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HELLO, DOLLY! Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, May 11 to July 3, 2004 Book by Michael Stewart, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman Choreography by Bill Bateman, directed by Frank Anzalone
The Annual Philly Awards, 2003 - 2004 Deborah Jean Templin: Leading Actress in a Musical, Nominee
[Deborah Jean] Templin displays her considerable talents as a singer and musical performer in the signature “Hello, Dolly!” number. Douglas J. Keating, Philadelphia Inquirer
Walnut Street Theatre’s highly entertaining staging of Hello, Dolly!, starring the sparkling Deborah Jean Templin as the resourceful matchmaker… J. Cooper Robb, Backstage
Dolly (the delightful Deborah Jean Templin)…never happier than when multitasking….handles minor impediments like a buzz-saw through whipped cream. [Templin] more than holds her own in the role - a remarkable achievement... J. Cooper Robb, Philadelphia Weekly Templin proves a fresh and vibrant Dolly. Youngish, quick and effervescent, this redhead has an impish smile even as she goes about doing nefarious deeds….A tuneful and confident singer. Anita Donovan, Bucks County Courier Times
Starring as Dolly is
Deborah Jean Templin. Last seen playing Miss Hannigan in the Walnut Street’s
Annie, Templin brings her own style of adorable, brassy humor to the role.
Without being overpowering in one of theater's most iconic roles, she wins the
audience’s affection nicely. Dolly is Deborah Jean Templin
….certainly more than handles the charismatic character who drives the show. Deborah Jean Templin, a deliciously devious Miss Hannigan in Annie earlier this season at the Walnut makes a splendidly congenial Dolly Gallagher Levi, the overbearing yet lovable matchmaker and professional busybody who is determinedly to wed curmudgeonly shop owner Horace Vandergelder, played by Tom Ligon.Mark Cofta Main Line Times Deborah Jean Templin is terrific as outgoing matchmaker Dolly Levi in Walnut Street’s production of Hello, Dolly! Templin wowed Walnut audiences earlier this season with her performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie. Knockout numbers “Before the Parade Basses By” and the title song feature Templin and company arrayed in stunning costumes designed by Gail Cooper-Hecht Press Focus Newspapers |