If you go
› What: “Hello, Dolly!”› Where: Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St.› When: 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, July 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 and Aug. 3-4; 7 p.m. Thursdays, July 19 and 26 and Aug. 2; 2:30 p.m. Sundays, July 15, 22, 29 and Aug. 5.› Admission: $11-$30› For more information: 423-267-8534 or TheatreCentre.comSpecial event› Thursday, July 19: Live captioning for the hearing-impaired, 7 p.m.
Beth McClary plays Dolly Levi at Chattanooga Theatre Centre. (Photo: Chattanooga Theatre Centre)
Dolly (Beth McClary), left, has plans to help the romantic intentions of Ambrose (Tanner Dean) and Ermengarde (Genna Raborn), as well as “half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder (Rob Inman). (Photo: Chattanooga Theatre Centre)
Beth McClary is the irrepressible Dolly Levi in the Chattanooga Theatre Centre’s production of “Hello Dolly!” (Photo: Chattanooga Theatre Centre)
Cornelius (Jeremy Campbell), Irene (Anne Barbieri), Minnie Fay (Kimberly Rye) and Barnaby (Joshua Harrell), from left, find romance on their adventure in New York. (Photo: Chattanooga Theatre Centre)Chattanooga Theatre Centre will open the Broadway blockbuster “Hello, Dolly!” on Friday, July 13, for four weekends of performances through Aug. 5.
The iconic role of Dolly Levi immediately conjures names of Broadway and film greats who made the role theirs: Betty Grable, Barbra Streisand, Carol Channing, Pearl Bailey and Bette Midler.
Taking on the title role of the irrepressible matchmaker at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre is Beth McClary.
“My goal in life is to try to live up to their legacy. I don’t even pretend to feel that I could compete on their stage, but I just want to honor them,” McClary says.