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Drury Lane Theatre Presents: HELLO DOLLY Oct. 17- Jan. 5

OAKBROOK
TERRACE, Ill.-
 Drury Lane
Theatre
, 100 Drury Lane, presents the Tony Award-winning
musical sensation HELLO, DOLLY!, previewing
October 17, opening October 24 at 8 p.m., and running through January 5,
2014. HELLO, DOLLY! stars Tony Award winner Karen
Ziemba as “Dolly Levi.” She received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award,
and the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in Lincoln Center
Theatre’s Contact.  Ziemba also
received Tony Award nominations for her roles in Steel Pier, Never Gonna
Dance
, and Curtains and the Drama Desk Award for And the
World Goes ‘Round,
as well as the Outer Critics Circle Awards for both Never
Gonna Dance
and Curtains.  She has starred in productions at
The New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall for PBS’ Great Performances, and NY City
Center Encores.  Other Broadway
roles include “Diana Morales” in A Chorus Line, “Peggy Sawyer”
in the original production of 42nd Street, “Polly Baker” in Crazy for You, and “Roxie Hart” in Chicago



HELLO, DOLLY! is based on Thornton Wilder's 1955 play "The
Matchmaker” and features Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman (Mame and La Cage aux Folles) and a Book by Michael Stewart (Bye Bye
Birdie
and 42nd Street).  The production was hailed as ““One of the biggest,
brightest musicals of this century!” by The
New York Times;
“Good-hearted fun!” by Variety; “Infectious enthusiasm!” by Los Angeles Times;
and “A triumph!” by The Washington Post. The musical phenomenon, which ran for nearly
3,000 performances on Broadway, won 10 Tony Awards in 1964
including “Best Musical.”  The 1969 film version of HELLO, DOLLY!
was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Hello, Dolly! An Original Cast
Recording
 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. 



HELLO,
DOLLY!
 is the
story of turn-of-the-century widowed matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi, who,
after cunningly negotiating marriages for others through a series of comic
romantic entanglements, ultimately finds her own match. HELLO, DOLLY! is
a magical piece of musical theatre filled with memorable songs such as Put
On Your Sunday Clothes, Before the Parade Passes By,
and It Only Takes A
Moment.
  Show-stopping dance numbers like Dancing and The
Waiter's Gallop
are combined with beautiful turn-of-the-century costumes to
create a musical the whole family will enjoy!

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HELLO,
DOLLY!
is Directed and
Choreographed by multi-Jeff Award winner Rachel Rockwell (Ragtime,
The Sound of Music
 and Oliver! at Drury Lane
Theatre).  Jeff Award winner Roberta Duchak (Oliver!, Singin’ in
the Rain
and Ragtime at Drury Lane Theatre, and vocal coach for
Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman for the Academy Award-winning film Les
Misérables
) serves as Musical Director for the production. Multi-Jeff
Award winning Scenic Designer Kevin Depinet (Oliver!,
Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Sweeney Todd, and Ragtime at Drury Lane Theatre; The Iceman Cometh at the Goodman
Theatre; and Set Designer for the film Public
Enemies
) has envisioned a delicate art nouveau set evocative of the turn of
the century. The opulent scenery is further enhanced by
lighting designed by Jeff Award winner Jesse Klug (Boeing-Boeing, GypsyThe Sound of
Music,
and Spamalot at Drury Lane Theatre and The
Screwtape Letters
 National Tour).  The production features luscious period costumes
by Theresa Ham (Oliver! and Sunset Boulevard at Drury Lane
Theatre).  Sound Design is by Jeff Award winner Ray Nardelli (Follies
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and Wig
Design is by Rick Jarvie. Props Design is by Nick Heggestad, Resident
Properties Designer at Drury Lane Productions.

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HELLO, DOLLY! stars multi-Jeff Award nominee David
Lively as “Horace Vandergelder” (Cabaret at Drury Lane Theatre, Henry VIII at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and the
National Tour of Twelve Angry Men); Skyler Adams as “Ambrose Kemper” (Pinocchio
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Jeff Diebold as “Cornelius Hackl” (National
Tour of Mamma Mia!); Henry VIII at Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
and the National Tour of Twelve Angry Men); Emily Rohm as “Irene Malloy”
(Sweeney Todd at Drury Lane Theatre and Beauty and the Beast at
Chicago Shakespeare Theater); multi-Jeff Award winner Maggie Portman as “Minnie
Fay” (Evita and Chess at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre); Laura
Savage as “Ermengarde” (Pal Joey at Porchlight Music Theatre and Beauty
and the Beast
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Lee Slobotkin as “Barnaby
Tucker;” Jeff Award nominee Holly Stauder as “Ernestia”(Xanadu at Drury
Lane Theatre and I Love Lucy Live On Stage at the Broadway Playhouse);
and Jeff Award nominee George Andrew Wolff as “Rudolph” (Singin’ in the Rain
and Sweeney Todd at Drury Lane Theatre and Willy Wonka at Chicago
Shakespeare Theater).  The ensemble includes Kelsey Andres, David Baur,
Jessica Blair, Bryan Connor, Betsy Ferrar, David Girolmo, Allyson Graves,
Zachary L. Gray, Elizabeth Lanza, Alissa Robinson, Stephen Schellhardt, Will
Skrip, Brittany Paige Snyder, Richard Strimer, and Jared Titus.



The
performance schedule for HELLO, DOLLY! is as follows:  Wednesdays
at 1:30 p.m. ($35), Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. ($35) and 8 p.m. ($45), Fridays at 8
p.m. ($49), Saturdays at 5 p.m. ($49), and 8:30 p.m. ($49), and Sundays at 2
p.m. ($49), and 6 p.m. ($45). Lunch and dinner theatre packages range from $50
to $74 depending on the day of the week. Student group tickets start as low as
$30 and Senior Citizens start at $32 for matinees and $47 for a matinee
luncheon package. Tickets go on sale to the general public on August 16,
2013.
  For reservations call the Drury Lane Theatre box office
at 630.530.0111,
call TicketMaster at 800.745.3000 or
visit www.drurylane.com.







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