BoM Q: How do they get their vests on?

All I know is that Elder Price randomly joins in when the lights turn back on, and Elder Cunningham is usually sitting back down on one of the couch cushions. Maybe Price collects the over shirts (or distributes the vests) and Cunningham hides them? Just a thought.

During my third time seeing the show I tried to watch closely and it seems like their vests are tucked into their pants. I wonder if during a performance if someone failed to get their vest on as it seems like they only have 15 seconds or so during the blackout.

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In the Broadway company, the Elders played by Ben Schrader and Justin Bohon were not on stage when Price and Cunningham arrived at the missionary residence in Uganda. There was only Rory O'Malley, Brian Sears, Jason Michael Snow, Kevin Duda, and Scott Burhardt. Bohon and Schrader are off stage until the second clap/blackout in Turn It Off.

The second blackout is slightly longer, and Schrader and Bohon brought out the vests and join the tap dance. I believe they go over the elders' heads and magnatize at the centre seam in the back and velcro would be too difficult to align in the dark.

EDIT: I think Price was added to the tap dance both as a point of comedy and also to mask the obviousness of two ensemble members having joined the number mid-way.

Updated On: 2/24/13 at 05:41 PM

It's a nifty little Mormon trick.

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