Kate Baldwin,
Walter Charles and Jessica Snow-Wilson are among the performers who will join the previously-announced
Tovah Feldshuh in the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the classic
Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical
Hello, Dolly!, which will run from June 7th through July 23rd, with an opening night set for June 10th.
The musical, which is based on Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, will be directed by Mark S. Hoebee and choreographed by Mia Michaels. Four-time Tony Award-nominee Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony) will star as Dolly Gallagher
Levi, who runs a matchmaking business while sparring with grumpy
millionaire bachelor Horace Vandergelder in Yonkers, NY. Charles will play Vandergelder, Baldwin will play Irene Molloy, Snow-Wilson will be seen as Minnie Fay, Jonathan Rayson will portray Cornelius Hackl and Brian Sears will play Barnaby Tucker. Jennifer Allen, Brian Barry, Nova Bergeron, Ryan Patrick Binder,
Heather Carino, Nigel Columbus, Marisa Joy Ganz, Andrew Gehling, Ben
Hartley, Margot LaBarre, Denis Lambert, Lauren Marcus,
Leisa Mather,
Anna McNeely, Christopher T. Noffke, Dennis O'Bannion, Benjie Randall,
Roger Preston Smith, William Solo, Brandon Tyler, Lael Van Keuren, Mindy
Wallace, and Ryan Thomas Worsing will also be featured in the cast.
Baldwin has been seen on Broadway in
Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie and
The Full Monty, as well as Off-Broadway in
Bush is Bad and regionally in shows such as
White Christmas, South Pacific and
Guys and Dolls. Charles was most recently seen on Broadway in
The Woman in White; his other credits include
Big River, The Boys from Syracuse, Kiss Me, Kate, Aspects of Love, Me and My Girl, Cats and
Sweeney Todd.
Snow-Wilson has been seen on Broadway in
Good Vibrations, Little Shop of Horrors, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and
Les Miserables. Rayson's Broadway credits include
Little Shop of Horrors and
A Year with Frog and Toad, while Sears' credits include
All Shook Up.The production's creative team will include Michael Anania (sets), James
Schuette (costumes), Charlie Morrison (lighting), Randy
Hanson (sound), and Bettie Rogers (hair, wigs, and make-up).
With a score by Herman and a book by Stewart, Hello, Dolly! was originally directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, and starred Carol Channing
in the role with which she is still associated. The show, which ran for
2,844 performances, won 10 1964 Tony Awards--including Best Musical and
Best Actress for Channing. Revivals of the show, starring Channing,
were mounted in 1978 and 1995, while Pearl Bailey--who had been one of
many replacements during the show's original run--headlined an
all-black version of the show in 1975.
The Paper Mill Playhouse is located in Millburn, NJ. Performances are Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Thursdays and Sundays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m.
and Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $31-$68. Call
(973) 376-4343 or visit www.papermill.org.
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