Are there any broadway casts who have had a Big reputation?

Im not sure im wording this right. What i mean is, Are there any broadway ensembles that as a whole are very unkind to new people in the cast? Or casts that have a repuation ( good or bad). For example: I know the RENT cast had a bad reputation of always going out of character during performances. I know the WSS cast got screamed at a few times by the creative team. What others?

I have heard from many cast member of the original production of Les Mis (from alums of both the Broadway and national tours) that part of the reason for all of the in-jokes is that the blocking for the ensemble was very open/undefined. For a lot of the bigger crowd scenes when they were being essentially background they were given a very basic outline of their staging, but very few specifics. Supposedly the original intention was to keep the crowd feeling organic, but it of course led to a lot of the goofing around and in-jokes that went on.

Also very true, ghostlight.

And not that I'm defending the actors who ultimately ended up going over the top with the onstage fooling around, but I can't say I'm surprised that it eventually happened. It can be hard to maintain a show when their directions are along the lines of "enter here and make up some business that makes sure you are at this point by this line." It was really a recipe for disaster.

There is the infamous -I am editing her name - Les Miz story . It involved urine.

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Updated On: 4/18/13 at 09:45 PM

Yes, please share!

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Updated On: 4/19/13 at 10:08 PM

Original Cast.

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If you google it you can find an older thread that tells the story.

Oooh fun.