Comments for Heartland Costumes

Comment on Whisk by Peter Wentworth

Peter Wentworth — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:55:06 +0000

Thanks for your interest! – We’ve got several versions of this. I believe the one in the picture used fiberglass rods that we heated and formed into shape. We then stitched together sparkly cloth into tubes to wrap them. The real nightmare was the sparkles falling off the cloth as we stitched them… Constantly gummed up the sewing machine works. Took a lot of cleaning the sewing machine throughout the project. – Good Luck!

Comment on Whisk by Aimee Siter

Aimee Siter — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:30:47 +0000

please let me know how you made this! We need to make one as well!

Comment on Maurice’s Invention by Tim Bixler

Tim Bixler — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:20:12 +0000

An old 12 volt fishing boat trolling motor, a battery, and a belt-driven system of several wooden eccentric cams did the trick spectacularly. The battery also ran several ‘uplights’ on the upper surface of the assembly that made several large glass flasks glow and bubble (aquarium pumps in the colored water and a little soap for froth). some curled copper tubing running from bottle to bottle on top and a quick whiff of dry-ice fog up a “chimney” and the whole effect was spectacular. We even got a local television News ‘feature’ on the creation that added one more excuse for publicity.

Comment on Great Marketing Ideas by Tim Bixler

Tim Bixler — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:06:46 +0000

The day after the costumes arrived, we staged an event called “Breakfast with Belle and the Beast” aimed at familys with small children. We began promoting this only a week prior to the event, and sold out (200 @ $20 a head) in three days with one newspaper feature (free as a news item) and a quick and free e-mail blast to our list of subscribers and patrons. The event included a “free” light up rose, simple buffet style breakfast (total cost of about $350) and a “free” 4×6 photograph of each reservation party with Belle or Beast or Both on the stage framed by Belle’s house. Our photographer exchanged an SD card with another operator of a color ink Jet printer every 5 shots or so, and everyone left the building with their rose and a glossy color photo. Total expense was under $600, and both a HUGE revenue raiser and an even bigger publicity event. Of course the newspaper covered the event with several color pix after the fact…all at the exact moment we needed ticket selling buzz. Our “Silly Girls” and several other of the more spectacularly costumed “Be Our Guest” cast members circulated as servers and hosts. While eating, they were entertained with 3 songs from the show. What created more buzz than anything else was patrons getting to see the costumes close-up. The quality of these outfits was a big piece of the action.

Comment on The TRANSFORMATION by Tim Bixler

Tim Bixler — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:48:33 +0000

We took the simple route, but it worked marvelously well, based on audience reaction. we used a simple trap door that dropped away from underneath. As Belle wept and covered our beast double with her cloak, we dropped the trapdoor and “used” the collapse of the heap under belle’s cloak (he rolled one-half turn in to the trapdoor hole) as a suggestion that beast had evaporated! Belle’s reaction was key, as she clearly recognized the collapse of the cloaked body. A small shot of fog from underneath the door accentuated this effect, and our prince nearly immediately began a slow re-growth of the heap under the cloak. We actually had to extend this re-growth to cover the length of the music running. When our prince finally stood up and removed the cloak the audience really, really bought it!.

Comment on The TRANSFORMATION by Deidre Hook

Deidre Hook — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:14:38 +0000

The transformation was amazing. We had only rehearsed it a few times prior to opening night. We had this enormous large turret (West Wing) with the Beast in it, it was spun around and our Stage Manager and Asst. Stage Manager were ready in the wings with baby wipes and clothing for the change….took less than one minute…our Beast and Prince were the same actor.

Comment on Maurice’s Invention by Deidre Hook

Deidre Hook — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:13:40 +0000

Maurice’s contraption, as we called it….was a complete show stopper. Our Belle’s characters real dad made the invention…..out of a small engine on four wheels, that was loud and obnoxious and hysterical. He also made it able to chop a piece of wood in the front..it was motorized….painted green, yellow, blue, white, red and black…..very, very funny!

Comment on Great Marketing Ideas by Deidre Hook

Deidre Hook — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:18:03 +0000

We sold Single Red Roses with Fern and Baby’s Breath, cost was $2.25 per rose and we charged $5.00 per rose. We also sold a “birthday party”, complete with pizza, cake, reserved seating, goody bags, meet the cast, onstage prior to show…tour or costume room, etc. Charged $300.00 for party of 8.

We did not include the light up roses in the actual event. We did sell them as fundraiser for $3.00 each.

Comment on Costume FAQ by admin

admin — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:58:43 +0000

In reply to Monte.

I’m sorry – no. But there are ample pictures of the Beast (esp. the Broadway version) that should serve as a good guide. – Sorry.

Comment on Costume FAQ by Monte

Monte — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:51:58 +0000

Do you offer any help with the Beast Make-up?