Baldwin, Charles and More Join Paper Mill's Hello, Dolly!

Kate Baldwin, Walter Charles and Jessica Snow-Wilson are among the performers who will join the previously-announced Tovah Feldshuh in the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the classic Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical Hello, Dolly!, which will run from June 7th through July 23rd, with an opening night set for June 10th.

The musical, which is based on Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, will be directed by Mark S. Hoebee and choreographed by Mia Michaels. Four-time Tony Award-nominee Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony) will star as Dolly Gallagher Levi, who runs a matchmaking business while sparring with grumpy millionaire bachelor Horace Vandergelder in Yonkers, NY. Charles will play Vandergelder, Baldwin will play Irene Molloy, Snow-Wilson will be seen as Minnie Fay, Jonathan Rayson will portray Cornelius Hackl and Brian Sears will play Barnaby Tucker.

Jennifer Allen, Brian Barry, Nova Bergeron, Ryan Patrick Binder, Heather Carino, Nigel Columbus, Marisa Joy Ganz, Andrew Gehling, Ben Hartley, Margot LaBarre, Denis Lambert, Lauren Marcus, Leisa Mather, Anna McNeely, Christopher T. Noffke, Dennis O'Bannion, Benjie Randall, Roger Preston Smith, William Solo, Brandon Tyler, Lael Van Keuren, Mindy Wallace, and Ryan Thomas Worsing will also be featured in the cast.

Baldwin has been seen on Broadway in Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Full Monty, as well as Off-Broadway in Bush is Bad and regionally in shows such as White Christmas, South Pacific and Guys and Dolls. Charles was most recently seen on Broadway in The Woman in White; his other credits include Big River, The Boys from Syracuse, Kiss Me, Kate, Aspects of Love, Me and My Girl, Cats and Sweeney Todd.

Snow-Wilson has been seen on Broadway in Good Vibrations, Little Shop of Horrors, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Les Miserables. Rayson's Broadway credits include Little Shop of Horrors and A Year with Frog and Toad, while Sears' credits include All Shook Up.

The production's creative team will include Michael Anania (sets), James Schuette (costumes), Charlie Morrison (lighting), Randy Hanson (sound), and Bettie Rogers (hair, wigs, and make-up).

With a score by Herman and a book by Stewart, Hello, Dolly! was originally directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, and starred Carol Channing in the role with which she is still associated. The show, which ran for 2,844 performances, won 10 1964 Tony Awards--including Best Musical and Best Actress for Channing. Revivals of the show, starring Channing, were mounted in 1978 and 1995, while Pearl Bailey--who had been one of many replacements during the show's original run--headlined an all-black version of the show in 1975.

The Paper Mill Playhouse is located in Millburn, NJ. Performances are Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Thursdays and Sundays at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $31-$68. Call (973) 376-4343 or visit www.papermill.org.