Pirate Queen Flips Its Wig

[Brooklyn Bound]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 9:37pm

First act tonight, one of the ensemble men got his wig tangled in the ship's rigging. The show had to be halted mid scene. Stage hands came out to try and free him to no avail. Finally, he was extracted from the wig and he walked off stage hairless. How embarrasing. The show was restarted from the top of the scene.
Updated On: 3/10/07 at 09:37 PM

[B3TA07]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 10:05pm

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the show?

[fachedaluna]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 10:10pm

I'm glad it was only a Wig and not something else...$&%^&

[Shakespearean]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 11:00pm

For the record again, though I have mentioned this elsewhere, the wigs on Pirate Queen are amazing. Jeff is downright leonine. Kudos to the wig crew at Tarzan also. Since these hard working folks rarely get a tip of the hat, it was worth mentioning again :)

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 11:03pm

I think a Broadway ghost is trying to warn them...

[keen on kean]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:41am

OT but I seem to remember a story about Rex Harrison loosing his toupee to the scenery during My Fair Lady. Don't recall how they handled it.

[D2]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:54am

Legend has it that one night the chandeliers in the ballroom scene were lowered too far and one of them hooked onto Harrison's toupe, lifting it off his head when they were raised to the proper height. He just continued with the scene, the wig dangling above the dancers until the curtain came down at the end of the act.

[carnimiriel]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:58am

I was at the show too. Amusingly, when the stage manager(?) announced that they were going to hold there and for the actors to clear the stage, one of the women behind me thought it was supposed to be the "voice of God". I obviously didn't read my Playbill as carefully as she read hers.

[kec]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 10:21am

"one of the women behind me thought it was supposed to be the "voice of God". "

Did she think she was in Spamalot?!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 10:36am

I was there as well. That was extremely amusing. The audience loved it.

[Dibbledl01]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 12:49pm

Yea, I was there too. Wonderful night. Fantastic show. But wasn't that the voice of Frank G., the director? I loved how the entire audience went "wwwwwhhhhhhaaaaaatttttt???" at the same time as soon as they asked the actors to exit the stage for a moment.

It's interesting. When I saw "Dracula" in previews Des M. got up and announced that due to the high risk of danger backstage for the actors and crew, because they were in previews, they had the right to stop the show at any time if anyone felt there was any danger. They didn't do that last night. Still amusing though....

[carnimiriel]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 12:56pm

Hence the question mark. I have no idea what the director nor the stage manager sound like.

[fachedaluna]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 2:45pm

Yes, BobbyBuddy...it's time for you to follow the light and be gone! LOL

[keen on kean]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 2:53pm

And just for the record - no apostrophe in the thread title.

[Popular]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 3:15pm

The same thing happened the 2nd time I saw it in Chicago. Not the wig thing, but something similar with an ensemble getting cuaght in the netting of the set, leaving him suspended and resulting in the show being stopped for a minute.

Reminds you how easy they make things look when you see something go wrong. I love live theatre! As long as noone gets hurt

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 4:10pm

OT
what was so dangerous about being backstage for "Dracula"?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 4:26pm

I assume it was the flying sequences re Dracula

It is the ghost of Davy Jones.

[fachedaluna]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 6:59pm

Oooooooooooooo.......Mr. Roxy....Davy Jones’ spirit could lend a lot of excitement to the show...even more than there is. See what he did for Pirates of the Caribbean...Jack Sparrow lives on & on & and on.

[Jon]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:26pm

How come in Arthurian England, God sounds like John Cleese, but in the Garden of Eden, God sounds like Alan Alda?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:28pm

Speaking of Jack Sparrow

How about a Pirates of the Caribbean musical?

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:53pm

I WOULD LOVE THAT!

[Shakespearean]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:56pm

I'm not sure Broadway would welcome a show about pirates... it's kind of edgy, no?

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:59pm

Pirates of Penzance was welcomed

[Shakespearean]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 8:22pm

Um, I know. I was kidding :)

Pirates are Good

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 8:26pm

Man, I also have to give props to the hair folks on this show. To know that the wig was fastened so securely that the actor couldn’t get it off has got to be helpful to those who are worried that they fall off at the drop of a hat.


They must have used a staple gun.