TV rights for tier 3 events in football and men's basketball.[31] This allows individual Big 12 member institutions to create tier 3 deals that include TV rights for one home football game and four home men's basketball games per season. Tier 3 rights exist for other sports as well, but these are not unique to the Big 12. The unique arrangement potentially allows Big 12 members to remain some of college sports' highest revenue earners. Other conferences' cable deals are subject to value reductions based on how people acquire cable programming, Big 12 schools tier 3 deals are exempt.[32] Texas alone will earn more than $150 Million of that total from their Longhorn Network.[33]

text: Revenue[edit]

text:
Big 12 Conference annual revenue distribution

[show]Year
Total distributed
Annual Increase
Per-school averagea

1997[34]
$53.6 million
–
$4.5 million

1998[34]
$58 million
8.2%
$4.8 million

1999[34]
$64 million
10.3%
$5.3 million

2000[34]
$72 million
12.5%
$6.0 million

2001[34]
$78 million
8.3%
$6.5 million

2002[34]
$83.5 million
7.1%
$7.0 million

2003[34]
$89 million
6.6%
$7.4 million

2004[34]
$101 million
13.5%
$8.4 million

2005[34]
$105.6 million
4.6%
$8.8 million

2006[34]
$103.1 million
−2.4%
$8.6 million

2007[34]
$106 million
2.8%
$8.8 million

2008[34]
$113.5 million
7.1%
$9.5 million

2009[34]
$130 million
14.5%
$10.8 million

2010[34]
$139 million
6.9%
$11.6 million

2011[35]
$145 million
4.3%
$12.1 million

2012[36]
$187 million
29.0%
$18.7 million

2013[36]
$198 million
5.9%
$19.8 million

2014[37]
$212 million
7.1%
$21.2 million

2015[38]
$252 million
18.9%
$25.2 million

2016 [39]
$348 million
38.9%
$34.8 million

Total
$2.54 billion
–
$239 million

Average
$221 million
–
$11.9 million

a Twelve Big 12 members received disbursements each year from 1997–2011; ten each year afterwards. Individual schools' disbursement varied annually according to bylaw rules and entrance or withdrawal agreements.

text: Conference revenue comes mostly from television contracts, bowl games, the NCAA, merchandise, licensing and conference-hosted sporting events. The Conference distributes revenue annually to member institutions.[40] From 1996 to 2011, 57 percent of revenue was allotted equally; while 43 percent was based upon the number of football and men's basketball television appearances and other factors.[41][42] In 2011 the distribution was 76 percent equal and 24 percent based on television appearances. Changing the arrangement requires a unanimous vote; as a Big 12 member, Nebraska and Texas A&M had withheld support for more equitable revenue distribution.[41]

text: With this model, larger schools can receive more revenue because they appear more often on television. In 2006, for example, Texas received $10.2 million, 44% more than Baylor University's $7.1 million.[43]

text: Big 12 revenue was generally less than other BCS conferences; this was due in part to television contracts signed with Fox Sports Net (four years for $48 million) and ABC/ESPN (eight years for $480 million).[44]

text: In 2011, the Big 12 announced a new 13-year media rights deal with Fox that would ensure that every Big 12 home football game is televised, as well as greatly increasing coverage of women's basketball, conference championships and other sports.[45] The deal, valued at an estimated $1.1 billion, runs until 2025.[46] In 2012, the conference announced a new ESPN/FOX agreement, replacing the current ABC/ESPN deal, to immediately increase national media broadcasts of football and increase conference revenue;[47] the new deal was estimated to be worth $2.6 billion through the 2025 expiration.[48] The two deals pushed the conference per-school payout to approximately $20 million per year, while separating third-tier media rights into separate deals for each school; such contracts secured an additional $6 million to $20 million per school annually.[49] The per-school payout under the deal is expected to reach $44 million, according to Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.[50]

text: Revenue ranking[edit]

text: Revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching/staff, scholarships, buildings/ground, maintenance, utilities and rental fees and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues and insurance costs. Data is from United States Department of Education.[51]

text:
2014–15 Conference Rank
Institution
2014–15 Total Revenue from Athletics[52]
2014–15 Total Expenses on Athletics[52]
2014–15 Average Spending per student-athlete[53]

1
University of Texas at Austin
$179,555,311
$152,853,239
$218,050

2
University of Oklahoma
$135,660,070
$124,732,244
$170,866

3
Baylor University
$106,078,643
$106,078,643
$153,737

4
University of Kansas
$103,326,170
$103,326,170
$177,536

5
West Virginia University
$87,265,473
$87,265,473
$147,159

6
Oklahoma State University
$85,645,208
$80,196,450
$123,189

7
Texas Christian University
$80,608,562
$80,608,562
$145,766

8
Kansas State University
$76,245,188
$66,449,920
$110,016

9
Texas Tech University
$69,858,256
$64,245,380
$123,207

10
Iowa State University
$65,733,110
$65,658,901
$129,396

text: Facilities[edit]

text:
School
Football stadium
Capacity
Basketball arena
Capacity
Baseball stadium
Capacity

Baylor
McLane Stadium
7004451400000000000♠45,140
Ferrell Center
7004102840000000000♠10,284
Baylor Ballpark
7003500000000000000♠5,000

Iowa State
Jack Trice Stadium
7004615000000000000♠61,500[54]
Hilton Coliseum
7004143560000000000♠14,356
Non-baseball school*

Kansas
Memorial Stadium
7004500710000000000♠50,071[55]
Allen Fieldhouse
7004163000000000000♠16,300
Hoglund Ballpark
7003250000000000000♠2,500

Kansas State
Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
7004500000000000000♠50,000[56]
Bramlage Coliseum
7004125280000000000♠12,528
Tointon Family Stadium
7003200000000000000♠2,000

Oklahoma
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
7004834890000000000♠83,489[57]
Lloyd Noble Center
7004115620000000000♠11,562
L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
7003318000000000000♠3,180

Oklahoma State
Boone Pickens Stadium
7004567900000000000♠56,790[58]
Gallagher-Iba Arena
7004136110000000000♠13,611
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
7003382100000000000♠3,821

Texas
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
7005100119000000000♠100,119[59]
Frank Erwin Center
7004165400000000000♠16,540
UFCU Disch-Falk Field
7003664900000000000♠6,649

TCU
Amon G. Carter Stadium
7004450000000000000♠45,000
Schollmaier Arena
8,500[60]
Lupton Stadium
7003450000000000000♠4,500

Texas Tech
Jones AT&T Stadium
7004608620000000000♠60,862[61][62][63][64]
United Supermarkets Arena
7004150980000000000♠15,098
Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
7003452800000000000♠4,528

West Virginia
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
7004600000000000000♠60,000[65]
WVU Coliseum
7004140000000000000♠14,000[66]
Monongalia County Ballpark
7003350000000000000♠3,500[67]

text: *Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.[68] It participates in club baseball as a member of the National Club Baseball Association. Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.[69]

text: Championships[edit]

text: National championships[edit]

text: The following is a list of all NCAA, equestrian, and college football championships won by teams that were representing the Big 12 Conference in NCAA-recognized sports at the time of their championship.[70]

text:
Football (3):
1997 – Nebraska
2000 – Oklahoma
2005 – Texas
Equestrian (3):
2002 − Texas A&M (Overall)
2012 – Baylor (Hunter Seat)
2012 – Texas A&M (Overall)
Baseball (2):
2002 – Texas
2005 – Texas
Men's Basketball (1):
2008 – Kansas
Women's Basketball (3):
2005 – Baylor
2011 – Texas A&M
2012 – Baylor
Women's Bowling (5):
1999 – Nebraska
2001 – Nebraska
2004 – Nebraska
2005 – Nebraska
2009 – Nebraska

Men's Cross Country (6):
2001 – Colorado
2004 – Colorado
2006 – Colorado
2009 – Oklahoma State
2010 – Oklahoma State
2012 – Oklahoma State
Women's Cross Country (2):
2000 – Colorado
2004 – Colorado
Men's Golf (5):
2000 – Oklahoma State
2006 – Oklahoma State
2009 – Texas A&M
2012 – Texas
2017 – Oklahoma
Rifle (5):
2013 – West Virginia
2014 – West Virginia
2015 – West Virginia
2016 – West Virginia
2017 – West Virginia
Women's Gymnastics (3):
2014 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
2017 – Oklahoma

Men's Gymnastics (8):
2002 – Oklahoma
2003 – Oklahoma
2005 – Oklahoma
2006 – Oklahoma
2008 – Oklahoma
2015 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
2017 – Oklahoma
Women's Indoor Track (3):
1998 – Texas
1999 – Texas
2006 – Texas
Men's Outdoor Track (3):
2009 – Texas A&M
2010 – Texas A&M
2011 – Texas A&M
Women's Outdoor Track (7):
1998 – Texas
1999 – Texas
2005 – Texas
2009 – Texas A&M
2010 – Texas A&M
2011 – Texas A&M
2013 – Kansas
Men's/Women's Skiing (4):
1998 – Colorado
1999 – Colorado
2006 – Colorado
2011 – Colorado

Softball (4):
2000 – Oklahoma
2013 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
2017 – Oklahoma
Men's Swimming (7):
1996 – Texas
2000 – Texas
2001 – Texas
2002 – Texas
2010 – Texas
2015 – Texas
2016 – Texas
Men's Tennis (1):
2004 – Baylor
Women's Volleyball (3):
2000 – Nebraska
2006 – Nebraska
2012 – Texas
Wrestling (4):
2003 – Oklahoma State
2004 – Oklahoma State
2005 – Oklahoma State
2006 – Oklahoma State

text: National team titles by institution[edit]

text: The national championships listed below are as of March 2016. Football, Helms, pre-NCAA competition and overall equestrian titles are included in the total, but excluded from the column listing NCAA and AIAW titles.

text:
Big 12 National Championships

School
Total titles
Titles as a member
of the Big 12
NCAA titles[71]
AIAW titles
Notes

Texas
52
18
44
4
UT has 4 recognized football titles

Oklahoma State
51
9
51

Oklahoma
35
14
28

OU has 7 recognized NCAA football titles

West Virginia
22
4
19

WVU has 3 pre-NCAA rifle titles

Iowa State
18
0
13
5

Kansas
13
2
11

KU has 2 Helms basketball titles

TCU
6
0
4

TCU has 2 recognized football titles

Baylor
4
3
3

Baylor has 1 Equestrian title

Texas Tech
1
0
1

Kansas State
0
0
0

text: Conference champions[edit]

text: The Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.[72]

text: In football, divisional titles were awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing in the Big 12 Championship Game from 1996 to 2010. Baseball, basketball, softball, tennis and women's soccer titles are awarded in both regular-season and tournament play. Cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling titles are awarded during an annual meet of participating teams. The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play.

text: Conference titles by school[edit]

text: As of March 8, 2016. List includes both regular-season, tournament titles, and co-championships. List does not include conference championships won prior to the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.[73]

text: Current members[edit]

text:
Texas – 163 (148 including 7 football division championships)[73]
Baylor – 69 [73]
Oklahoma – 70 (73 including 8 football division championships)[73]
Oklahoma State – 67 (63 including 1 football division championship)[73]
Kansas – 35 (34 including 1 football division championship)[73]
Iowa State – 20 (20 including 1 football division championship)[73]
Texas Tech – 21 (19 including 1 football division championship)[73]
Kansas State – 16 (18 including 4 football division championships)[73]
West Virginia – 9[73]
TCU – 9[73]

text: Former members[edit]

text:
Nebraska – 71 (80 including 9 football division championships)[73]
Texas A&M – 61 (64 including 3 football division championships)[73]
Colorado – 27 (31 including 4 football division championships)[73]
Missouri – 10 (12 including 3 football division championships)[73]

text: Football[edit]

text: The first football game in conference play was Texas Tech vs. Kansas State in 1996, won by Kansas State, 21–14.[74]

text: From 1996 to 2010, Big 12 Conference teams played eight conference games a season. Each team faced all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play was a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams would play three teams from the other division on a home-and-home basis for two seasons, and then play the other three foes from the opposite side for a two-year home-and-home.[citation needed]

text: This format came under considerable criticism, especially from Nebraska and Oklahoma, who were denied a yearly match between two of college football's most storied programs.[citation needed] The Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry was one of the most intense in college football history.[citation needed] (Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.) Due to the departure of Nebraska and Colorado in 2011, the Big 12 eliminated the divisions (and championship game) and instituted a nine-game round-robin format.[citation needed] With the advent of the College Football Playoff committee looking at teams' strength of schedule for picking the four playoff teams, on December 8, 2015 the Big 12 announced an annual requirement for all Big 12 teams to schedule a non-conference game against a team from the four other Power Five conferences (plus Notre Dame).[75] Per Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby: "Schedule strength is a key component in CFP Selection Committee deliberations. This move will strengthen the resumes for all Big 12 teams. Coupled with the nine-game full round robin Conference schedule our teams play, it will not only benefit the teams at the top of our standings each season, but will impact the overall strength of the Conference."[75]

text: Championship game[edit]

text: The Big 12 Championship Game game was approved by all members except Nebraska.[76] It was held each year, commencing with the first match in the 1996 season at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. It pitted the division champions against each other after the regular season was completed.

text: Following the 2008 game, the event was moved to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, being played there in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 23–20.[77]

text: After 2010, the game was moved to Arlington for 2011, 2012, and 2013.[78] However, the decision became moot following the 2010 season because the league lacked sufficient members.[79]

text: In April 2015, the ACC and the Big 12 developed new rules for the NCAA to deregulate conference championship games. The measure passed on January 14, 2016, allowing a conference with fewer than 12 teams to stage a championship game that does not count against the FBS limit of 12 regular-season games under either of the following circumstances:

text:
The game involves the top two teams following a full round-robin conference schedule.
The game involves two divisional winners, each having played a full round-robin schedule in its division.

text: Under the first criterion, the Big 12 championship game will resume at the conclusion of the 2017 regular season, and will be played during the first weekend of December, the time all other Division I FBS conference championship games are played.

text: 2014 Bowl games[edit]

text:
Pick

Name[80]

Location
Opposing conference

–
College Football Playoff
–
–

1
Sugar Bowl†
New Orleans, Louisiana
SEC

2
Valero Alamo Bowl
San Antonio, Texas
Pac-12

3
Russell Athletic Bowl
Orlando, Florida
ACC

4
AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
Houston, Texas
SEC

5
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tennessee
SEC

6
Cactus Bowl
Tempe, Arizona
Pac-12

7
Heart of Dallas Bowl‡
Dallas, Texas
Conference USA

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl‡
Fort Worth, Texas
American

†:The Big 12 champion will go to the Sugar Bowl unless selected for the College Football Playoff. In the event that the conference champion is selected for the playoff, the conference runner up will go to the Sugar Bowl.
‡:Conference representative will play in the bowls on a rotating basis.

text: Rivalries[edit]

text: Rivalries (primarily in football) mostly predate the conference. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry was the longest running, the longest west of the Mississippi and the second longest in college football. It was played 119 times before Missouri left the Big 12. As of October 2012, the University of Kansas' athletic department had not accepted Missouri's invitations to play inter-conference rivalry games, putting the rivalry on hold. Sports clubs sponsored by the two universities continued to play each other.[81]

text: The rivalry between TCU and Baylor, known as the Revivalry is also one of the longest running in college football, with the two schools having played each other — largely as Southwest Conference members — 112 times since 1899. As of the 2016 game, TCU leads the series 53–52–7.

text: The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry, the Red River Showdown is one year younger and has been played 108 times. This was a major rivalry decades before they were both in the conference, starting the year after the Revivalry in 1900. Currently Texas leads this rivalry 60–44–5.

text: Some of the longstanding football rivalries between Big 12 schools include:

text:
Rivalry
Name
Trophy
Games
played†
Began

Baylor–TCU
The Revivalry

112
1899

Baylor Texas Tech
Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout

74
1929

Iowa State-Kansas State
Farmageddon

98
1917

Kansas–Kansas State
Sunflower Showdown
Governor's Cup
112
1902

Oklahoma-Oklahoma State
Bedlam
Bedlam Bell
109
1904

Oklahoma–Texas
Red River Showdown
Golden Hat
110
1900

TCU–Texas Tech

58
1926

Texas–Texas Tech

Chancellor's Spurs
64
1928

text: Rivalries with former members[edit]

text:
Rivalry
Name
Trophy
Games
played†
Began
Last Meeting

Baylor–Texas A&M
Battle of the Brazos

108
1899
2011

Colorado–Nebraska

69
1898
2010

Iowa State–Missouri

Telephone Trophy[82]
104
1896
2011

Kansas–Missouri
Border War
Indian War Drum[82]
120
1891
2011

Kansas–Nebraska

117
1892
2010

Missouri–Nebraska

Victory Bell
104
1892
2010

Missouri–Oklahoma

Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe
96
1902
2011

Nebraska–Oklahoma

86
1912
2010

Texas A&M–Texas Tech

70
1927
2011

Texas–Texas A&M
Lone Star Showdown
Lone Star Showdown Trophy
118
1894
2011

text: Men's basketball[edit]

text: From 1996 to 2011, standings in conference play were not split among divisions, although the schedule was structured as if they were. Teams played a home-and-home against teams within their "division"s and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. After Nebraska and Colorado left, Big 12 play transitioned to an 18-game, double round robin schedule.[83]

text: Conference champions[edit]

text: Big 12 basketball teams played non-division members only once and in-division members twice during the regular season in a 16-game schedule until the 2012-13 season when its ten teams adopted a "home and away" double round robin 18-game schedule. The conference tournament gave first round byes to the top four teams from 1997 until 2012, and the top six teams 2013 to present.

text: Kansas has the most Big 12 titles, winning or sharing the regular-season title 17 times in the league's 21 seasons. The 2002 Jayhawks became the first, and so far only, team to complete an undefeated Big 12 regular season, going 16–0. As of the 2015-2016 season, Kansas had won or shared 13 straight regular-season league titles and 15 of the past 16. Though rematches between Big 12 regular season co-champions have happened in that year's Big 12 tournament, none have met in the ensuing NCAA Tournament.

text:
Season
Regular Season Champion
Tournament Champion

1996–97
Kansas
Kansas

1997–98
Kansas (2)
Kansas (2)

1998–99
Texas
Kansas (3)

1999–00
Iowa State
Iowa State

2000–01
Iowa State (2)
Oklahoma

2001–02
Kansas (3)
Oklahoma (2)

2002–03
Kansas (4)
Oklahoma (3)

2003–04
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State

2004–05
Oklahoma
Kansas (5)
Oklahoma State (2)

2005–06
Texas (2)
Kansas (6)
Kansas (4)

2006–07
Kansas (7)
Kansas (5)

2007–08
Texas (3)
Kansas (8)
Kansas(6)

2008–09
Kansas (9)
Missouri

2009–10
Kansas (10)
Kansas (7)

2010–11
Kansas (11)
Kansas (8)

2011–12
Kansas (12)
Missouri (2)

2012–13
Kansas (13)
Kansas State
Kansas (9)

2013–14
Kansas (14)
Iowa State (2)

2014–15
Kansas (15)
Iowa State (3)

2015–16
Kansas (16)
Kansas (10)

2016–17
Kansas (17)
Iowa State (4)

Reference:

text:
In 2004–05, Oklahoma won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 71–63 win over the Jayhawks in Norman, OK. The teams did not meet in Kansas City, MO.
In 2005–06, Texas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 80–55 win over the Jayhawks in Austin, TX. Kansas beat Texas 80–68 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Dallas, TX.
In 2007–08, Texas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 72–69 win over the Jayhawks in Austin, TX. Kansas beat Texas 84-74 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Kansas City, MO.
In 2012–13, Kansas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas State based on winning 59–55 in Manhattan and 83–62 in Lawrence. Kansas beat Kansas State for a third time 70-54 in the championship game in Kansas City, MO.

text: NCAA tournament performance[edit]

text:
School
Appearances
Final Fours
Championships

Baylor
11
2
0

Iowa State
19
1
0

Kansas
46
14
3

Kansas State
28
4
0

Oklahoma
31
6
0

Oklahoma State
27
6
2

TCU
7
0
0

Texas
34
3
0

Texas Tech
16
0
0

West Virginia
28
2
0

Reference:[84]

text: Totals though the end of the 2015-16 season.

text: All-time records[edit]

text:
Team
Big 12 Record
Big 12 Winning %
Overall Record
Overall Winning %
Big 12 Regular Season Championships
Big 12 Tournament Championships

Baylor
94–157
.375
1287–1337
.490
-
-

Colorado
95-145
.396
-
-
-
-

Iowa State
100–121
.452
1316-1281
.507
2
3

Kansas
179–43
.805
2186-836
.723
16
9

Kansas State
90–131
.407
1581-1123
.585
1
-

Missouri
139-119
.539
-
-
-
2

Nebraska
97-143
.404
-
-
-
-

Oklahoma
151–100
.602
1626-1035
.613
1
3

Oklahoma State
130–121
.518
1606-1130
.587
1
2

TCU
8–64
.111
1160–1366
.459
-
-

Texas
157–94
.626
1738-1035
.627
3
-

Texas A&M
98-160
.380
-
-
-
-

Texas Tech
84–167
.335
1351-1080
.556
-
-

West Virginia
39–33
.542
1702-1059
.616
-
-

Reference:[85]

text: Totals though the end of the 2015–16 season.

text: Overall series records[edit]

text:
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
West Virginia

vs. Baylor
—
13–16
4–25
16–12
7–35
15–28
9–0
14–32
21–20
6–3

vs. Iowa State
16–13
—
12–33
22–20
13–17
12–17
8–0
11–17
14–13
5–3

vs. Kansas
25–4
33–12
—
44–5
23–6
22–10
8–1
23–7
24–4
6–3

vs. Kansas State
12–16
20–22
5–44
—
12–14
11–17
7–2
12–15
15–13
3–5

vs. Oklahoma
35–7
17–13
6–23
14–12
—
25–19
7–1
24–23
28–14
6–3

vs. Oklahoma State
28–15
17–12
10–22
17–11
19–25
—
6–2
17–29
32–15
4–4

vs. TCU
0–9
0–8
1–8
2–7
1–7
2–6
—
1–8
3–6
0–9

vs. Texas
32–14
17–11
7–23
15–12
23–24
29–17
8–1
—
38–6
6–3

vs. Texas Tech
20–21
13–14
4–24
13–15
14–28
15–32
6–3
6–38
—
1–8

vs. West Virginia
3–6
3–5
3–6
5–3
3–6
4–4
9–0
3–6
8–1
—

Total
105–171
113–133
208–52
97–148
161–115
150–135
10–68
175–111
92–183
41–37

Reference:[85]

text: Baseball[edit]

text: All current Big 12 members sponsor baseball except Iowa State, which dropped the sport after the 2001 season. All former Big 12 members sponsored the sport throughout their tenures in the conference except Colorado, which never sponsored baseball during its time in the Big 12.[86]

text:
Baseball titles by school

Team
Season
Regular Season
Tournament
Total

Baylor
1997–present
3
0
3

Iowa State
1997–2001
0
0
0

Kansas
1997–present
0
1
1

Kansas State
1997–present
1
0
1

Missouri
1997–2012
0
1
1

Nebraska
1997–2011
3
4
7

Oklahoma
1997–present
0
2
2

Oklahoma State
1997–present
1
2
3

TCU
2013–present
2
2
4

Texas
1997–present
7
5
12

Texas A&M
1997–2012
4
3
7

Texas Tech
1997–present
3
1
4

West Virginia
2013–present
0
0
0

Baseball titles by season

Season
Regular season
Tournament

1997
Texas Tech
Oklahoma

1998
Texas A&M
Texas Tech

1999
Texas A&M
Nebraska

2000
Baylor
Nebraska

2001
Nebraska
Nebraska

2002
Texas
Texas

2003
Nebraska
Texas

2004
Texas
Oklahoma State

2005
Baylor†
Nebraska

Nebraska†

2006
Texas
Kansas

2007
Texas
Texas A&M

2008
Texas A&M
Texas

2009
Texas
Texas

2010
Texas
Texas A&M

2011
Texas†
Texas A&M

Texas A&M†

2012
Baylor
Missouri

2013
Kansas State
Oklahoma

2014
Oklahoma State
TCU

2015
TCU
Texas

2016
Texas Tech
TCU

2017
TCU†
Oklahoma State

Texas Tech†

text: By school[edit]

text: As of the completion of the 2015 tournament.[citation needed]

text:
School
Appearances
W-L
Pct
Tourney Titles
Title Years

Baylor
18
25–26
.490
0

Iowa State
1
1–2
.333
0

Kansas
7
9–7
.563
1
2006

Kansas State
7
9–11
.450
0

Missouri
13
22–19
.536
1
2012

Nebraska
10
28–10
.737
4
1999, 2000, 2001, 2005

Oklahoma
16
27–24
.529
2
1997, 2013

Oklahoma State
15
11–29
.275
1
2004

TCU
2
1–2
.333
1
2014

Texas
13
26–22
.542
5
2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015

Texas A&M
13
24–18
.571
3
2007, 2010, 2011

Texas Tech
12
14–21
.400
1
1998

West Virginia
1
2–1
.667
0