Scariest moments in a show...- Page 2

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 1:13pm

I was five when I saw Beauty and the Beast, so that scared the crap outta me.


Phantom had a lot of things that made me jump - the gunshots, the Phantom shooting fireballs, the doll popping out of the mirror...

The first time I saw Spring Awakening, Moritz bursting onto the stage screaming at the end of the Guilty Ones made me jump nearly out of my seat.

Posted: 8/22/08 at 1:40pm

In The Paris Letter, Neil Patrick Harris shoots himself in the mouth very suddenly, and blood splatters over the wall behind him. Very graphic, and scary.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 1:48pm

Actually, 'Mary Poppins'! In the Bristol try-out, 'Temper Temper' certainly frightened me more than when the show finally made it to London. People say it's a myth that the frightening elements of the song were toned down, but they definitely had less 'Silent Hill'-esque costumes by the time they got to the West End. Back when the cast did look like Konami rejects, it was proper creepy. :3

[myshikobit]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 1:56pm

So I haven't seen it live yet, but the first time I listened to Sweeney Todd, I decided it might be okay if took a bath and listened to it at the same time. I was playing it loud so I could hear it over the water... and then the factory whistle went off, and it scared the living **** out of me. During a summer camp I pulled a prank by playing the factory whistle part to scare my friends, because even on an iPod it's possible to hear it all the way on the other side of the room, and everyone freaked. It was pretty funny. I do the same thing in class sometimes when I'm feeling mischevious. I love me some Sweeney =).

[childcatcher2]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:07pm

Richard O'Brian as the childcatcher...... scared the crap outta me !

[dshnookie]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:23pm

The gunshots in 39 Steps

and

When the pipe [or whatever it was] shoots out smoke and makes that very loud whistle in Mary Poppins right before A Spoonful of Sugar. Lame I know, but it scared me.

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:44pm

I first saw the Phantom of the Opera when I was nine and it scared the crap out of me. Seriously, I had nightmares about the Phantom for years after that, but I revisited the show when I was 16. Then, I realized that it really wasn't that bad. The Pillowman disturbs me to this very day.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:49pm

When I saw Mamma Mia, I was in the front row. The overture started with such a bang that I jumped a little in my seat.

Also, when I saw Beauty & the Beast for the first time, when the Beast first jumps out from behind the door to catch Belle in the west wing of the castle, I jumped because it happened so suddenly and the Beast started yelling.

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:55pm

The gunshots in Les Mis scared me all 4 times I saw the show. I knew that they were coming the last 3 times but they were so loud.

Not in theatre but everytime I see Weez's avi I jump. That thing startles me..lol.

[AvenueQResident]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:56pm

I agree with everyone on gunshots, I can't bear them as an audience member. Be it a shock or the tension building up to the 'bang', they make me jump everytime. I think the barricades battle in Les Miserables proved the worst example.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 3:54pm

I only started using this avatar on a whim, but comments like that make me love it more and more every day. I've had proper complaints from my LiveJournal friends an' all. XD

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 3:59pm

I agree with everyone who said quite a few moments of The Pillowman. Such a disturbing show, and I love it so much.

Also, gunshots get me every time! Assassins was the worst - you'd think I would've eased up a bit by the middle of the show, but nope, I was jumpy until, ironically, the last one, when the actress playing Squeaky locked eyes with me and fired.

I would really love to see The Woman in Black - I've read several synopses, and I can't seem to figure out what's exactly so terrifying. Perhaps it's the actual theatre atmosphere?

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 4:09pm

I'm not very good with gunshots. When I was in Les Mis, I would jump a when Gavroche would get shot.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 4:17pm

Re: 'The Woman in Black' - totally the atmosphere. I read the novel and it struck me as ever such a pedestrian ghost story, but the play made me want to wee. I think what helps is not expecting it to be scary. You go in thinking "it's a play, there's no way that'll be as scary as a film", but it ends up being more-so.

Of course, I will admit that it won't necessarily scare everyone, but I always seem to be most frightened of quiet, creeping, unstoppable, single, malevolent, supernatural entities (usually female ones as well o_O), while also being excessively creeped out by what happens in my mind as opposed to what you see onstage, so it plays absolutely perfectly to what I personally find terrifying. I won't say "omg you're wrong!" to the people who weren't frightened of it, because fear just is so subjective, but if it's the kind of thing that'll frighten you, then you may well have some sleepless nights in store. :3

[Patash]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 4:49pm

Wait Until Dark. Just when you think Susie has killed the guy in the bedroom and you see her enter the living room with knife in hand, then he leaps out in the dark still alive. That's a lot like the scene in Deathtrap. Both get me every time.

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 5:05pm

Any gunshot fire in any show but I remember the Woman in White with "Count Fosco" and those mice (live) running up and down his arms. I wanted to bolt!!!!

[Weez]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 5:09pm

I'd really love to see productions of 'Shining City' or 'The Weir'. I get the feeling they'd be terrifying if done well. I also wish to add love for 'The Pillowman', despite the fact that reading it apparently isn't as scary as seeing it. XD

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 6:03pm

Deathtrap was the first thing to come to my mind as well. I was like 18 when I saw it.

But I totally agree with the Wait Until Dark mention as well.

[vfd88]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 6:48pm

I saw Les Mis when I was 7, and the gun shots in the battle sequence made me cry.

[JeaniusIsMe]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 10:17pm

Like everyone else, gunshots seem to make me jump every time- especially the one that kills Gavroche in Les Mis. Even when I know it's coming, the suspense gets to me.

As for the Woman in Black- definitely didn't scare me. I specifically waited until Halloween in London to see it and while I found the story to be great and engaging, I just wasn't scared by the scary elements. But I did have a fun time at the theatre.

[glitterandjazzhands]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 10:34pm

The first time I ever heard the whistle in Sweeney Todd I screamed and ran out of my room. Not in a theatre, but for over a year I was scared to death of Sweeney Todd. Then a week before I saw it I started getting into it and since then I've seen it twice. LOL.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/22/08 at 11:29pm

Act II of The Woman in Black. Didn't sleep properly for 2 weeks.

[broadwayboy101]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 12:08am

Could someone PM me what's so scary about The Woman in Black? I've heard a lot about it and don't mind spoilers at all, as I doubt I'll see it live, and I'm curious as to why everyone finds it so terrifying.

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 1:10am

Even if we wrote what happens in the show, it won't make sense - it's the actual live experience that makes it scary - the storytelling, the atmosphere and the sound effects.

[johnsons]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 1:20am

The last 20 minutes of "Wait Until Dark" are terrifying if done right.