Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse

[bwayboy22]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#1

Posted: 5/26/26 at 12:50pm

From The Drowsy Chaperone to The Nosy Matchmaker, it looks like Beth Leavel will be playing Dolly Gallagher Levi at the Ogunquit Playhouse this summer.

They've posted this to their youtube page, but haven't officially announced yet!

[Melissa25]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#2

Posted: 5/26/26 at 12:59pm

I am so thrilled with this news. I love Beth Leavel and bought my tickets a while ago so this is such a gift. Can’t wait. She’s going to kill it.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#3

Posted: 5/26/26 at 1:03pm

She's played this role many times before, including in college and she wrote her undergraduate thesis on the role, the show and its history! Fun fact. 

[DaveyG]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#4

Posted: 5/26/26 at 1:24pm

Oh, how I adore her. She's given me so many unforgettable nights in the theatre - Drowsy, The Prom, her "Ladies Who Lunch" in Old Friends, and so many more. Would love to see her Dolly. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#5

Posted: 5/26/26 at 1:30pm

I’d love to see this. I’ve never been up to that theater - is is easy to get to from NYC by train or bus?

[broadfan327]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#6

Posted: 5/26/26 at 1:48pm

It looks like it is seven miles from Greyhound or Amtrak.

[n2nbaby]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#7

Posted: 5/26/26 at 1:52pm

Very excited for this. My partner and I are going to Ogunquit for the first time next month and I got tickets because it’s one of my favorite musicals. Beth will be incredible!

[Sutton Ross]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#8

Posted: 5/26/26 at 1:52pm

Melissa25 said: "I am so thrilled with this news. I love Beth Leavel and bought my tickets a while ago so this is such a gift. Can’t wait. She’s going to kill it."

Absolutely going to kill it, she's so talented. And it's such a beautiful drive from the City in the Summertime.

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#9

Posted: 5/26/26 at 3:13pm

Fun fact: the show's director, Maggie Burrows, is the daughter of legendary sitcom director James Burrows and granddaughter of GUYS & DOLLS scribe Abe Burrows!

[CJRochester]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#10

Posted: 5/26/26 at 4:36pm

That video is no longer public. Possibly someone mistakenly released it too soon. 

Jordan Catalano said: "I’d love to see this. I’ve never been up to that theater - is is easy to get to from NYC by train or bus?"

Yes, there is a train that runs from Boston up to Portland, with a stop at Wells (one town north of Ogunquit). From there you would have to get an Uber to the Playhouse. The Playhouse is walkable to most accommodations in Ogunquit. It's one of my favorite vacation places, and the Playhouse does high quality shows. 

[blaxx]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#11

Posted: 5/26/26 at 5:03pm

Has she ever done Mame?  She is Mame.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[altonido]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#12

Posted: 5/26/26 at 6:21pm

Don't know if she's ever played Mame, but she did play Vera Charles (opposite Dee Hoty's Mame) at St. Louis MUNY.    She also did "Gypsy" at the MUNY.

[Fred Mason]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#13

Posted: 5/26/26 at 6:23pm

Im sure she’ll be wonderful in this, although clips of her Gypsy left much to be desired. 

[mufish]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#14

Posted: 5/26/26 at 8:50pm

CJRochester said: "That video is no longer public. Possibly someone mistakenly released it too soon.

Jordan Catalano said: "I’d love to see this. I’ve never been up to that theater - is is easy to get to from NYC by train or bus?"

Yes, there is a train that runs from Boston up to Portland, with a stop at Wells (one town north of Ogunquit). From there you would have to get an Uber to the Playhouse. The Playhouse is walkable to most accommodations in Ogunquit. It's one of my favorite vacation places, and the Playhouse does high quality shows."

Just to add on to this for Jordan and any other New Yorkers - Boston's North and South Station are not connected at all, so if you were coming from NYC, you'd wind up at South Station (if on the train you could also get off at Back Bay) and then would need to get yourself to North Station for the Downeaster, which runs up to Maine. South to North Station is not doable via public transportation so I'd suggest Amtrak to Back Bay, then take the orange line from there to North Station...or just rideshare from South Station.

[kdogg36]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#15

Posted: 5/26/26 at 10:21pm

It's not actually hard to get from South Station to North Station, but if you're coming from NYC and other places down south, this suggestion is good: get off at Back Bay and take the orange line to North Station.

Updated On: 5/26/26 at 10:21 PM

[Melissa25]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#16

Posted: 5/26/26 at 11:59pm

DaveyG: Oh, how I adore her. She's given me so many unforgettable nights in the theatre - Drowsy, The Prom, her "Ladies Who Lunch" in Old Friends, and so many more...

Wholeheartedly agree.  Plus I would add that her Miss Hannigan at Papermill was an absolute delight. And I loved her as the Baroness in Lempicka. 

 

 

[VernonGersch]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#17

Posted: 5/27/26 at 2:37am

Jordan Catalano said: "I’d love to see this. I’ve never been up to that theater - is is easy to get to from NYC by train or bus?"

Take Amtrak from Penn Station to Boston - then transfer to North Station and take the Downeaster.  I'll join you. 

[wonderwaiter]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#18

Posted: 5/27/26 at 7:28am

Absolutely thrilled with this news. I only live about half an hour away from Ogunquit, so I was already planning to see this early in the run in case I wanted to see it a second time. Now it looks like it might be a second, third, fifth, tenth, twelfth.... 

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[ACL2006]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#19

Posted: 5/27/26 at 9:16am

Have they announced the entire cast?

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[Fordham2015]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#20

Posted: 5/28/26 at 11:00am

Full cast includes Matt Doyle as Cornelius Hackl and Ruthie Ann Miles as Irene Molloy

https://playbill.com/article/beth-leavel-matt-doyle-ruthie-ann-miles-will-star-in-ogunquit-playhouse-hello-dolly

[ren598]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#21

Posted: 5/28/26 at 11:04am

Amazing cast.  Definitely worth a trip up to Maine to see this cast and this show.

[wonderwaiter]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#22

Posted: 5/28/26 at 12:37pm

Fordham2015 said: "Full cast includes Matt Doyle as Cornelius Hackl and Ruthie Ann Miles as Irene Molloy

https://playbill.com/article/beth-leavel-matt-doyle-ruthie-ann-miles-will-star-in-ogunquit-playhouse-hello-dolly"

 

Tenth, twelfth, eighteenth, twenty-second.... I don't know if I can afford this production. 😂 

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[BrodyFosse123]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#23

Posted: 5/28/26 at 12:55pm

Beth already did HELLO, DOLLY! at The Muny back in 2014. Rob McClure was Cornelius Hackl, Mamie Parris was Irene Molloy, Jay Armstrong Johnson was Barnaby Tucker, and John O’Hurley was Horace Vandergelder: 

 

[Melissa25]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#24

Posted: 5/28/26 at 1:07pm

This cast!!! I died and went to heaven. And Adam Heller as Vandergelder. He is my favorite Tevye.

[mrgd55]

Beth Leavel in Hello, Dolly! at Ogunquit Playhouse#25

Posted: 5/28/26 at 1:15pm

Darn! I chose to see City of Angels instead.  Any hope for a Nik Walker/Jordan Danica for Stone/Stein??? Please!