STARRING BROADWAY LEGEND BETTY BUCKLEY

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1 CONTACT Davidson & Choy Publicity David Barber (323) , Segerstrom Center for the Arts Tim Dunn (714) x4209, RELEASE DATE Images: SCFTA.org/media It is, in a word, perfection. Time Out New York This Dolly is classic Broadway at its best. Entertainment Weekly CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF THE TONY AWARD -WINNING BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL OF HELLO, DOLLY! STARRING BROADWAY LEGEND BETTY BUCKLEY Segerstrom Center for the Arts January 22 27, 2019 Tickets on sale now COSTA MESA, CA Producer Scott Rudin has announced the cast for the first national tour of the Tony Award -winning Best Musical Revival of HELLO, DOLLY!, starring Broadway legend, Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, which comes to Segerstrom Center for the Arts January 22 27, 2019.

2 Hello, Dolly! Casting NEWS 2/6 Tickets to HELLO, DOLLY! start at $29 and are on sale now at SCFTA.org, by calling (714) and at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For inquiries about group ticket savings for 10 or more, please call the Group Services office at (714) The 2:00 p.m. performance on Saturday, January 26 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation. The Center offers many services for patrons with disabilities including removable wheelchair locations, binoculars and assistive listening devices. To learn more visit SCFTA.org/accessibilityinformation. The previously announced Ms. Buckley will be joined by Lewis J. Stadlen (Horace Vandergelder), Nic Rouleau (Cornelius Hackl), Analisa Leaming (Irene Molloy), Jess LeProtto (Barnaby Tucker), Kristen Hahn (Minnie Fay), Garett Hawe (Ambrose Kemper), Morgan Kirner (Ermengarde), and Jessica Sheridan (Ernestina). The ensemble will feature Maddy Apple, Daniel Beeman, Brittany Bohn, Giovanni Bonaventura, Elizabeth Broadhurst, Whitney Cooper, Julian DeGuzman, Wally Dunn, Alexandra Frohlinger, Dan Horn, Corey Hummerston, Madison Johnson, Nathan Keen, Beth Kirkpatrick, Ben Lanham, Ian Liberto, Kyle Samuel, Scott Shedenhelm, Timothy Shew, Maria Cristina Slye, Cassie Austin Taylor, Davis Wayne, Brandon L. Whitmore, and Connor Wince. Led by four-time Tony Award -winning director Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, the entire creative team of the Broadway production reprises their roles for the national tour of Hello, Dolly!, including four-time Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto (Scenic & Costume Design), six-time Tony Award winner Natasha Katz (Lighting Design), Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer (Sound Design), Andy Einhorn (Music Supervision), Robert Billig (Music Direction), Tony Award winner Larry Hochman (Orchestrations), Tony Award winner Don Pippin (Vocal Arrangements), David Chase (Dance Arrangements), and Telsey + Company (Casting). Hello, Dolly! began performances on Broadway on March 15, 2017, and officially opened on April 20, Having broken the record for best first day of ticket sales in Broadway history, the box office record at the Shubert Theatre twelve times, and shattering The Shubert Organization s all-time record ten times, this production ended its historic Broadway run on August 25, A complete list of cities and dates for the national tour of Hello, Dolly! can be found at

3 Hello, Dolly! Casting NEWS 3/6 CAST BIOS BETTY BUCKLEY (Dolly Gallagher Levi) called The Voice of Broadway by New York Magazine, is known as a legendary, multi-award-winning performer, and is a 2012 Theatre Hall of Fame inductee and 2017 recipient of the Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement, given by The Actors Fund. Her Broadway credits include Triumph of Love (Tony Award nomination), Sunset Boulevard, Carrie (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Cats (Tony Award ), Pippin, and Ms. Buckley s London stage credits include Dear World; Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination); and Promises, Promises (Evening Standard Award nomination). Off Broadway, her credits include Old Friends (Drama Desk Award nomination), White s Lies, Elegies, The Eros Trilogy, Juno s Swans, I m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road. Regional: Grey Gardens (Ovation Award nomination), Old Friends, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Threepenny Opera, Buffalo Gal, Camino Real, Gypsy. Film: Split (Saturn Award nomination), The Happening, Wyatt Earp, Another Woman, Frantic, Tender Mercies, Carrie. Television: Preacher, Supergirl, Getting On, The Leftovers, Chicago Med, Pretty Little Liars, The Pacific, OZ, Law & Order: SVU, Without a Trace and Eight Is Enough. Recordings: 18 solo albums (two Grammy Nominations), most recently Hope released on Palmetto Records in June She has been a teacher of Scene Study and Song Interpretation for over 45 years. She has received two Honorary Doctorates for her contribution to the Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory and Marymount Manhattan College. LEWIS J. STADLEN (Horace Vandergelder) is the recipient of the Irish Times Award for his performance at Dublin s Gate Theatre production of Arthur Miller s The Price. Broadway: The Front Page, Fish in the Dark, The Nance, The Producers, 45 Seconds From Broadway, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Tony Award nomination), The Female Odd Couple, Candide (Tony nomination), The Sunshine Boys, and Minnie s Boys (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critic s Circle Award, and Theatre World Award). He starred in the national tours of The Producers, Guys and Dolls, The Time of Your Life, Fiddler on the Roof, and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Film: The Verdict, Serpico, To Be or Not To Be and In & Out. Television: Dr. Fried on The Sopranos. NIC ROULEAU (Cornelius Hackl) recently finished a record 2,500 performances in The Book of Mormon. He has performed in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, in Chicago (original cast), on the national tour, and on the West End. Television credits include Daddy s Boy in Tina Fey s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) and the 2012 Tony Awards (CBS). Other credits include Legally Blonde (US national tour) and Toy Story: The Musical (Disney). Education: Bachelor of Music Degree from New York University, Steinhardt. ANALISA LEAMING (Irene Molloy). Broadway: School of Rock, Hello, Dolly!. New York: Pipe Dream, Where s Charley? (Encores!), The Mikado (Carnegie Hall). Tours: Annie and The Sound of Music. Regional: The Muny, Kansas City Starlight Theatre, North Shore Music Theater, Magic Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Infinity Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company. Leaming is a Lotte Lenya Competition winner. Education: Bachelor of Music from Eastman School of Music. JESS LePROTTO (Barnaby Tucker). Broadway: Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats, On the Town, Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Boy From Oz. National: So You Think You Can Dance tour and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Television: So You Think You Can Dance. Education: LeProtto attends Pace University. KRISTEN HAHN (Minnie Fay). Broadway: A Gentleman s Guide to Love & Murder (Miss Barley) and Our Town starring Paul Newman (Westport Country Playhouse). Regional: Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday (Arvada Center). Film: 5 Flights Up, Our Town (PBS/Showtime). Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts in vocal performance from Carnegie Mellon. GARETT HAWE (Ambrose Kemper). Broadway: Carousel, Newsies, Matilda and Mary Poppins. Tour: The 101 Dalmatians Musical, Mary Poppins and Wicked. Regional: Gypsy (The Cape Playhouse), Bye

4 Hello, Dolly! Casting NEWS 4/6 Bye Birdie (Sacramento Music Circus) and Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse). Television: Peter Pan Live! and Nurse Jackie. Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music. MORGAN KIRNER (Ermengarde). Regional: The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, The Wizard of Oz and High School Musical. Film: The Fifth Door, The Great White Way and Beautifully Cruel. Education: Boston Conservatory. JESSICA SHERIDAN (Ernestina). Broadway/NYC: Hello, Dolly!, Sister Act, Follies, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Tours: The Bridges of Madison County, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, How to Succeed... and Footloose. Film: The Producers. Television: Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall. Award nominations: Ovation Award (Lead Actress in a Musical) and LA Weekly Award (Musical Performance). Segerstrom Center for the Arts applauds its corporate partners including Kia Motors America, Official Automotive Partner and United Airlines, Official Airline. Spectrum Reach is the Media Partner of the Broadway and Curtain Call Series. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an acclaimed arts institution as well as a beautiful multi-disciplinary cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence, offering unsurpassed experiences and to engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and a diverse array of inspiring arts-based education and community engagement programs. Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County s largest non-profit arts organization. In addition to its six performance venues, Segerstrom Center is also home to the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School. The Center presents a broad range of programming for audiences of all ages, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events. Segerstrom Center is a leader among the nation s performing arts centers for providing education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. The Center s programs reach hundreds of thousands of students each year in five Southern California counties. Community engagement programs developed through the Center for Dance and Innovation and Center Without Boundaries also connect the Center more comprehensively with Orange County s many diverse communities. The CDI supports flagship artistic programming and a wide range of projects that celebrate innovation, nurture creativity and engage audiences of the future. It is home to the ABT Gillespie School and the School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities. The Center Without Boundaries develops partnerships with noncultural organizations to help them in their own efforts to respond to the ever-changing needs of the community. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is also proud to serve as the artistic home to three of the region s major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, Philharmonic Society of Orange County and

5 Hello, Dolly! Casting NEWS 5/6 Pacific Chorale, who contribute greatly to the artistic life of the region with annual seasons performed at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. In addition to Segerstrom Center for the Arts as a presenting and producing institution, it also identifies the beautiful 14-acre campus that embraces the Center s own facilities as well as two independently acclaimed organizations: Tony Award -winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.

6 Hello, Dolly! Casting NEWS 6/6 HELLO, DOLLY! Segerstrom Center for the Arts Segerstrom Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA January 22 27, 2019 Tuesday Friday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 1:00 and 6:30 p.m. The 2:00 p.m. performance on Saturday, January 26, 2019 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation. Tickets - Start at $29 In person - The Box Office 600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA Open 10 a.m. 6 p.m. daily Online - SCFTA.org Phone - (714) Open 10 a.m. 6 p.m. daily Group Sales - (714) Open 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Information provided is accurate at the time of printing but is subject to change. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a public, non-profit organization. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a registered trademark. # # #