Both are excellent, especially Voyce, who commands the stage whenever he is on it. Vandergelder owns a hay and feed store and his two employees are chief clerk Cornelius Hackl (Eddie Voyce) and Barnaby Tucker (J. I have been impressed with Hayakawa whenever I’ve seen her on stage and she does not disappoint in this role, which is perfect for her. Hayakawa’s character has very little to actually speak, but she whines beautifully. Vandergelder is a misogynist who appears to want a replacement for his deceased wife only as someone who can clean the house (“It takes a woman all powdered and pink/To joyously clean out the drain in the sink”).Īt the same time, he is determined to prevent his niece Ermengarde (Devon Hayakawa) from marrying the love of her life, Ambrose Kemper (Cameron Turner), because he believes the young artist will not be able to provide a steady living and that Ermengarde is too immature to be married. Quoresimo gives Dolly energy and heart as she sets her cap for the curmudgeonly “half-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder (Steve Mackay) and in the process manages to pair up a few other couples as well.ĭolly is coming back to life after a period of widowhood and is searching for a “sign” from her previous husband Ephram that it’s OK to marry again. This production of the Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart musical based on the book by Thornton Wilder is directed by Cheryl Watson, with choreography by Staci Arriaga. Dolly Gallagher Levi (Lisa Quoresimo), the lady who “arranges things, like furniture and daffodils and lives,” has marched onto the stage of the Woodland Opera House and taken possession. Tickets: $25 general, $23 seniors, $12 children 17 and younger $15 adult balcony, $7 children balcony Where: Woodland Opera House, 340 Second St., Woodland
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