None of this "The Scottish Play" for Alan Cumming
None of this "The Scottish Play" for Alan Cumming
#1None of this "The Scottish Play" for Alan Cumming
Posted: 3/20/13 at 8:55pm
I asked Alan Cumming whether he would say "Macbeth" inside the Ethel Barrymore Theater, which is supposed to be bad luck. He replied:
"I am going to say Macbeth everywhere, even in the theatre. None of this 'Scottish play' stuff for me!"
The reactions so far (link below) have been funny and scary.
Alan Cumming will say “Macbeth” even in the theater
aaronb
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/12
#2None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 9:54amBut doesn't he know that theatre is MAGIC and operates using different rules of reality than the rest of the world? WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? IS HE TRYING TO KILL US ALL??????
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#4None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 10:20amThis would have been a great plot for SMASH season 3.
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#5None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 10:23am
"This would have been a great plot for SMASH season 3."
HA!
#7None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 7:30pm
Thank God! That "Scottish play" nonsense is so tired.
Almost as tired as "break a leg."
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#8None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 9:11pmI'm sorry, but since when did websites start lifting twitter posts and calling it an article? Drives me mad.
#9None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 9:23pmI like having traditions like this in the theater, even if don't mean anything it makes it more exciting! I love talking about things which people on the outside don't understand.
aaronb
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/12
#10None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 9:47pm
I'm sorry, but since when did websites start lifting twitter posts and calling it an article? Drives me mad.
You don't read Buzzfeed, Gawker, etc.? They do it all the time.
#12None of this
Posted: 3/22/13 at 10:17pm
I like having traditions like this in the theater, even if don't mean anything it makes it more exciting! I love talking about things which people on the outside don't understand.
I'm probably biased about "the Scottish play" because I share a last name with a leading character and I hear the play mentioned all the time. Just say the title already!
#13Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth
Posted: 3/22/13 at 11:49pmIt was one of the best theater pieces I've seen in years.
#14Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth
Posted: 3/23/13 at 2:25am
Thank you PalJoey.
Chewy, to make my post more of a story, I've included Patti LuPone's account in her memoir of what happened when Gypsy director Arthur Laurents "said out loud what must never be said inside a theatre: He uttered the actual title of the Shakespearean tragedy we call 'The Scottish Play'" -- and "the time-honored procedure" they performed in order to break the curse.
Alan Cumming will say “Macbeth” even in the theater, despite “The Scottish Curse
Leadingplayer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#15Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth
Posted: 3/23/13 at 4:33amI said it once backstage without knowing I wasn't supposed to....later on in that performance during a death scene there was an epidemic of contagious giggling throughout the cast. I blamed myself.
#16Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth
Posted: 3/23/13 at 11:43am
I knew a girl who uttered the word "Macbeth" once.
And then she died.
#17Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth
Posted: 3/23/13 at 11:46amLittle known fact - Everyone who uses the word "Macbeth" will die.
BWFan101
Understudy Joined: 9/15/12
#18Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth
Posted: 3/23/13 at 12:19pmAnyone else get creeped out by AC?
Common sense? What's common about it? No one has common sense. It should be called rare sense.
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