Obscure Theater Knowledge

Know any?

1. Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun, only had one other play produced on Broadway in her lifetime, called The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She died of pancreatic cancer on the closing night.

2. There was a musical adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's. It closed while it was still in previews.

3. Alex Brightman (Dewey in School of Rock: The Musical) was an understudy in the infamous musical Glory Days, which closed after only 1 performance. He found out the show had closed when he came into work the next day and no one was there.

Jordan, this seems like someone with too low an IQ to be a troll.

Nice new screen name.

If a seat has restricted / obstructed views it can also be called 'obscured seating'

Nicol Williamson nearly broke some poor chorus boy's jaw once...

Actually, this could be a fun thread, depending on what obscure anecdotes people post. Even if they're not true, if they're part of theatrical lore, why not go for it?

Here's one: I saw the original production of "Chicago." The "sob sister" reporter was played by a man who eventually removed his wig, I think during the curtain calls, so the audience members could see he was male. The Playbill listed the actor's name only by his initials. However, his understudy had a female name. I never figured out whether a female understudied the role, or whether her name was there solely to confuse people. Maybe someone with more obscure knowledge than I have has information on this.

 

UncleCharlie that is NOT the reason Booth shot Lincoln.

Clearly Booth shot Lincoln because Lincoln was repeatedly asking him if he knew whatever happened to Ken Mandelbaum.