Photo Flash: HELLO, DOLLY! Begins Tonight at Theatre Arlington

Theatre Arlington's 43rd anniversary season promises to be Bigger, Better & Brighter. It is hard to believe that in its 42+ year history, TA has never produced this delightful masterpiece of musical theatre. Join Dolly in her pursuit of Horace and enjoy some of the best songs in the history of musical theatre, including: It Only Takes a Moment, Ribbons Down My Back, Elegance, Before the Parade Passes By and of course, HELLO, DOLLY! BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

The show first premiered on Broadway in 1964 and has had a total of three Broadway revivals, as well as a successful and highly popular movie version in 1969 starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau. That movie version was directed and choreographed by famed dance legend, Gene Kelly, and featured Texas native and Broadway legend, Tommy Tune. HELLO, DOLLY! features a book by Michael Stewart with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and is based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder.

Theatre Arlington's production of HELLO, DOLLY! will be directed and choreographed by Brandon Mason, with music direction by Alex Vorse. It will feature Persis Ann Forster as the incomparable iconic matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi, Steven D. Morris as lovable curmudgeon Horace Vandergelder, Wyn Delano as Cornelius Hackl, Jonathan Hardin as Barnaby Tucker, Diane Powell as Irene Molloy, Joanna Phillips as Minnie Fay, Jessica Peterson as Ermengarde, Zachariah Wiedeman as Ambrose, Lindsay Hayward as Ernestina, and the following members of the ensemble: Nik Blocker, Callie Cunningham, Winston Daniels, Kate Emrich, Caitlin Galloway, Jon Garrard, Nancy Lopez, Rema Martinez, Kristin McQuaid, Natalie Renfro, George Sepulveda III and Moises Zamora.

Production team members include Ashley Moseley (Stage Manager), Tony Curtis (Technical Director/Scenic Designer), Kyle Harris (Lighting Designer), Bill Eickenloff (Co-Sound Designer), Ryan Mansfield (Co-Sound Designer), Stefanie Glenn (Costume Designer) and Cathy Pritchett (Properties Designer).

The show will officially open tonight, September 11th at 8:00pm, followed immediately by a post-show reception, with the cast and crew. Performances will continue through October 4th on Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. Tickets for opening night are $30 and $25 for all other performances, with discounts available for seniors, students, groups of ten or more or with Press Pass. See www.TheatreArlington.org for more information or contact the Box Office at 817.275.7661.

Photo Credit: Eric Younkin Photography