My favorite ad-lib EVER. I was in a production of Anything Goes this past year, and during the first dress, the girl playing Bonnie was still up in our Green Room and couldn't get down to the stage to make one of her entrances. That, however, was unknown to the guys playing Moon and Billy on stage. The conversation after Bonnie didn't show up went something like this:
Moon: "BONNIE!"
Billy: "Who's Bonnie?"
Moon: "Oh, this red-headed chick that travels around with me."
Billy: "Oh, yeah?"
Moon: "Yeah, sleeps with everyone in sight."
Billy: "Is that so? Well..."
Moon: "Yeah. I hope she gets here soon. Maybe I'll call her again. BONNIE!"
Then the director, who was in stitches along with the rest of the cast, stopped them, whereupon Bonnie burst in and delivered her first line. Ah, good times.
Gangway, world, get off of my runway.
- Mama Rose, Gypsy
A bird cage I plan to hang,
I'll get to that someday...
A bird cage for a bird who flew away
Around the world.
- Edie, Grey Gardens