Funny and Unforgettable Ad-Libs — Page 2

OH boy, I feel really stupid now!! geez!

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I cannot rememebr any off the top of my head but both Nathan and Whoopi had hysterical ad libs in '...FORUM'.

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The night I saw Spamalot, after the minute or so of gibberish as the Knight of Ni, Hank added, "So come up to the lab -- and see what's on the slab!" And of course, being Hank Azaria, he was able to make his voice sound exactly like Tim Curry's.

That may have made me die laughing.

When I saw The Producers with Nathan and Matthew, right after the "Conga" scene, Matthew could not for the life of him get the boa to stay on the coatrack. The poor thing tried like 5 times but everytime he walked away it would fall again. Nathan was just starting his "It's tough being a Broadway producer..." looked back at Matthew and added "you need to know how to work a boa!" It was great.

During the same show, he went "CLEAR!" and put the phone to his chest, pretending to shock himself, after Matthew asked "How much money do we put in?" I've heard he did this a few times, but it's hilarious nonetheless.

He also threw one of the rejected scripts over the set's wall which was just funny - I've never seen anyone do that before.


During my last trip to the show, last Friday, Richard Kind was Max and during the "Intermission!" part of Betrayed went, "You know they were saving this cell for Michael Jackson." The audience went wild!


~Jessica

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Again, from Wicked. When I saw it Mothers Day in Chicago, Kendra's (Galinda) shoe fell off during "What is this feeling?" and Steph cracked. You could tell she was trying to keep it in, but Kendra was basicly taunting her with it. And at the end of the song instead of saying "Boo!" she said "Shoe." I think some people got it in the audience...I did.

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Two of my favorites.


Closing performance of Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis on broadway. The actor playing young Joe tells Applegate about how he has agreed to work the charity function and Applegate(Lewis) went off on a tirade and ended with the phrase "....and you know how much I hate charity!!!" He and Young Joe and the audience just lost it.


During the end of The Producers all of the signs light up to show the productions Max and Leo go on to produce and this night they weren't working. After awhile of nothing lighting up Lane turned to the audience and said "We're supposed to be looking at a bunch of signs right now" Hilarious.

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Oh Roger did that giggle after the "toilet" line when I saw it too! He is so cute! He also got stuck on the sofa after Ulla's audition, so his butt was facing the audience and he was stradling the arm of the sofa. It was hilarious - the other time I saw it he made it all the way over.

~Jessica

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Yeah, that's another one of my favorites with Roger. He's such a doll, and the quintessential Leo Bloom...my friend told me of another thing he did - he stuttered on "...CPA. A certified, public...*opening the mouth repeatedly, fighting between wanting to say it and not* - ASSHOLE!".

Love him.

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Updated On: 6/21/05 at 04:54 PM

Hugh Jackman crossed the fourth wall all the time in THE BOY FROM OZ - huge amounts of time were spent during the audience interaction portion of the show, notably BICOASTAL - which kept the audience rapt and thoroughly entertained. So lengthy that sometimes he pretends to forget his lines and where he was in the scene.

Most unforgettable -- on the last show ( everyone knew that he no longer wanted to renew his contract, leading to the show's closing), when he was given a standing ovation as he opened the first scene, playing the piano. As the crowds cheered and applauded - he looked to the crew at the wings and exclaimed " That's it - we're extending !! "....Pandemonium!


Not necessarily funny but very memorable for me -- after being "coerced" into dancing the bump and grind literally under the spotlight during the BICOASTAL scene, Hugh beckoned to my friend and I to come nearer to where he was slumped on the edge of the stage with "Kiss, kiss - girls?"...We flew - in one second flat!


Jo

Updated On: 6/21/05 at 06:29 PM