Final Bows You Disagree With — Page 4

Remind me to kick Nick when he gets back to the States!

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Reading the post about Hines bowing after Sid in ThePajama Game reminds me of one of my diva moments..LOL. I was playing Prez in the same show and had to bow in a group with Mae and Brenda. I was upset because I felt like my character at least deserved a solo bow somewhere during the curtain call. Oh well...I got over it

When I directed a high school production of Little Shop I had the actors come out in groups or pairs and then take solo bows when applicable. Here is how I did it:
(1) Ensemble (since it was a high school production I needed to expand the show a tad so more students could participate and so I used them in Skid Row --a la the movie version-- and in smaller roles like the 1st Customer, Skip Snip, etc)
(2) The trio
(3) Mushnik and Orin came out together, took separate bows
(4) the voice of the plant and the puppeteer were together. The actor playing the voice bowed, walked to the plant, the puppeteer came out of the mouth and shook hands with him.
(5) Audrey and Seymour came out together. Audrey bowed first, then Seymour, then a bow together.
(6) Company bow
(7) motion to conductor/instumentalists
(8 final company bow

WHEW!!!

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Speaking of bows...why does young Cozette excluded from a bow in Les Mis?

Almost always since Young Cosette is used only in that one scene "Castle on a Cloud" the young actress goes home and catches some well deserved Zzzz's

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Can't Young Cosette wait it out? Gravoche does!

In ACL they don't really have bows, they just come out in the line one at a time, but I really think that Paul shouldn't be the first person to come out. I always thought he should be one of the last of the guys.

The Little Women tour seems to have found a nice way around the Patinkin/Eagan problem. Kate Fisher takes the second to last bow, then McGovern takes the final bow, then she motions to Kate to take a tiny bow once again. That's how it probably should have been handled with The Secret Garden, but I guess it was up to Patinkin to relent and he obviously did not.

Sweeney Todd Revival. I want Manoel to have the 3rd to last bow, followed by Patti then Michael.

Also, The Woman in White. I feel that Anne Catherick should get the 3rd to last bow, after all, she is the title character and the center of the show plot wise.

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I believe Marc Jacoby gets it.

When I did The Pajama Game, the guy playing Hines got the last bow.

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And this had nothing to do with stars, because it was a teen theater group.

I don't like the Sweeney bow order either. In my book it's Sweeney, Lovett and Tobias should always be third.

I hated, hated, hated the way they did the bows in Little Women (tour). They all came dancing out and I didn't even realize that they were taking bows. Plus having Maureen take the final bow wasn't right, I'm sure she's a lovely lady, and yes she's a bigger name, but it is Jo's story.

Also I never agreed with the Thenardier's taking their bows after Marius and Cosette. It's a tricky situation with Les Mis. I personally think that Marius is the third biggest role in the show, and even though Cosette is one of the smaller leading roles, they should bow together. I once felt that Eponine and Marius should bow (together) right before Javert, and Fantine and Cosette (mother & daughter) should bow before them. But I don't think that's quite right now. Also the whole Enjorlas/Gavorche bow doesn't really thrill me.

I'm not sure how I would change the order, but I think the bow order for Spamalot is a little weird. Christian Borle does way too much to bow second. When it was the original cast, it went:

Ensemble
Bedevere
Prince Herbert
Patsy
Galahad
Lady of the Lake
Lancelot
Robin
Arthur

And I think when Hank Azaria was gone, Lancelot's and the Lady of the Lake's bows were switched.

Ideally, I think it should go:

Bedevere
Patsy
Galahad
Prince Herbert
Lady of the Lake
Robin
Lancelot
Arthur

Ideally - for me, anyway - the Lady of the Lake would bow before Prince Herbert (five different roles he plays, come on), but then everyone would bitch and moan about how she should bow after. But she really doesn't do that much. If this was the Chicago version, where she has the Burn Her scene and the cow song added, I can see how she should have a later bow, but she really doesn't do tons.

I'm a big fan of the group bow. Just the entire cast, holding hands, stepping forward and bowing as a unit. but something tells me Ethel Merman would never have gone for that.

"JoMarch asked about "The Secret Garden"...
I believe the order on Bway went as such...
Chorus/Ensemble
Medlock and Ben together
Dickon and Martha together
Lily, Neville and Craven together
Colin
Mary "

I just finished a production of Secret Garden and our bows went as follows:

Ensemble
Shelleys & Winthrope
Holmes, Claire, Alice, Shaw, Wright
Rose, Albert
Colin, Martha, Dickon
Neville
Lily, Archibald
Mary