Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
#0Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 10:28amJust wondering? Do you think of it as human nature, or does that automatically make you think they are less of a performer and therefore bring down the quality of the show?
Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#1re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 10:40amIt isn't something they can help--they can warm up for 2 hours and crack, it's all a matter of circumstance.
KristinChenowethFan
Understudy Joined: 7/31/05
#2re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 10:45amhumans aren't perfect...we can't control EVERYTHING...sometimes you just crack no matter how "GREAT" you are...
#3re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 10:47amImperfections happen. I'm not going to start hating someone because they crack. This is a weird post.
#4re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 10:50am
I can't say it's fine that I crack onstage occasionally, and then complain when someone else does it. So, yes, I forgive them. 
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#5re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:16am
By "cracking" on stage - do we mean like stumbling on a line, or forgetting the line??
If that is what we are saying. I've never seen it happen on Bway. But i've seen it happen in Community/Childrens Theatre - which is totally understandable.
#6re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:17amI thought we were talking about cracking notes - singing.
#7re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:18amcracking = the voice cracks while singing...
#8re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:18am
DUH.
That would make sense. lol.
Well the same thing as before. I mainly see that in Community/Children's Theatre.
#9re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:22am
Of course not. If a performer cracks then I personally damn them to hell. 
Updated On: 8/7/05 at 11:22 AM
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#10re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:22pmDuh. At least they're giving it their all.
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#11re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:25pmthey should be taken to prison and locked away for the rest of their existence. Zero tolerance for crackers.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#12re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:25pm
I'm with Patronus,
I like to stand up in the audience and yell, "We all heard you crack!" and then wait for them by the stage door so I can get a picture with me telling them they cracked.
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-whatever2
#13re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:27pm
Oh yeah, I usually take my sign to pose with them at the stage door that says:
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I AM WITH SALTINE.
Updated On: 8/7/05 at 12:27 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#14re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:44pmWait, are we talking about white people?
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#15re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:46pm
LOL, I thought the same thing. I actually posted a response to the "zero tolerance for crackers" comment, but I chickened out and edited it to reflect the Saltine/Stage Door photo comment.
MissElphie
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/05
#16re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:48pmI think it's ok. They are only human. I jsut would hope it's not a regular occurance.
#17re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:51pmcraking is perfecly normal especially if you're nervous because face it, even the best of the best still get nervous before going onstage. nobody is perfect, && the skilled actors are the ones who will sit in the audience and know what the person is going through. after hours upon hours upon more hours of rehearsal, you're voice isn't exactly peachy. ohh trust me. people need to learn to deal and cope. we're only human.
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Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#18re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:04pm
i absolutely hate it when professionals crack..i mean COME ON!!! i'm even better than that!!!
YEAH RIGHT!
come on, they're human!!! it doesn't bother me in the slightest, i actually almost like it because it brings back into my brain that they're real people, not superhuman performing machines.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#19re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:09pmWhat's craking?
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-whatever2
#20re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:09pmIt's annoying. LaCheno did it all through her Wicked performance when I saw it. I'm not paying for her to laugh at herself.
bwayfan3
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/04
#21re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:17pmSomeone should decide if this thread is about voices cracking or breaking character.
#22re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:19pm
pretty sure it's voices craking.
though breaking character depnds on the person && whether or not they can "stay in the zone"
i can't control my destiny.
i trust my soul.
my only goal is just to be.
-- Rent ♥
-- Rent ♥
#23re: Do you forgive performers who crack onstage?
Posted: 8/7/05 at 1:19pm
pretty sure it's voices craking.
though breaking character depnds on the person && whether or not they can "stay in the zone"
i can't control my destiny.
i trust my soul.
my only goal is just to be.
-- Rent ♥
-- Rent ♥
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