QUINCY — Audiences can put on their Sunday clothes and cast themselves back to the Gay Nineties this month as Quincy Valley Allied Arts brings “Hello, Dolly!” to the stage.
Deborah Roeber and Paul Slager will play the lead roles of fast-talking matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi and curmudgeonly “half-millionaire” shopkeeper Horace Vandergelder, respectively.
“It’s really ambitious for Dolly,” said Assistant Director Lora Allen at rehearsal Thursday. “She has probably 1,000 more words than anyone, a lot of memorizing, and she’s doing amazingly. And vocally, it’s great songs and a lot of singing for her … She lights up the stage and everyone’s just falling in line with her.”…