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Horton
#50re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 6:49pm

When I met Cerveris after Apple Tree (when everybody was flying to Kristin) and It was just him and me he said somthing to the extent of "I really should do what they do for blue man group, and have the front few rows get ponchos, and advertise that there is a spitter in the show" I laughed A LOT!

nomdeplume
#51re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 6:51pm

We could all just bring a Clara of Piazza sun hat and don it at the needed moments...so long as it doesn't go flying...

Has anyone observed Kelli O'Hara stage spit? That of Victoria Clark? Rebecca Luker?

Are they merely spraying in finer, less observable microdroplets?

Surely Bernadette Peters holds her spit with the guys... Updated On: 8/13/06 at 06:51 PM

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OnMyWay
#52re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:04pm

Jesse Tyler Ferguson had some good distance with his spray.


"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar

nomdeplume
#53re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:05pm

Four-footer?

Six?

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OnMyWay
#54re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:13pm

I would say at least 6.


"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar

nomdeplume
#55re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:17pm

Wow. Crackerjack.

I suppose the spitting broads of the boards is just meant to be mystery...

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ILoveMyDictionary
#56re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:21pm

Beat me to it OnMyWay. I was just about to say Jesse. Yea, I should have brought a poncho to spelling bee.

nomdeplume
#57re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:26pm

We better not let this secret out too far.

Persnickety audience members will start bringing personal little antibacterial room sprays for protection and squirt it towards the stage.

You know, the kind of person sitting next to you that you just want to smack one good one to knock them out for the span of the show (and enough getaway time after).

SweeneyPhanatic
#58re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:26pm

I remember Manoel commenting on Patti's makeup during the backstage "Sweeney" video, and then apologizing because he knew that he would end up spitting all over it later that evening.


-- SDG

nomdeplume
#59re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:30pm

There is something to be said for a distance between players while singing toward each other.

Even love longs.

compaddict
#60re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:32pm

on a high school band trip I was sitting 2nd row orchestra for Fiddler on the Roof... luckily I didn't get a Harvey Fierstein shower! It looked like a water bottle being sprayed at times -- overall, it was quite amusing
Updated On: 8/13/06 at 07:32 PM

nomdeplume
#61re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:51pm

Are the women unseen--

or just their spit?

I mean, not even one claim that Idina spits... Updated On: 8/13/06 at 07:51 PM

compaddict
#62re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 7:59pm

I don't remember seeing Andrea Martin, Nancy Opal, etc spit. If so, it was toward other cast members (not as apparent as when Harvey Fierstein would be two feet from the edge of the stage) and the lighting didn't emphasize it - lol

being a college student, that's the only time I've been close enough to really notice. :-X

edit: it's possible shoshana bean spit some... when I think back, I've got a gut feeling that I remember noticing even just the slightest bit.
Updated On: 8/13/06 at 07:59 PM

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VonTussleGirl
#63re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:03pm

I must be losing it. Every time I see this thread on the main board, I read the title as "Real Actors Do Splits".

compaddict
#64re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:04pm

VonTussleGirl, I read the same thing the first time I saw it!

I blame summer break.

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OnMyWay
#65re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:06pm

I think the same thing, VonTussle. And I have even commented on it a few times!


"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar

nomdeplume
#66re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:06pm

I blame too many bananas.

Has anyone observed a female actor a-spitting her way across the stage?

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TomMonster
#67re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:08pm

I've been racking my brain trying to recall an actress spitting as much as their male counterpart.

Not a one. Not even Elaine Stritch. Or Bea Arthur. Well, I've seen them spit, but not on stage...


"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

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OnMyWay
#68re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:14pm

Tom, you are fantastic.


"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar

nomdeplume
#69re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:16pm

Are female actors more secretive about their onstage spray?

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SNLMedia
#70re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:34pm

Currently, Isabel Keating is quite a sprinkler as Velma in Hairspray.


"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball

nomdeplume
#71re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:53pm

Ahah!

Leave it to Hairspray to bring out the best in them.

You have my favorite signature on the Board, SNLMedia. I'd steal it if I wasn't so original.

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TomMonster
#72re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:57pm

I agree! Love your signature SNL. What's it from, or better are you that clever and bitchy? re: Real Actors Do Spit


"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

nomdeplume
#73re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:03pm

I'll betcha Lilias White can spray it out four feet on stage.
Updated On: 8/13/06 at 09:03 PM

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TomMonster
#74re: Real Actors Do Spit
Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:05pm

God, I hope you're still talking about spit!

I've seen strange things in Bangkok...different kind of spitting to be sure.


"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx


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