#1
Posted: 1/9/05 at 8:56pm
So today was Hutner's last day as Leo Bloom in The Producers...The show was, of course, great and every cast member did an awesome job.
Ad-libs:
The first major one was during the "Keep it Gay" scene when Bialystock and Bloom first arrive at Roger Du Bris' house. Brooks Ashmanskas (Carmen Ghia) walks over to the two producers and inroduces himself. He says his name and everyone in the audience started laughing. Brooks tried to hold straight face, but it didn't work, and he started laughing and said (in a rough, racecar-driver voice), "Carmen Ghia!" using his hands to immate the steering of a car...(hopefully you all get the relation)...
He leaves and Richard Kind (Max) and Hunter sit on the couch and try to avoid the big purple lips pillow. They do this really funny bit. Finally, Leo asks, "So, is Roger Du Bris any good?" Kind starts laughing, as does the audience. Hunter says, "Gimme a break! I'm leaving!" The whole pit roared with laughter (I was sitting first row center) and the few people tht knew he was leaving clapped.
Curtain Call:
After bowing, Richard Kind quited the audience and gave a speech. Basically, he started by saying he thinks he speaks for most of the cast by saying Hunter is a great guy. The he talked about how he is the new guy on the block (wrong show, huh?) and Hunter has been very supportive of him and his a very strong actor and was the foundation for [Kind's] performance.
Kind then announced that Hunter can next be seen at the Kennedy Center, in "Mister Roberts" as Ens. Frank Pulver (in the movie, the role was played by Jack Lemmon).
After that, the cast performed "Goodbye!" and as they stepped I could see Hunter say "thank you" to Kind...
Ad-libs:
The first major one was during the "Keep it Gay" scene when Bialystock and Bloom first arrive at Roger Du Bris' house. Brooks Ashmanskas (Carmen Ghia) walks over to the two producers and inroduces himself. He says his name and everyone in the audience started laughing. Brooks tried to hold straight face, but it didn't work, and he started laughing and said (in a rough, racecar-driver voice), "Carmen Ghia!" using his hands to immate the steering of a car...(hopefully you all get the relation)...
He leaves and Richard Kind (Max) and Hunter sit on the couch and try to avoid the big purple lips pillow. They do this really funny bit. Finally, Leo asks, "So, is Roger Du Bris any good?" Kind starts laughing, as does the audience. Hunter says, "Gimme a break! I'm leaving!" The whole pit roared with laughter (I was sitting first row center) and the few people tht knew he was leaving clapped.
Curtain Call:
After bowing, Richard Kind quited the audience and gave a speech. Basically, he started by saying he thinks he speaks for most of the cast by saying Hunter is a great guy. The he talked about how he is the new guy on the block (wrong show, huh?) and Hunter has been very supportive of him and his a very strong actor and was the foundation for [Kind's] performance.
Kind then announced that Hunter can next be seen at the Kennedy Center, in "Mister Roberts" as Ens. Frank Pulver (in the movie, the role was played by Jack Lemmon).
After that, the cast performed "Goodbye!" and as they stepped I could see Hunter say "thank you" to Kind...
Updated On: 1/9/05 at 08:56 PM
