Onstage mishaps.

Who has witnessed onstage mishaps? Things that go wrong. Dancers falling over, props in the wrong position, door handles coming off, sets not coming in on cue etc. Share them please. As Dame Edna Everage says " I have a gift, a gift that allows me to laugh at others misfortunes".

Well, for those of you that saw the DVD of Putting It Together, on the Blooper, when Carol Burnett's skirt falls down...I was there, right in the front row the day it happened. It was much funnier in person and it was all very real and unplanned. The costume people came running. LOL

During the first preview of Gypsy, Bernadette Peters accidentely slapped one of the adult newsboys across the face with the back of her hand during the Mr. Goldstone number.

Also, during another performance of Gypsy (I believe it was actually opening night), when Bernadette went to throw her father's award in her bag, she missed and it landed on the floor instead of in the bag.

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Updated On: 7/14/03 at 12:45 AM

During a performance of OVER HERE! starring the Andrews Sisters, there was an electrical fire which caused vast amounts of smoke to billow into the theater. This was a result of additional wiring that was backstage, as the theater was being used for that year's TOny Awards which would take place in a few days. The show went on despite the "fog and filthy air".

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At a recent performance of THE PRODUCERS here in Los Angeles, the first scene ended and Martin Short was about to make his entrance. The set did not fly in. Everything went dark and after a few seconds Jason Alexander came out to explain what had happened. It took a few minutes for the stagehands to fix the scenery so Jason and Martin did a Q&A with the audience.
Live theatre.....I love it!!!!








LINK: Tracy, youlook beautiful behind bars!

TRACY: It must be the low-watt institutional lighting!

One performance of Phantom, the chandelier refused to fall..thought that was a scream watching them on the stage run around in a circle screaming and then run off for no reason...LOL!!

I was at HS the night Marissa fell on stage and her standby had to go on in the middle of the show :o(

and also at Mamma Mia one night when the set got stuck during the "take a chance on me scene" but it blocked the bridge so basically there was no room on stage...they had to stop the show for 20 minutes.

When I went to see Titanic, the little ship exploded and the show stopped for half an hour. Also, when I saw Mamma Mia, Sophie was running upthe stairs in the wedding dress during "Slipping Through My Fingers" and fell flat on her face! The actor offstage had to grab her arms and yank her off!

alterego...OVER HERE was a wonderfully good time!!! I loved that show and saw it three times at the Shubert Theater in Manhattan. Get the cd for a delightful time.

In addition to the Andrews Sisters OVER HERE had

Janie Sell
John Travolta
Ann Reinking
Marilu Henner
John Mineo
Douglas Watson

the show was simpy sublime:)

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At Mamma Mia, one of the chorus boys ripped the seat of his wetsuit during voulez-vouz -- and with only a dance belt underneath, I am sure some audience members had a very special treat.


At Rocky Horror, Jonathan Sharp was on as Rocky, and part way through the show, his already barely-there costue started to slip down and the audience was given a session of the Full Monty for about 5 minutes before one of the Phantoms went and fixed it for him. Jon didn't notice it untill the Phantom fixed it... not that it was a problem.

During Phantom, I saw the boat went out of control and Michael had to jump out with Sarah Brightman and it hit Michael in the leg.

During "The Goat" a piece of pottery thrown angrily during a scene bounced and hit a person in the audience (there was blood).

"Frankie and Johnny" and the Dominican Day parade was underway.
I'm sitting up front and personal(noting Luther Vandross is in the audience) and the subtle music supposedly playing background on the radio in Frankie's apartment is deafening, drums pounding beat. The actors seem to be a little affected by the music and I asked my friend, "why would they have this music?" She answeres, "it's the parade, moron." Oh well, kudo's to Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci for blowing me away even under these weird circumstances.

Here's three that happened to me ::

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown :: I was playing Charlie Brown. During 'Suppertime', Snoopy was dancing on top of the doghouse and fell off. Landing on ME!

Peter Pan :: I was Peter. During the big sword fight with Captain Hook,Capt. Hook goes to swing his arm and the hook flies off and into the orchestra pit.

Hansel And Gretel (opera version) :: I was Hansel. I was 13 at the time and could still sing alto if I tried to! Anyway, during the scene where Hansel and Gretel push the witch into the oven, my obnoxious little twerp @$$ B1tch of an understudy (the ONLY person I've ever worked with and never want to work with again) was aimlessily meandering around backstage and decided to lean agianst the front of a six foot tall speak that was used for special sound effects. Well, Gretel and I push the witch into the oven, slam the door shut, and start to dance around. There is a very low rumble that that starts to grow in intensity as the lights start to flash and flicker. A flashpot in the oven goes off and a huge sound effect of an explosion comes through the six foot speaker that my dim-witted understudy is leaning on. The creep forgot that the speaker was used for that. So, onstage we hear the explosion, but right in the middle of the explosion you hear my understudy scream "Holy SH!t! Motherf.ucker!" Well, the entire audience heard it and we could all hear their collective gasps.... especially from the girl scout troup and catholic school children in the audience!

Updated On: 7/14/03 at 12:12 PM

I didn't see this but didn't Harvey fall down the stairs coming down from hairspray can? I heard he did at a matinee. I can understand why! On the tonys, the boys really had to hold him tight!!

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