Posted: 6/17/19 at 12:26am
Does anyone know how this is done? Is it magnets?
Posted: 6/17/19 at 12:32am
I think it may be a hook that comes out of the railing and attaches to some sort of camouflaged harness on the back of her dress. There’s a lot going on near her right before, so someone has the chance to hook her in without drawing too much attention.
Updated On: 6/17/19 at 12:32 AM
Posted: 6/17/19 at 1:16am
At my preview performance, it wasn’t that tight/seamless as it prob is now, so I peeped the ends and outs of it.
I could be missing something, but that’s what I saw.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 1:21am
OffOnBwayHi said: "
At my preview performance, it wasn’t that tight/seamless as it prob is now, so I peeped the ends and outs of it.
I could be missing something, but that’s what I saw."
That makes a ton of sense. Pretty neat. I went to the very last preview and if I remember correctly, Adam, or someone else, sorta gets behind her immediately before like they’re prepping something. Maybe making sure she gets on. That’s why I thought it was some sort of hook, but a seat makes a lot more sense.
Updated On: 6/17/19 at 01:21 AM
Posted: 6/17/19 at 1:30am
OffOnBwayHi said: "
At my preview performance, it wasn’t that tight/seamless as it prob is now, so I peeped the ends and outs of it.
I could be missing something, but that’s what I saw."
thanks so much! i'm flying to the US to see the show a few times next month & i'll keep my eye out.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 3:31am
Posted: 6/17/19 at 7:08am
This reminds me, and apologies for potentially hijacking a thread, but this seems like a similar trick that lifted the Witch in the original run of INTO THE WOODS when she visits the Baker near the beginning. I only saw the PBS video. Bernadette sits on a stool in front of the oven. Joanna stands rather awkwardly, one leg stretched back and flaring her long skirt, I assume to cover some type of lever that comes out of the oven, fits under the stool, and lifts her up.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 8:20am
Posted: 6/17/19 at 9:12am
I sat on the extreme right side, and
from there you can see how they do it. It looked like a kind of saddle to me, but a bike seat makes more sense. It's attached to the stairs. She doesn't levitate for that long, and after she's down Adam, who's mopping the floor, comes behind her and the seat falls into his bucket.
I'm pretty sure this is the same method they use for lifting Barbara earlier in the act, although I think that happens somewhere else in the set (?)
Posted: 6/17/19 at 12:06pm
GlindatheGood22 said: "I sat on the extreme right side, and
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Yes. The Barbara thing happens to the left of the staircase, next to the front door. Could be a similar method too, although she seems more pinned to the wall there.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 5:01pm
taylortrensch said: "OffOnBwayHi said: "
At my preview performance, it wasn’t that tight/seamless as it prob is now, so I peeped the ends and outs of it.
I could be missing something, but that’s what I saw."
thanks so much! i'm flying to the US to see the show a few times next month & i'll keep my eye out."
No prob! Enjoy! It’s a fantastic show. Worth the money.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 6:12pm
Posted: 6/17/19 at 8:25pm
TobiasRagg said: "GlindatheGood22 said: "I sat on the extreme right side, and
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Yes. The Barbara thinghappens to the left of the staircase, next to the front door. Could be a similar method too, although she seems more pinned to the wall there."
I was sitting in the left orchestra and, unless my eyes were playing tricks on me, Barbara doesn't sit on a seat or anything. I clearly saw what looked like some kind of bar coming out of her back that bobbed with her every movement, so I'm thinking she was in a harness.
Or maybe it was a seat? Just looked too high up her body to me.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 9:12pm
Since someone brought up Into the Woods, how did Bernadette do the quick change from old crone to beautiful? Was she wearing a mask?
Posted: 6/17/19 at 9:24pm
logan2 said: "Since someone brought up Into the Woods, how did Bernadette do the quick change from old crone to beautiful? Was she wearing a mask?"
This has been discussed here before and I believe this was the answer.
In the show the entire scene before the transformation was performed by a double and a voice over. Bernadette was already in costume upstage ready to switch with her. For the video release they reshot the preceding scene with Bernadette so the use of a double was less obvious.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 9:25pm
logan2 said: "Since someone brought up Into the Woods, how did Bernadette do the quick change from old crone to beautiful? Was she wearing a mask?"
I believe Bernadette’s witch makeup on actual Broadway wasn’t as intricate as it was for the PBS recording, making it easier and faster to run off stage and do a quick change while a body double took her place on stage with a hood up in the ugly witch garb.
Posted: 6/17/19 at 9:37pm
Thank you bwaybrent and CATSnyrevival
Posted: 6/18/19 at 12:21am
I believe Bernadette’s witch makeup on actual Broadway wasn’t as intricate as it was for the PBS recording, making it easier and fasterto run off stage and do a quick change while a body double took her place on stage with a hood upin the ugly witch garb."
Covered above; a body double performed the entire scene; Bernadette had about 9 minutes from the end of Stay With me to change from the ugly makeup to the glam Witch and get into place for the transformation.
Her make-up was, indeed changed for the PBS broadcast. For comparison: 
