Biggest mistake you've witnessed on stage. — Page 7

I saw a tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC with Marie Osmond as Maria, and during the title song, she's twirling around, and her wig falls off as she's dancing/singing. I was sitting far back, and it took me a second to realize what happened. I thought for some reason she had a dog on stage...but it was her wig. Then I noticed her wig cap. She made no attempt to pick up the wig during the number. I believe she just kicked it off stage at the end of the scene.


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Although this isn't really a noticeable mishap, I saw MISS SAIGON on tour once and was sitting in the front row. Kim draws a gun on Thuy and then kills him. She over-gesticulated after shooting him and her gun went flying across the stage floor and skidded onto the orchestra pit cover, and landed at my feet! At intermission a crew member discreetly went through the pass-thru door and I gave him his prop.

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Not really a huge mistake but whatever!

I saw Wicked in London about a month into Idina's run and it was the scene where Elphaba makes Nessa's chair move etc and i can't remember the lead up to the line but one of the students says to Galinda, "You should say something!" which instead of being answered, there was (literally) over a ten second pause before Helen Dallimore realised and said, "...Should I?". Blondes... :P

Once when I saw Hairspray for the 2nd time it was during intermission and people are realizing "Hey its been 15 minutes...okay now 20 minutes..."

Then all of a sudden I assume a man who was the stage manager comes out and says exactly this and nothing else "Your Penny will change for the 2nd Act Thank You" and walked off.

It was quite funny!

Then when I saw Hairspray on Tour...The Hairspray can didnt open and Enda said "Get me outta here! I farted!" It was hilarious!

In Legally Blonde, two or three weeks ago, LBB and Andy Karl (on as Emmett) were singing through the title song and it was almost over- at the part where they're both leaning up against the door- and he had just sung the line, "Please don't go. Please open the door..." and... she did. She started to open up the door and he just stared at it for a second with a wide-eyed sort of surprise before gently re-shutting the door... It was just funny because it made no sense- he's begging her to open the door, she does, and then he essentially forces her back into the room.

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la_vie, I was at that show as well. She did not open the door on that line - she sang the line "Some girls were just meant to smile..." and put her hand to the door, as her direction requires her to do. The door was not snapped shut completely, therefore it swung open slightly. She quickly grabbed the handle to close it herself, and on his line "If you can hear, can I just say how much I want you to stay...", Andy lightly touched the door to help her close it completely.