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| Dumplings in Hello Dolly! | |
| Posted by: jeffef 02:54 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| Ever since I saw the original tour with Mary Martin, and every time since I’ve wondered what the heck, how did they make those? Bread? Too filling Marshmallow too filling I thought meringue? Curiosity is going to kill me. One of you must know. |
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| "I saw the original tour with Mary Martin" | |
| Posted by: young-walsingham 04:17 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: Dumplings in Hello Dolly! - jeffef 02:54 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| So, what was she like? | |
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| re: "I saw the original tour with Mary Martin" | |
| Posted by: jeffef 05:49 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: "I saw the original tour with Mary Martin" - young-walsingham 04:17 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| Perfection! | |
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| re: Dumplings in Hello Dolly! | |
| Posted by: TMGnyc 03:42 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: Dumplings in Hello Dolly! - jeffef 02:54 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| While cotton candy dumplings were used initially with Carol Channing, the amount of sugar became a bit much. They soon switched to tissue paper formed around a light bulb which gave it a shape and turned it slightly brown (okay, dark tan). This allows Dolly to stuff them into her mouth continuously, pretend to chew and then, when she wipes her mouth, spit them into the napkin. Most Dolly's will continue to chew long after the tissue has been removed. I would assume that this is the method used in the current production, but they may be doing it differently. I worked the late 1970's Carol Channing tour when it was in DC and watched their prop man doing this. | |
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| re: Dumplings in Hello Dolly! | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 03:14 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: Dumplings in Hello Dolly! - jeffef 02:54 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| It's tissue paper I believe. There was a thread about it here around the time the show opened. | |
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| Posted by: Guillaume 03:16 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Dumplings in Hello Dolly! - Guillaume 03:14 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| Posted by: Chromolume 11:39 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
| In reply to: re: sorry i was wrong - its : - Guillaume 03:16 pm EDT 11/01/17 | |
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| That link is specifically about a Goodspeed production in 2013. That doesn't mean that other productions - including the current NYC one - have done the dumplings the same way. | |
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