Vandergelder's Store missing at Oct 14 matinee

Near the end of Act 2 at today's matinee of Hello, Dolly!, the Bette Midler side-splitting adlibs were many, as the Scene 4 courtroom scene sequed to the final Hudson River Valley, totally skipping the return to Vandergelder's Hay and Feed Store.

Bette sat on the stage floor to deliver her lines, then stood and shook off oodles of salt from her costume. The spilled salt was from the earlier Harmonia Garden's Scene.

"We're missing our set," she beamed at one point.

Amazingly, the cast's movement was fluid, with no break in the show.

Jesus, this production is a damned mess.

I miss Falsettos.

Updated On: 10/14/17 at 06:46 PM

Jesus, this production is a damned mess.

What the p*uck are you taking about? This is only the 2nd set malfunction since the show started in March 2017. We’re in October - 7 months into the run.

Wait so So Long Dearie and Horace's last "I never knew, Dolly" was at the courtroom/Riverside? I think it would work just fine, but wondering how the scene where crew comes back to demand their money and stuff was done.

Alex Kulak2 said: "Jesus, this production is a damned mess.

I missFalsettos."

I secretly think Alex is an Instagram Broadway account. There's no other way to describe it.

Updated On: 10/14/17 at 08:59 PM

I missed Falsettos also -- I walked out at intermission! Ugh! What a dated bore that was.

JayG 2 said: "I missed Falsettos also -- I walked out at intermission! Ugh! What a dated bore that was."

Sounds like you didn't miss it then?

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "We needed a whole new thread for this? As if there aren't 800 other Dolly threads...."

You can NEVER have enough Dolly threads . EVER!