Hello, Dolly ! Question !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was the show short to anyone?

The reason I'm asking this question is because I'm doing the show now and it seem short.

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Updated On: 4/19/05 at 08:42 PM

He wanted to cut the title number!!? That's awful!

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Oh.....I'm having a GREAT time doing it .......yeah we've cut some things down that some people might think is stupid....and I do too.

What was shortened:

"Hello, Dolly !" (Yep....I know....they took out "I've Been Away From the Lighs of 14th Street Part")

Now that we've been working on it now......The Harmonia Gardens Scene seems very long and I'm playing Cornelius and we sit there forever while Dolly and Vandergelder talk.

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Hello, Dolly is a masterpiece of economy, and is one of the shortest of the classic musicals. It usually runs, with intermission, around two hours and twenty minutes, and I believe that's with no cuts. It's such a shame to cut any of the Waiter's Galop. If staged well, it can be a huge crowd pleaser AND advance the story (i.e. develop Rudolf as more than a Colonel Klink wannabe and let us get to know the waiters better so we can relate to Dolly's affection for them).

Yes, this moron director wanted to cut the title song because he felt it didn't "move the plot". I tried to explain that it is actually the spine of the show. At the end of Act One, Dolly resolves to "re-join the human race" and when she walks down the staircase in that stunning red gown, she proves that she means it. When Gower Champion staged the number, he had Dolly pick up the train to her gown and wrap it around her arm as if she meant business. He also made sure that she had the handsomest waiters to flirt with while singing the tune.

Oh, how I wish I was seeing that show yet again!

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The length of this show would seem different to different cast members. I'm playing Irene Molloy in a production right now, and the Harmonia Gardens and the hatshop scene both seem heinously long. Hello Dolly seems to take forever to the six people who carry the show (Vandergelder, Dolly, Irene, Cornelius, Barnaby, Minnie), but to an ensemble member, it would seem quite short.
Just my opinion.

(And cut the title song? Eek!)

Yes the Harmonia Gardens Scene seem soooooooooooooooo long Me, Barnaby, Irene and Minnie get so bored up there. I agree with the Hat Shop as well.

Has anyone done the show without and intermission? We are.

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