“And what do you do for a living, Mrs. Levi?”, asked Ambrose Kemper in the first scene of this most delightful of musical comedies. Some people paint, some sew…I meddle”, replies Dolly and we are off on a whirlwind race round New York and Yonkers at the turn of the century as we follow the adventures of that most mischievous matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi.
The committee are pleased to announce that our next production in November at the Lyceum Theatre w/c 17th – 21st November 2009 is to be “HELLO DOLLY”. We welcome back John Cumberlidge as our Director/Choreographer, and Anna Wright as our Musical Director. We are also pleased that Mark Harris will be Assistant Director, and Claire Harriott as Assistant Choreographer. What a team!
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Book by Michael Stewart, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman.
Based on the play "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder.
Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Gower Champion.
Produced for the Broadway stage by David Merrick and Champion-five Inc.
This amateur performance is by arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Ltd of New York.
Crits
Audience reaction:
"I took my nine-year-old daughter to support a friend in the Teachers' Operatic Production of Hello Dolly at the weekend and what a superb show awaited us. It was magnificent.
The set, the costumes, and most of all the West End quality of singing and dancing – especially the star quality of "Dolly". My daughter was entranced by her first experience of a musical and I loved every minute.
It must have taken enormous efforts to put on so many performances that week to such a high standard – and from a bunch of people with tiring and pressured day jobs. …
Production Team
Direction and Staging: John Cumberlidge
Musical Director: Anna Wright
Assistant to the Choreographer: Claire Harriott
Assistant to the Director: Mark Harris
Stage Management: Pete Brown
Assistant Stage Managers: Pete Ellis, David Mason, Paul Minott
Deputy Stage Manager: Helen Fidler
Stage Team: Keith Arrowsmith, Andrew Brown, Steve Culmer, Chris Ellis, Martyn Green, Neil Howson, Tim Sanders, Michael LeCount, Grayson Radcliffe, Bill Sellars, Sandra Staniforth, Stan Staniforth, Steph Symonds
Lighting: Alan Frayne, Stage Right
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