Real Actors Do Spit- Page 4
Real Actors Do Spit
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
re: Real Actors Do Spit#75
Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:38pmI had tony awarding winning spit from LaChanze on me.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#76
Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:41pm
Re: female actors
I saw Audra McDonald this weekend and she did spray a little bit. It didn't have quite the same range as other (male) actors, though. If you could equate actors with a garden hose, Audra would be the "mist" setting, as opposed to Cerveris' "showers".
As wickedrentq said, Ben Magnuson is the champion though. He'd be one of those weird "vertical" hose settings.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#77
Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:51pmWhat about sweating?
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
re: Real Actors Do Spit#78
Posted: 8/13/06 at 9:56pm
Sounds like you have the jist of another actor bodily-function-on-stage thread there, phantycakes...
I'm just waiting for the earwax thread: "Who has missed a note because of excess earwax?"
And back to--
what great actor spits on stage?
Updated On: 8/13/06 at 09:56 PM
Chorus Member Joined: 8/8/06
re: Real Actors Do Spit#79
Posted: 8/13/06 at 10:00pmI got sprayed by Shoshana Bean during "No Good Deed."
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
re: Real Actors Do Spit#80
Posted: 8/13/06 at 10:13pm
I would like an up-to-date report on whether Tina Maddigan can be observed to "spray" during The Wedding Singer.
Inquiring minds need to know.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#81
Posted: 8/13/06 at 11:09pm
No one mentioned the Jersey Boys yet? JLY is in my mind particularly for spitting...and for other reasons too 
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
re: Real Actors Do Spit#82
Posted: 8/14/06 at 12:06amTom and nom, my signature is a line from [title of show] sung by the hysterical Susan Blackwell. I only wish I was that clever!
re: Real Actors Do Spit#83
Posted: 8/14/06 at 12:15amHunter Foster sprayed a good bit, once or twice on me, when I saw Little Shop.
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
re: Real Actors Do Spit#84
Posted: 8/14/06 at 4:13amsutton foster can launch it. massive globular spit. could rival the dousing you'd get seeing shamu at seaworld.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#85
Posted: 8/14/06 at 4:40am
Could be a family thing with the Fosters... Imagine Thanksgiving.
Oh God, at least the turkey won't be dry.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/04
re: Real Actors Do Spit#86
Posted: 8/14/06 at 6:23amI think any argument about sweating is redundant - everybody knows that Liza is the Sweat Queen!
re: Real Actors Do Spit#87
Posted: 11/26/18 at 11:44am
We saw Newsies on Broadway a few years ago. Sat in first Row far stage left (thank you TKTS). Jeremy Jordan and the ENTIRE lead cast absolutely showered each other through the whole show.
Sitting that close, from the side angle, it was disgusting, shocking, and absurd; we couldn’t even get into the story of the show because it was so distracting.
We’d seen more than 20 musicals by that time, but never sat that close and we were shocked to see the rain storm.
My wife was an actor in a national tour and several regionals and she doesn’t ever recall the spit factor. One thing’s for sure, we will never forget that performance.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#88
Posted: 11/26/18 at 12:08pm
hulaboy said: "We saw Newsies on Broadway a few years ago. Sat in first Row far stage left (thank you TKTS). Jeremy Jordan and the ENTIRE lead cast absolutely showered each other through the whole show.
Sitting that close, from the side angle, it was disgusting, shocking, and absurd; we couldn’t even get into the story of the show because it was so distracting.
We’d seen more than 20 musicals by that time, but never sat that close and we were shocked to see the rain storm.
My wife was an actor in a national tour and several regionals and she doesn’t ever recall the spit factor. One thing’s for sure, we will never forget that performance. "
I second that! Had I sat any closer to the stage when I saw Newsies some years back, I’d walk out soaking. No idea why they’re so much more intense than any other show I’ve seen. Could it be trying to project combined with the accents?
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re: Real Actors Do Spit#90
Posted: 11/26/18 at 3:38pm
Jonathan Groff in Hamilton spit up a storm and it made his take on King George 10x funnier. Like a Baby King having a tantrum.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#91
Posted: 11/26/18 at 4:35pm
BroadwayRox3588 said: "Ben Platt.Dear Evan Hansen. Enough said."
that was my first thought when i saw this thread. i also hear george salazar gives his own shower onstage as well
re: Real Actors Do Spit#92
Posted: 11/26/18 at 8:56pmChris spits at Ellen during the high notes during their confrontation about Kim.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#93
Posted: 11/26/18 at 10:27pm
Ben Crawford was spitting all over the place, including once on me
I was living
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re: Real Actors Do Spit#94
Posted: 11/26/18 at 10:39pm
nomdeplume said: "Good for him! I have even more respect for the man's talent!
Who else?"
Patti LuPone is another. Both freely admitted that their Sweeney together was a very wet show.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#95
Posted: 11/26/18 at 11:39pm
42nd Street. "Lullaby of Broadway" We were seated in the second row stage left.
Jerry Orbach stood right on the corner of the stage nearest to us as Julian went to work trying to light a fire under Peggy.
The spotlight caught the spittle flying out of his mouth.
I previously had had no idea.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#96
Posted: 11/27/18 at 6:43am
MarkBearSF said: "Patti LuPone is another. Both freely admitted that their Sweeney together was a very wet show."
Speaking of Sweeney, I sat up front at the Barrow Street production and left wearing a thin layer of Hugh Panaro spit.
re: Real Actors Do Spit#97
Posted: 11/28/18 at 9:36am
Anthony Boyle in HPCC. From his first moment on stage to his last.
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