"Hello, Dolly!" at The Mountain Play
Ready for a fun outing this weekend? Then get yourself some tickets to Hello, Dolly!, this year's choice for The Mountain Play, a 100+ year old Marin County tradition.
Dyan McBride is Dolly Levi, the busybody who "arranges things." In this show she's after her most important arrangement - the marriage of Horace Vandergelder, the Yonkers "half-a-millionaire" to, well, Dolly - though Horace thinks she's fixing him up with a rich Manhattanite.
As Dolly and Horace, Dyan McBride and Randy Nazarian are wonderful. McBride's easy mezzo-soprano melds beautifully with Jerry Herman's score (and she somehow makes her mark on the role played by some of Broadway's all-time greats!), and Nazarian brings a curmudgeonly comic touch to Vandergelder.
Add a wonderful supporting cast, terrific choreography - and the stunning setting high on Mt. Tam - and you've got a perfect way to spend a sunny Sunday. Feeling energetic? Take the shuttle bus up, then hike down the mountain and avoid the crowds waiting for the return busses. Food and drink available, but bring a picnic if you like.
My full review is on TalkinBroadway.
