What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#1What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/12/20 at 11:45pmThey shuttered for good so suddenly . And what happens all around to the physical production of other touring shows that are now kaput?
#2What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/12/20 at 11:58pm
Nena...relax...I have all the costumes...which ones do you want girl? Do you want the Irene Malloy ones? Hit me up on DM's girl, I'll hook you up...
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#4What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 12:50amWouldn’t be shocked if they send it out as a non-Equity tour. Other than that, probably storage just in case papermill wants to put it on.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#5What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 1:32am
CarlosAlberto said: "Nena...relax...I have all the costumes...which ones do you want girl? Do you want the Irene Malloy ones? Hit me up on DM's girl, I'll hook you up..."
Nothing but Dollys Harmonia Gardens gettup will do for me.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#6What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 8:48am
I was informed Dollypop is having it shipped to his VANDERGELDER storage facility, which already houses a few productions of HELLO, DOLLY!, including the original 1964 Broadway production.
#7What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 10:01am
I always thought some of the items would be auctioned off to fans.
#8What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 11:12am
I thought unused scenery and props were stored and rented out to regional theaters? Or the companies that produced them originally would take them back and repurpose to future productions.
#9What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 12:03pm
Almost all sets and costumes from tours eventually are sold. There are a number of theatrical companies who buy and then make available sets and costumes for rental.
#10What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 12:06pm
PatrickDC said: "I thought unused scenery and props were stored and rented out to regional theaters? Or the companies that produced them originally would take them back and repurpose to future productions."
As far as I understand, sometimes whole scenery and costume packages are bought, stored and rented out by a regional theatre or a separate company that rents out scenery and costumes but the key is they're bought. If no one buys them they're destroyed. It costs too much money to store scenery and costumes if they're not going to be used.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#11What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 12:12pm
Dolly has been done so many times that I'm sure most rental companies have their own sets. The drops in this production is what is worth saving. Everything else could probably get the match. Costumes will be repurposed. You think the set is still standing at it's last venue? I am sure the crew and truckers were sent home right away,. No?
#12What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 12:27pm
Costumes are rarely destroyed but often scenic elements are.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 12:59pmThe original sets are often made available for local productions. The last few times that the Gateway Playhouse did DOLLY! they used the original Oliver Smith sets. Those sets didn't improve the quality of the productions, though.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#14What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 8:37pm
Gateway....that was a very long time ago.
#15What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 9:39pm
If this is about COVID-19, there's no danger in anybody using them, even a month from now. This is an airborn disease. It does last up to a certain amount of time on objects, but there is not yet any indication this is a way to become infected.
And if this isn't about COVID-19, don't get your hopes up, you might just have to build a costume yourself, if you really want one.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#16What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 9:43pm
Goodspeed Opera has a stunning collection of costumes available for rental. You can browse through their warehouse here.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#17What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/13/20 at 10:58pm
joevitus said: "If this is about COVID-19, there's no danger in anybody using them, even a month from now. This is an airborn disease. It does last up to a certain amount of time on objects, but there is not yet any indication this is a way to become infected.
And if this isn't about COVID-19, don't get your hopes up, you might just have to build a costume yourself, if you really want one."
This is about a tour that shuttered early. Nothing about the physical,production carrying the virus...
I wonder if everything is sitting somewhere in the Hello Dolly truck? 420
A Director
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/07
#18What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/14/20 at 12:38am
DAME said: "CarlosAlberto said: "Nena...relax...I have all the costumes...which ones do you want girl? Do you want the Irene Malloy ones? Hit me up on DM's girl, I'll hook you up..."
Nothing but DollysHarmonia Gardens gettup will do for me.
They'll have to let out the dress so it fits you.
"
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#19What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/14/20 at 1:27am
A Director said: "DAME said: "CarlosAlberto said: "Nena...relax...I have all the costumes...which ones do you want girl? Do you want the Irene Malloy ones? Hit me up on DM's girl, I'll hook you up..."
Nothing but DollysHarmonia Gardens gettup will do for me.
They'll have to letout the dress so it fits you.
"
"
BITCH
A Director
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/07
#20What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/14/20 at 10:36pm
DAME said: "A Director said: "DAME said: "CarlosAlberto said: "Nena...relax...I have all the costumes...which ones do you want girl? Do you want the Irene Malloy ones? Hit me up on DM's girl, I'll hook you up..."
Nothing but DollysHarmonia Gardens gettup will do for me.
They'll have to letout the dress so it fits you.
"
"
BITCH"
Guess the truth hurts! :)
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#21What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/15/20 at 4:59am
joevitus said: "If this is about COVID-19, there's no danger in anybody using them, even a month from now. This is an airborn disease. It does last up to a certain amount of time on objects, but there is not yet any indication this is a way to become infected."
Not to threadjack, but that's not quite entirely true. From W.H.O.: "The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets. This is why it is important to stay more than 1 meter (3 feet) away from a person who is sick."
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#22What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/15/20 at 8:57am
DAME said: "Gateway....that was a very long time ago."
In recent years, the Gateway has done DOLLY twice. Thete was.the Mimi Hines production that was horrible (all the Sunday Clothes were white) and Mimi was supposedly quite I'll. That was about 23 years ago. Then they did it again about 10 years ago without any "names" and it was absolutely lackluster. Cornelius stole the show. Both versions used the original Oliver Smith's sets.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#23What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/15/20 at 10:43am
Dollypop said: "DAME said: "Gateway....that was a very long time ago."
In recent years, the Gateway has done DOLLY twice. Thete was.the Mimi Hines production that was horrible (all the Sunday Clothes were white) and Mimi was supposedly quite I'll. That was about 23 years ago. Then they did it again about 10 years ago without any "names" and it was absolutely lackluster. Cornelius stole the show. Both versions used the original Oliver Smith's sets.
"
How many Oliver Smith set reproductions exist?
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#24What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/15/20 at 1:15pmDunno
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#25What happens to the Hello Dolly touring set and props?
Posted: 4/15/20 at 2:01pmDid Carol own one of them ?
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