Favorite twists in theatre
Favorite twists in theatre
#1Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 5:20pm
What are some of the best twists/reveals in plays or musicals to you? Naturally, spoilers ahead!
I personally love how in August Osage County the reveal of the cousin relationship turns out to be actually brother/sister then more shockingly, Violet knew all along.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#2Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 5:22pm
Wasn't there a thread on this a while back?
Still an interesting topic nonetheless.
Sweeney murdering Ms. Lovett, and then Tobias murdering Sweeney still shocks me every time, even though I always know that it's coming.
#2Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 6:14pm
My favorite twists have to be in Deathtrap, unless we're going to include all movies, where the Sixth Sense contains the twist of all twists. (The ones below are from the Deathtrap movie -- the play, which I read eons ago, doesn't have as many).
1st Spoiler: Cliff isn't dead.
2nd Spoiler: Cliff and Sidney planned the whole thing to kill Myra.
3rd Spoiler: Cliff and Sidney are lovers (quite shocking back then).
4th Spoiler: Cliff is actually writing "Deathtrap."
5th Spoiler: Houdini's cuffs really exist, just as Sidney said, and Cliff accidentally uses them to imprison Sidney at the desk.
6th Spoiler (movie only): Helga TenDorp stumbles on the whole thing and takes the unfinished Deathtrap manuscript after Cliff and Sidney are dead, turning it into a hit.
#3Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 6:37pmDirty Rotten Scoundrels - Christine is The Jackal!
#4Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 6:40pmI love the Gabriel twist in Next to Normal. If you're not familiar with the show or story, it really hits you deep when it's revealed.
#5Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 7:28pmAt the York's reading of CHEER WARS with Sally Struthers and Mary Testa, there was a big twist at the beginning of Act 2. As the show is still in development, I won't spoil it, but I loved it. I literally whispered "Plot twist!" aloud to myself...
#6Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 8:12pm
Rupert Holmes' Accomplice was full of twists and misdirections culminating with the fact that you, the audience, ended up being the accomplice.
It is, imo, an underrated gem.
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#7Favorite twists in theatre
Posted: 3/6/15 at 11:35pmOne of the biggest surprises in theatre is that people actually go see Mamma Mia.
SharoninB
Understudy Joined: 3/4/15
#8Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 8:47amCurious Dad kills the dog and his mother is alive
#9Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 9:20am
"I love the Gabriel twist in Next to Normal."
^ Agreed. What made it even better in the Broadway production was the staging carefully clued you in to the twist ahead of the reveal. Knowing nothing about the show before we went, about 10 minutes in, I leaned over to my honey and whispered "I think the son is dead." That's called great direction IMHO.
#10Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 9:41am
The Gabe twist is great, and I've always been a fan of the twist at the end of Sweeney. (In fact, I think there's a clue that gives it away early in the original artwork. Sweeney has a bloody razor, but Lovett has bloody handprints clutching at her apron- like someone needed help and didn't get it.)
However, I'll always love the twist at the end of "A Little Night Music," when Fredrika pulls a zipper and accidentally discovers that Madame has been just a bag stuffed full of spiders the entire time.
#12Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 10:50amNo matter how many times I see The Mystery of Edwin Drood, I am always surprised by the true identity of Drood's killer. Also, the two lovers in the end. How unexpected. What a twist.
#13Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 11:27amSorry-Grateful: And the detective, Datchery! I never see it coming.
JonahKost
Chorus Member Joined: 1/19/15
#14Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 11:50amCabaret anyone? The ending was so chilling and unexpected!
vassey
Stand-by Joined: 2/26/08
#15Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 12:15pmThe staging of the Jeremy Sams Sound of Music has a massive twist in its staging, where after finally allowing the audience to sing along after two hours, at the Salzburg Festival, the stormtroopers****their guns and point them out into the audience, suddenly silencing all of the stalls who have started to sing. Its thoroughly chilling.
Queen of the Night
Featured Actor Joined: 6/12/07
#16Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 12:38pmThe end of A Chorus Line--the people Zach calls forward at the end are the ones who DIDN'T get chosen. I love the pause that tells you that they are as stunned by it as the audience is.
#17Favorite twists in theatre Courious
Posted: 3/7/15 at 8:10pmThe Daphne du Maurier novel, Rebecca, which serves as the source material for the non-Broadway, non-off-Broadway, non-West End, German language musical that may or may not ever get produced in English, has two major plot twists that I hope remain. Of course, the big plot twist in the musical is that the planned Broadway run got cancelled after a bunch of tickets were sold.
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