Funny/Horrible Mistakes on Live Performances! — Page 2

Oh man I can't believe I forgot this one! I've seen Les Miz twice, on seperate sides of the world really. Both performances had trouble with the chair that Valjean beats Javert to a pulp with.

First time: US tour. The chair (which is meant to fall apart on cue, when Valjean slams it against the ground) broke without anyone touching it in the middle of "Come to Me" and it was really loud when it broke, Valjean started cracking up, Fantine was about to die and he was laughing.

2nd time: London. After Confrontation when Valjean grabs the chair and slams it against the ground the chair wouldn't break. He tried it about 4 times and the damn thing wouldn't seperate. Javert was kinda left stannding there foolishly. Finally Valjean grabbed the entire chair and smacks Javert is the back with it, instead of the head.

Updated On: 1/30/05 at 08:42 PM

***wince*** ow!
another one I just remembered was a prodution of peter pan...the flying mechanism broke three minutes into the show, so every time any flying was involved, the performers had to hop around like idiots

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cturtle--i know they're supposed to crack up (i've seen the show w/ a couple different casts) but the one i saw at roundabout, they were all hysterical and they started adlibbing and it was really cute. even owen was tearing up.

infinite--are you talking about "making it on broadway" by jodie langel??? she's my friend's voice teacher and she's awesome!!! i've met her a couple of times and worked with her...just thought i'd share.

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well this isnt broadway, but this afternoon at my matinee of "oklahoma!" my friend's chaps fell to the floor, and while he still had jeans on underneath, the audience still got a kick out of them falling LOL

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One of the funniest mistakes I have seen was during Kathy Lee Giford's last night in Puttin It Together. During "Not Getting Married" she completely forgot the words and said. Figures, Donald Trump is in the audience and I forgot the words. The cast and the audience just howled.

LightMyCandle: Everyone has heard that story by now in some form or another and I'm pretty sure it is a theatre myth.

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i saw the touring cast of Phantom last year and in the final scene where the phantom lets raoul go by taking a candle and burining it to let him go free, brad little(the phantom at the time)accidently let the candle fling over to the other side of the stage and he had to go get it. rebbeca pitcher(the christine) was trying so hard not to laugh!

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True or not thats pretty darn funny

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In a scene I was doing one of the characters is supposed to throw an orange onto the floor and ask one of the other characters what he would do if that were a bomb. So the character is supposed to react by grabbing a pillow and diving on top of the orange with it but when he did for the show, the orange exploded and went everywhere. It didnt hit the audience but the kid was covered in pulp and my friend and I (the other 2 people in the scene) were trying so hard to not crack up.

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Actually, that "broken turntable" thing happened in Las Vegas, Nevada, not California.

I don't know if this actually happened, but it was one of the first Les Miz bloopers I ever read online (so it must've been around 1996/97). Apparently the chair that Valjean is supposed to break in "Confrontation" somehow ended up in the ABC Cafe, so all the students had to run in and giiiiinnnnngerly sit down on their chairs. AFAIK no one had to find out the hard way if the breaking chair was theirs.

In Rent, the orchestra forgot to play in Over the Moon. Maureen kept snapping, but the orchestra wouldn't play

They're not supposed to play during that song...

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In Rent, during "Happy New Year", Jeremy and Krystal were on stage, looking at each other. Jeremy took a gulp of "wine" from the bottle, and Krystal moved away from Jeremy, to notice that Jeremy's wallet chain had snagged on her fishnet tights. Jeremy tried to get himself free, but he was laughing and water spurted out of his mouth. Poor Krystal, I think she got wet. Jeremy was able to get free after a few seconds.

It was hilarious. This happened sorta in the background, so if I wasn't as enamored with Jeremy as I was, I probably would have missed it...

I didn't see this mistake posted so I thought I'd tell:

2004 Rent on Broadway, Matt (Caplan) was coming out with the camera on the stand for Finale A...singing his song...and the camera fell off the stand and into the rush seats (if you've not rushed on broadway...it didn't hit anyone there's like a mile between the stage and the first row.) And matt just started cracking up and whoever it fell closest too wasn't moving to give it to him, so Matt just leaned over and said something to the tune of "You can just give that here."