Scariest Moment in a Musical or Play

The only thing scary about WICKED are it's fans.

As far as flat out frightening?

Some part in SWEENEY TODD, I suppose.
Agreed, the finale of CABARET.

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The 'murder' scene in DEATHTRAP. I've never heard 1000 people in a theater scream so loud.





Allison MacKenzie
Peyton Place, New Hampshire

I saw a production of the Tempest where at the beginning, the strange chandelier thing that was sitting wrecked on stage lit up and flew above the audience, then the lights went completely down and there was lightinng flashing and thunder and it was really loud and really scary and then the fairy, who just looked CRAZY scary popped up for a minute in the lightining and everyone went NUTS. Then the actros came out of trapdoors, as if they were coming from below deck of prospero's ship.

It was very scary and pretty brilliant.

The Pillowman...but there are so many terrifying moments that I can't choose one as the scariest.

Updated On: 6/3/06 at 08:06 PM

so what happens at the end of Cabret?

The whole ending of Sweeney Todd. I haven't seen the revival but I've seen the DVD of the tour and George Hearn scares the hell out of me.

For me, it's in Wicked. Yes, everyone. I love that show. But I digress.

After Chistery, the Wizard's pet monkey, is given wings by Elphaba, that's kind of creepy. But then, the Wizard pulls the lever and the walls part to reveal an entire cage full of flying monkies. Complete with the red lights and the percussive music, that moment scares the crap out of me.

Little Shop of Horrors is pretty scary.

I don't know if it's that scary, but you sort of get a feeling of claustrophobia when Radames and Aida are placed in the tomb in Aida.

When the Baker's Wife gets killed by the Giant (or rather by trees crushed by the Giant) in Into the Woods, that's scary.

When I first saw Evita, seeing the body lying in state freaked me out.

I cannot handle guns going off in shows. Heck, I jumped out of my seat during "Oklahoma?" in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels when Jolene is firing the gun and making Lawrence "dance."

I haven't seen the revival of Sweeney Todd but the new recording gives me the willies (we can thank the pared down orchestrations for that.)

The Hysteria sequence in The Light in the Piazza is pretty darn scary.

Ah, yes, and so is the scene in Big River where they dig up the corpse.

When the Von Trapps are hiding from the Nazis in The Sound of Music, yeah.

The Childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is scary.

What can I say? I scare easily. I even jumped when the butler popped up in the movie, The Haunted Mansion.

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Seeing "Bklyn" was the scariest thing I have ever endured !

Wicked - when Elpheba is raised 1000 ft into the air during Defying Gravity!




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The ending of the Cabaret revival was frightening. I don't think I've ever sat in stunned silence like that, much less an entire audience.

I also agree about Wait Until Dark. That final scene in the dark is frightening.

Autograph seekers at the stage door...

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Depending on how it's done and if you know what to expect- the end of Angels in America - Part 1. If done well, it's spectacular and scary at the same time.

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