Yvonne De Carlo in Hello, Dolly!

Does anyone have any information, pics, or audio of Yvonne De Carlo in Hello, Dolly!

I know she did a few nights in Virginia in 1969, but I've only seen a few pics and absolutely no audio/video or reviews.

any info or help is appreciated.
thanks!

Thanks for the info!

Love that she did it with an Irish dialect. Makes me wish it was recorded even more!!

I didn't know the Grand was gone, nealb1. I saw friends in a few shows there.

As for Yvonne De Carlo, I had another friend who was musical director at a theatre where I was working. He had been musical director for one of these Dolly productions starring Yvonne.

He said she was an absolute nightmare to work with and treated everyone horribly. She was demanding and insulting and tried to fire many people while she was there. At one point early in the run, someone wrote "Munster, Go Home" in lipstick on her dressing room mirror.

I had another friend who was in films with Yvonne and knew her for years, but on an entirely different level. She had nothing but wonderful things to say about her. Warm, professional, supportive, etc.

Thought I'd share the second perspective just to help balance it out. Who knows why she was so awful during "Dolly?" There are two sides to every story.

Still I love that "Munster, Go Home" story ... as mean-spirited as it is, it sounded like she had it coming.

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I've heard a mix of the 2 for the original FOLLIES with Yvonne.

I was in junior high at the time when this tour played in my home-town of Joplin, Mo. Being a big MUNSTERS fan, I was excited to see Yvonne DeCarlo, and was extremely disappointed to hear over the loud-speaker that she was ill and would not be playing that night. Nice production, though, and her under-study did a great job.

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/Qb9zN9akscTbjKjRA


Any idea what year it was?

My poster says playing Oct 20 - Jan 10

Here's a great story about De Carlo's understudy in Hello, Dolly - her name is Toni Lamond and she was so great that director Gary Davis wanted to open the show with her instead of Yvonne!



Toni Lamond - CALL ON DOLLY!

One afternoon I ended up a Ms. De Carlo's home thru an invitation from her son. Her home was off Laurel Canyon in a secluded area. The thing I got a kick out of was this massive oil painting of Yvonne in her heyday. It covered practically the whole living room wall. On the coffee table was a Golden Age Film book signed to Yvonne by her mother. The dining room was huge and reminded me of something out of a movie set. It was dark with stained glass windows and intricate woodwork. All it lacked was a knight in full armor in the corner of the room. I expected to see Norma Desmond entering the room at any moment.

I asked her son where his mother was and he said she was in Florida doing HELLO DOLLY!. The year was probably 1977.