Something you weren't supposed to see during a Broadway show — Page 2

ACL-THAT HAPPENED IN A PRODUCTION OF FULL MONTY THAT I SAW TOO! wierd? or just horny stage managers?

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people in 80's clothing singing about weddings.....

a stagehand at the lion king nonchalantly walks out to unhook somebody off of a costume...

....vampires too!

Sitting in the front, far right for Dracula, I got to see Tom Hewitt and his doubles (as well as the other vampires) getting hoisted up in the air offstage.

Pong in the middle of a musical that takes place in 1985.

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I was sitting far right for Into the Woods and saw Laura Benanti jumping up and down to get herself pumped before her entrance.

The other day while ushering I saw a stagehand reflected in the mirror during "Springtime for Hitler."

"people in 80's clothing singing about weddings.....

....vampires too! "



----> I love when people think they're witty.

Updated On: 6/2/06 at 01:01 PM

Me too, RentBoy. It never gets old, does it?

At the Rocky Horror revival, I was in the rush seats and got to see:
-Phantoms tossing candy to one another during Dick Cavett's Act 2 Monologue.
-Jarrod Emick holding the light/hiding behind the couch for the Frank+Janet scene.

At other shows, I could see them prepping Rocky before his entrance and I also Jarrod Emick, definitely out of character ('nuff said).

And while it kills me to put this, Drew Sarich's wig fiasco at Lestat. My heart was breaking because I knew he was struggling with the damn thing the whole act.

Not Broadway, but at MGM when I was younger, I was at the Indiana Jones show and after the boulder rolled over Indy, I saw a crew person help him up and ask, "You all right, Fred?"

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The ensemble boys in Hairspray are always goofing off and doing something when they are all behind the "Miss Teenage Hairspray" tally board when they think no one's paying attention to them. Last Sunday, they were doing karate kicks at one another.

It always amazes me that people backstage don't realize how much the audience can see. First of all, I like to live by a simple rule: if you can see them, they can see you (except in special cases due to extreme lighting, or being behind a scrim or something). There are times when masking isn't able to cover every angle and you can't avoid being seen, but you shouldn't hang out in that area if you don't have to. When I sit on the extreme sides for a show I think it's so disrespectful for an actor or stagehand (especially one not dressed in black) to just stand there in view of the audience when in all likelihood they could step a foot or two to the side where they would be hidden, without affecting their job. I find that a lot of actors and crew feel that if only about 50 people on the side can see them, then somehow they're not really in view of the audience. But each one of those people is an individual who is now staring at someone in a bathrobe or a t-shirt and jeans when they're supposed to be in the land of Oz, or an opera house, or a French revolution or whatever.

I know there are times when it can't be helped, but whenever I'm in that situation I try to think that whoever I can see out there paid $100 to see the show, not to watch people standing in the wings, so I try to spend as little time in that area as possible, and be as unobtrusive as possible (not messing around with people, etc), so if they can see me, hopefully they won't be distracted and will forget about it quickly.

/ Rant off

During Into the Woods, original Broadway cast, the castle would not go down under the stage. It just got stuck. Tom Aldridge, who played the narrator came out on stage and said "Even in fairytails, not everything works. We'll be right back."

They closed the curtain, but not all the way and several people came on stage to get that castle to descend under the stage.

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I was at Jarrod Emick's last performace of Rocky Horror and throughout the whole show all the cast members were trying to pull his pants down. It must have been some sort of inside joke. He managed to escape unscathed... until the curtain call. Let's just say he goes commando.

overthemoon419

the thing about Indiana Jones Stunt Show at MGM is supposed to happen that way. It wasn't something that you weren't supposed to see. But, as you said you were younger, so maybe you didn't understand. (that kinda came out harsh, but not ment in bad way, its just FYI)

:)

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Idina Menzel once sneezed during "Popular." I was like, "What did that girl just do?" And then she wiped her nose and I realized it was a full-out sneeze. She kept it quiet, but me and my killer seats noticed only too well.