During the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS revival, Douglass Sills had several very fast costume changes during "The Meek Shall Inherit"
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"I'd like to know how Glinda gets out of the bubble dress and into the Shiz uniform so quickly, especially since the bubble dress is so massive. "
Me too. And she has to change her wig too.
same here but my cousin took me backstage and g(a)linda has her own quick change room which is the elevator staff off of stage left about 10-20 feet away from the stage. they already have every costume piece number by the music number in the show.
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Tracy and Edna's in "Welcome To The 60s." Tracy changes much faster than Edna, in about 30 seconds. She and Edna have to change their dress, wig, and shoes.
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"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
The Jersey Girls in Jersey Boys have some ridiculous ones. When I was backstage they showed me something like 40 costumes and 12 wigs and pairs of shoes for each girl. I think that Jennifer Naimo had a really ridiculous one somewhere that didnt involve layering and was 7 seconds.
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One of the quickest was the cast of "Titanic" who first played the 3rd class passengers, then came back and played the 1st class passengers.
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Zaza in La Cage when he doing that number where he puts on makeup and wears this barbara cook style dress and then suddenly zam! it turns into another dress. I know how it's done but still... it looks amazing!
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Elle has 3 pretty quick changes. The first one is onstage during the opening number. The second one is during Chip on Your Shoulder where she goes from the bunny outfit to tight jeans in a shirt while in a closet, continuing dialogue. The third is at the beginning of Legally Blonde Remix where she goes into the closet and comes out 5 seconds later in a pink suit.
According to the guiness book of records I think Our House has the fastest quick change 4 seconds I believe... I read it a while ago, so it may have changed since Also i'm only half sure it was Our House
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I'd like to know how Glinda gets out of the bubble dress and into the Shiz uniform so quickly, especially since the bubble dress is so massive.
I reckon Shiz skirt+shoes are already on under the bubble skirt, which is separate from the top. Bubble skirt comes off, bubble collar detaches, Shiz jacket goes on over the top of bubble corset, wig is pulled off and thrown on. Not that I think about these things too much, you understand. ^_^
The 'Our House' quick change can be seen on the DVD of the show!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
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In 42nd Street, in Dames, all the male dancers have two costumes in the number and have something like 8 bars to change from ratty clothes into black tie tuxedos.
Elle's changes aren't really that quick. As others have said, the pink dress is underneath the white one and they just pull it off with magnets.
The second one...she has quite some time for that change since she's behind the wall. =
UM. The last one she doesn't change at all. She just takes off her coat. It's not a suit, it's a dress...which is clearly visible under her coat when she walks in (if you're in rush seats).
The fastest quick changes are in The Mystery of Irma Vep. The play only has two actors and it requires each actor to exit the stage, change from a man into a woman or woman into a man, then re-enter on the other side of the stage. Basically the changes are done while the actor is running. And it's not just one change, these changes happen throughout the show.
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City of Angels - Randy Graff is singing in an office (If I remember correctly), a quick black out, and then she turns up in a bed in a nightgown. In SECONDS...it's the fastest "quick change" I've ever seen accomplished.
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