“HELLO, DOLLY!” COMES TO DELAWARE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL APR. 25-27

 Based on The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, Hello Dolly tells the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a matchmaker who has been hired to arrange a marriage for the widowed half-millionaire Horace Vandergelder. Dolly, however, has other plans. She has herself been recently widowed and come to the conclusion that Horace and his fortune will make her the perfect mate. So when she arrives in Yonkers, she immediately begins to plant seeds of doubt in Vandergelder's mind about Irene Molloy, the pretty young widow she has picked out for him.

Meanwhile, down in the bowels of Vandergelder's Hay and Feed Store, two of his employees are plotting to take advantage of the boss' absence. Cornelius and Barnaby have decided to sneak off for their first-ever peek at the big city. They want to experience everything--maybe even kiss a girl! Once they make their escape, however, they have the misfortune of spotting Vandergelder on the street. Attempting to escape unnoticed, they slip into Irene Molloy's hat shop, the very place Vandergelder has arranged to meet with Mrs. Molloy. Dolly and Irene attempt to hide the boys from Vandergelder who, much to Dolly's delight, quickly comes to the conclusion that his intended fiancée is hiding a roomful of strange men. Vandergelder storms out indignantly, announcing his intention to meet instead with the extraordinarily wealthy Ernestina Money. This suits everyone just fine, for Cornelius has found himself smitten by Irene, and Irene, for her part, has already admitted to her assistant, Minnie Fay, that she was about to accept Vandergelder's proposal only to escape from the drudgeries of her little hat shop. Dolly quickly sizes up the situation and suggests that the boys take Irene and Minnie Fay to dinner at the fashionable Harmonia Gardens to make amends for ruining the meeting with Vandergelder. Although Cornelius and Barnaby cannot afford such an expensive dinner, they soon find themselves standing in front of the Harmonia Gardens, two beautiful women on their arms and no idea how they will pay the bill. But when Vandergelder shows up at the same restaurant searching for the mysterious Ernestina, mayhem erupts, and by the time the confusion is over, everything may just have worked itself out--even if it isn't the way one might have expected when the evening began!

HELLO, DOLLY! is an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly Gallagher Levi! Classic musical numbers include Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes A Moment and So Long, Dearie.

So, get your tickets before the parade passes by!  Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Friday April 25 and Saturday April 26, and 2 p.m. on Sunday April 27th.  Tickets are $10, and $7 for students and senior citizens.  ALL SEATS ARE RESERVED, AND EARLY RESERVATIONS ARE STRONGLY SUGGESTED, AS ALL THREE SHOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STANDING-ROOM ONLY.  To reserve your tickets, call 570 296-3656 x 7373 or click here!