Hello, Dolly!, Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Star rating: **** Like bank holidays, there's something reassuringly, if annoyingly, old-fashioned about Jerry Herman's 1964 smash-hit musical. When it opened, it must have appeared like the last blast of anything-goes, big-bucks entertainment. While a new generation was letting it all hang out, Hello, Dolly!'s advocacy of the sanctity of marriage, money and good-old American values undoubtedly brought comfort, not least to the show's producers.