Synopsis

It's the turn of the 20th century, and all of New York City is excited because widowed - but brassy - Dolly Gallagher Levi is in town. Dolly makes a living through what she calls "meddling" - matchmaking and numerous sidelines, including dance instruction and mandolin lessons.

She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, a well-known half-a-millionaire, but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself.

Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's weepy niece Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's vocation does not guarantee a steady living. Ambrose enlists Dolly's help, and they travel to Yonkers to visit Horace, who is a prominent citizen there and owns a hay and feed store.

Horace explains to his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, that he is going to get married because it takes a woman to cheerfully do all the household chores. He plans to travel with Dolly to New York City to march in a parade and propose to the widow Irene Molloy, who owns a hat shop there.

Dolly arrives in Yonkers and "accidentally" mentions that Irene's first husband might not have died of natural causes, and also mentions that she knows an heiress, Ernestina Money, who may be interested in Horace. Horace leaves for New York and tells Cornelius and Barnaby to mind the store.

Cornelius, however, decides that he and Barnaby need to get out of Yonkers. They'll go to New York, have a good meal, spend all their money, see the stuffed whale in Barnum's museum, almost get arrested, and each kiss a girl! They blow up some tomato cans to create a terrible stench and a good alibi to close the store.

Dolly, meanwhile, mentions that she knows two ladies in New York they should call on: Irene Molloy and her shop assistant, Minnie Fay. She tells Ermengarde and Ambrose that she'll enter them in the polka competition at the upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant in New York City, so Ambrose can demonstrate his ability to be a bread winner to Uncle Horace.

Cornelius, Barnaby, Ambrose, Ermengarde and Dolly "put on their Sunday clothes" and take the train to New York.

Then the plot thickens.

To find out more - including the ending - come see the show!

March 13 - April 1, 2012

• Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, March 14 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
• Thursday, March 15 at 7:30pm
• Friday, March 16 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, March 17 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
• Sunday, March 18 at 2:00pm
• Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, March 21 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
• Thursday, March 22 at 7:30pm
• Friday, March 23 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, March 24 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
• Sunday, March 25 at 2:00pm
• Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, March 28 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
• Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm
• Friday, March 30 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, March 31 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
• Sunday, April 1 at 2:00pm