MANSFIELD,
PA – Mansfield University will present Hello, Dolly! March
3-6 at Straughn Auditorium.
The musical is based
on the 1954 play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder. The musical book was
written by Michael Stewart and the music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. This
blockbuster Broadway hit is bursting with humor, romance, high-energy dancing,
and some of the greatest songs in musical theater history. The musical follows
the romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher Levi (a strong-willed
matchmaker), as she travels to New York to find a match for the miserly
“well-known, unmarried, half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder. The show’s
memorable songs include Put On Your
Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Hello,
Dolly!, Elegance, and It Only Takes a Moment.
The Mansfield
University cast includes Natalie Holsey (senior, music education) as Dolly
Levi, Carson Witherite (junior, vocal performance) as Horace Vandergelder, Jay
Falgo (senior, music education) as Cornelius Hackl, Emma Criswell (junior,
music education) as Mrs. Malloy, Mat Thomas (sophomore, music education) as
Barnaby Tucker, and Hanna Worthington (senior, music education) as Minnie Fay.
The production
directors are MU music professor Sheryl Monkelien and MU Alum Peter Davis ‘93.
Isaac and Val Campbell will choreograph the show, and Davis will serve as
technical director.
Shows are March 3,
4, 5 at 7:30 p.m. and March 6 at 2:30 p.m. in Straughn Auditorium. Tickets are
$16 for adults, $12 for seniors/students, children (12 and under) $6, and MU
students are FREE with current ID. You can purchase tickets in advance at mansfield.booktix.com or the door one hour before curtain. Audience
members must wear masks.