Onstage mishaps. — Page 2

i forgot to add when i saw TITANIC with my camp it was the night after it opened and the boat didnt sink...

Tanya (jeanine morrick) fell running down the stairs in Mamma Mia and started to cry

Hairspray the set for I Can Hear The Bells didnt come on..

and one night the steps werent under the Hairspray can properly and Harvey fell flat on his face when he popped out...getting up and saying "GREAT... AND EVERYONE ON TV SAW THAT" it was really a great save.

The first time I saw Aida, the shackles wouldn't stay clamped on one of Aida's hands. Poor Adam wasn't quite sure what to do when he said "Don't you want me to take them off." They were already pretty much off. LOL

Then, when Idina came out to sing "I Know the Truth" her wedding dress wouldn't zipper down on one side. One of the handmaidens kept yanking on her and she was being jerked back and forth as she stood there singing. She never missed a beat. Just kept right on belting out this soulful ballad and never fell out of character.

I love when there is an onstage mishap. It shows that the actors are not perfect. It is also funny on SNL when the people start laughing! :)

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I also saw RENT national Tour where Mark and Joanne sing Tango Maureen, they hold hands and turn upside down, her mic fell off, and was dangling at her side. Mark held her tight and the both sang into his mic, changing the choreography at the spot, the audience was cheering, and loving every second of it, I thought they would pull it off till the end, but when Maureen called, Joanne busted up and the audience went crazy cheering. lol, Mark never once broke character. Joanne put her mic on and the finsihed sending the audience into hysterics. LIVE THEATRE BABY!

"It is also funny on SNL when the people start laughing!"

LOL I love when the actos in Broadway Shows start laughing. To me it shows that they are having fun. The last time I saw Gypsy, Bernadette Peters and John Dossett kept makng each other laugh through the entire first act (especially in the scene where they first meet). I was waiting for one of them to mess up a line, but neither one did...although there were a lot of giggles and different line deliveries coming from Bernadette.

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I wholeheartedly agree, DollyPop. Theater history, indeed.

When i saw the lion king, after mufasa's death, when the lionesses pull the white tears from their masks and they are supposed to come off, one of sarabi's didn't and she nearly pulled her whole mask off, she managed to adjust her head dress, but could not compose herself, in this particular scene she spends some time on the floor where she made adjustments to her costume, but she couldln't get a line out without giggling, it was very distracting considering it was a somber scene. I like to watch actors have mishaps and recover, but this was ridiculous, and not such a huge disaster that it warranted a complete break of character. Very unprofessional.

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During Design for Living, Alan Cumming could never work the spray thingy that he used to fill drinks and would make the cutest noises when something would happen. Especially on the last night of the run when he sprayed himself in the face. He made a joke referring to his luck with that thing, and he and Jennifer Ehle couldn't stop giggling. Adorable.

In Cabaret one night during Raul's 2nd run, there was a mishap during the kickline. I saw this black thing onstage and realized Raul's beret fell. When he came forward to yell It's Me!!!, he completely shocked me by actually ripping the wig off. Totally impromptu- not even necessary- and might I add, very hot!

Mishaps that I've seen:

When I saw THE PRODUCERS with Nathan and Matthew, there was an understudy for Carmen Ghia (spelling?). At the part where Leo is sitting on Roger Debris's (spelling again? Hehe)couch and Max is standing beside it and Carmen goes offstage to get Roger- the understudy did something that made Nathan break out laughing- he couldn't stop laughing. And Matthew was just sitting on the couch looking at him- so then Nathan goes to sit on the couch and puts his face in his hands- by this point the whole audience was laughing- it took him about 5 minutes to stop. It was so funny.

In THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at the part where Muzzy is at the Hotel Priscilla talking to Mrs. Meers- Harriet Harris did something that made Sheryl Lee Ralph start laughing- it was just for a couple seconds- Muzzy turned her face from the audience and slapped her hand down on the desk- then went on with her lines.

Mishaps that have happened at my performances:

Well- the only one I can remember is when one girl's top fell down during our tap number. She was front center- and I think 26 at the time (she was a teacher at the studio and wanted to learn to tap dance- so she joined my class)- and the top was velcro- she ran offstage and was afraid to do the dance again the next night.

a bloody nose. lol

LOL I love when the actos in Broadway Shows start laughing. To me it shows that they are having fun. The last time I saw Gypsy, Bernadette Peters and John Dossett kept makng each other laugh through the entire first act (especially in the scene where they first meet). I was waiting for one of them to mess up a line, but neither one did...although there were a lot of giggles and different line deliveries coming from Bernadette.

Oh, what was she saying? Bernadette always does that when she's on stage. I love it!!!!!!

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the last night of dance of the vampires when the professor comes down to ask boris to bring the bags up and boris goes yeeessss masssteeer and hits the wall part of the wall came out


and one time at frankie and johnny during the scene where farnkie is making sandwiches, you hear someone yelling don't open that at first i thought it was part of the show but it kept up and rosie perez and joe pantoliano stop what their doing and look up in the mezzanine (that's where the people making the noise were sitting) rosie perez said something like "noisy neighbors" or something like that i'm not sure and "joe pantoliano replied with "how rude"

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THE WILL ROGERS' FOLLIES
During the curtain call, the dog trainer dressed as a Native American squaw came running out to bow, slipped, landed flat on her ass (while in a skirt, of course) and slid what seemed like10-12 feet. Completely hysterical. Cast went wild.

THE FULL MONTY
The guy playing Dave (JEC's successor -- named?) were in the bed as it rolled out ... well ... as it ALMOST rolled out. It was making horrible noises. The actors were still in the dark, so Dave gets out to give help pull it into place. The scene goes on, ends, and the set makes its horrible noise again. Actors leave. The next scene with Jerry and his son (on the street?) has the bed in it. Show stops. Announcement. Techies descend and remove the bed unit, leaving just the "truck". 30 minute delay.
Not exciting, yet memorable.

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