Actor Slashes Own Throat

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:04pm

https://uk.broadwayworld.com/article/Actor_Hoevels_Slashes_Own_Throat_on_Vienna_Stage_20081211

This is crazy!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:07pm

Whoa! Great reason to ALWAYS check your props!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:07pm

Well, he was back on stage the following night so it wasn't all THAT bad.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:08pm

Thank God he was back on his feet at all after that experience, you know?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:32pm

The original story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7777086.stm

[Tom1071]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 1:58pm

And a good reason to be kind and gracious to everyone behind the scenes. You never know...

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 1:59pm

Holy crap.

That's scary.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 2:12pm

Ditto!

Here is another article from MSN:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28177767/?GT1=43001

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 2:26pm

Reminds me of the incident that happened to Ann Reinking during her run in the 1986 Broadway revival of SWEET CHARITY. The prop beer bottle she uses in the show was filled with cleaning solution and burned her larynx. Normally, the prop beer bottle is filled with ginger ale.

Word of advice -- look who you rub the wrong way. The crew is actually more important that those on stage with you.

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 2:39pm

I hope he transfers to the Broadhurst.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 2:46pm

At least he wasn't acting in "Sweeney Todd" and cut someone else's throat first!

[CurtisTaylorJr2]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 2:59pm

That certainly is crazy and it sounds like it was intentional. I agree with the other posters, you really have to be careful how you treat people in the crew, you never know who could go off and do something insane.

[BrianS]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 3:07pm

"Word of advice -- look who you rub the wrong way. The crew is actually more important that those on stage with you. "

I love that rather than commenting on how absolutely criminal and borderline psychotic committing that potentially career ending act was, you used it as an example of why the crew is more important than your fellow actors.

I prefer to think of us all as equals working toward one goal and everyone is entitled to mutual respect and professional courtesy. Isn't the whole "more important/less important" view a very slippery slope?

Even when I have disagreements with individual crew members, I would never imagine either of us taking it beyond a verbal disagreement. Anyone who disagrees has no business being in a professional theater.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 3:31pm

"Well, he was back on stage the following night so it wasn't all THAT bad"

Wow, I do think it's all that bad. He missed the carotid artery which is why he's still alive. Slitting your neck at all is pretty bad in my book.

And whether it was deliberate OR human error, I think the incident is definitely all that bad.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 3:42pm

The price tag was still on it?
That's so unprofessional.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 3:48pm

This reminds me of the beginning of "Amadeus."

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 3:49pm

"The price tag was still on it?"

Well, that's why I tend to think it's human error-someone forgetting to do his job.

It may have been the same person who was to remove the price tag and blunt the edge of the blade. Since neither was done leads me to believe it was an error.

Updated On: 12/11/08 at 03:49 PM

[Weez]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 4:37pm

Jane! Typo, or Freudian slip? You tryin' to confess something here? ;D

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 4:43pm

LOL-that's what I get for not reading before I post!

[Patash]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 5:16pm

Upon reading the headline my only question was "was this before or after the reviews?"

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 6:16pm

Sounds like a case for Lieutenant Frank Cioffi!!!