Bold Color Palette Enhances “Hello, Dolly!” Theater Performance
Evelyn Megery
The Freed Center for the Performing Arts fascinated audiences once again with the production of Hello, Dolly! earlier this month. The musical comedy follows Dolly Levi Gallagher, a widowed woman who boasts of her highly sought matchmaking skills. Things go awry when Dolly’s plotting results in love triangles forming, hearts being broken, and a chaotic adventure to Yonkers, New York.
Two sets of cast members portrayed the musical, sharing the same lighthearted story with audiences in unique ways. Take a look at the New York cast’s performance in the photo gallery below to see how the vibrant red and orange color palette evoked passion and adventure.
Dolly Gallagher Levi (Frankie Alba) making a grand entrance at Harmonia Gardens, a fancy restaurant in Yonkers, New York (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) and Horace (Ren Gleason) admitting their love for each other at the end of Ohio Northern’s production of “Hello, Dolly!” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Ensemble cast member Ross Fogle performing in the song “Motherhood” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Irene Malloy (Andi Brooke Keller) joining Cornelius (Grant Bell) on his new business venture (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
The male ensemble of “Hello, Dolly!” performing a musical number during a set transition (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Frankie Alba’s curtain call for her performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Ohio Northern’s production of “Hello, Dolly!” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Cornelius (Grant Bell) and Irene Malloy (Andi Brooke Keller) falling in love in Ohio Northern’s production of “Hello, Dolly!” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Ensemble cast member Sam Ryan performing in the song “Motherhood” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Barnaby (Jason Porter Jr.) and Minnie Fay (Belle Fockler) standing their ground and demanding their fair wages at the end of the performance (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
The male ensemble of “Hello, Dolly!” performing a musical number in front of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant(Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Horace (Ren Gleason) expressing his anger towards Dolly (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) admitting her love for Horace (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) making a grand entrance at the Harmonia Gardens restaurant (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Cornelius (Grant Bell) returning to Horace’s shop, Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed, to share that he will not be returning as an employee, but as a competitor to the business (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) making a grand entrance at Harmonia Gardens (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
The rambunctious crowd turns to Dolly (Frankie Alba) to help resolve their conflicts, most of which she was the cause for (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Cornelius (Grant Bell) entering Irene Malloy’s hat shop in Ohio Northern’s production of “Hello, Dolly!” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
The male ensemble of “Hello, Dolly!” performing a musical number in front of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) making a grand entrance at Harmonia Gardens (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Ermengarde (Vivian Lakin) upset that her father, Horace (Ren Gleason), does not approve of a romantic relationship she is pursuing (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
The male ensemble cast of “Hello, Dolly!” performing in front of the restaurant Harmonia Gardens (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Ensemble cast members Michah Hamstra and Cassandra Kurek performing in a musical number during Ohio Northern’s production of “Hello, Dolly” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) realizing that she must carry on with her life and pursue happiness after the loss of her late husband in the musical number “Before the Parade Passes By” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly (Frankie Alba) joining Horace (Ren Gleason) at his table in Harmonia Gardens and informing him that she is not interested in marriage (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Dolly’s (Frankie Alba) grand entrance in musical during the song “Call On Dolly” (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
Cornelius (Grant Bell) and Irene Malloy (Andi Brooke Keller) admitting their love for each other in the song “It Only Takes a Moment”(Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)
