HELLO, DOLLY!   Role: Barnaby Tucker   Production Info: 7/22-8/8/98 @ Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals Director: Neil Larson Choreographer: Paula Sloan Music Director: Art Yelton

Playing Barnaby in Hello, Dolly!, I realized for the first time how much I love being the “second banana.” It’s nice to be able to goof around and have fun . . . to make the audience laugh without having the responsibility of carrying the whole show on your shoulders. This was a really beautiful production — stunning costumes and rich orchestrations, along with a really nice and talented group of performers. I’m probably a bit too tall to play Barnaby in anything other than a stock production, so I’m glad I had the opportunity to perform this fun role!   Click on this link to read more information about Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals.

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The Second Bananas . . . Barnaby Tucker (that’s me!) and Minnie Fay (played by Jackie Short).

It Takes A Woman: Sean Frank Sullivan as Cornelius Hackl with Me and my Featherduster Friend

Look, I’m Dancing: Nancy Sinclair as Dolly Levi, twirling me silly

Elegance: Sean Frank Sullivan as Cornelius, Karen Olson Pierce as Irene Molloy, You-Know-Who as Barnaby, and Jackie Short as Minnie Fay

The Gang’s All Here . . . Nancy Sinclair as Dolly Levi, Jack Dabdoub as Horace Vandergelder, Sean Frank Sullivan as Cornelius, Karen Olson Pierce as Irene Molloy, Me again, and Jackie Short as Minnie Fay