What is a "No Fly Show"?

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What is a "No Fly Show"?

Posted: 9/6/11 at 12:50am

Hi, this is my first post ever on Broadway World. I recently watched Seth Rudetsky interview Nicole Parker about her Defying Gravity debacle concerning her doing a "No Fly Show". I have never heard that term before and when I search for it I can't find what it means.
Seth Rudetsky's OBSESSED! feat. Nicole Parker

#2

What is a

Posted: 9/6/11 at 12:55am

It refers to the fact that at the performance, the "Defying Gravity" lift malfunction, so Elphaba did not fly... "a no fly show."

#3

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 1:16am

It means that they use a cherry picker instead of a device that would make the witch fly and yell in unison. Therefore, all Wicked performances are "No Fly" shows. You're welcome.

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#4

What is a

Posted: 9/6/11 at 1:44am

No fly show = Elphaba's skirt does not go KA BOOM while she is screaming about being "high"

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#5

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 1:50am

Welcome to BWW, Absalon.

#6

What is a

Posted: 9/6/11 at 2:11am

My favorite part of a NO FLY show at the WICKED, I saw one, is how the other actors on stage slowly duck to make it appear Elphaba is rising.
That's Show Biz.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST had no Beast fly shows when his rigging went awry. That was known as the Martha Graham, where the Beast had to do an interpretive dance to fill the music as he transformed.

AnD TITANTIC had Rubber Baby shows when the boy in the show (who had no understudy) was replaced by a rubber baby doll.

#7

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 7:53am

A no fly show is when they spray a theatre with pesticides before a performance.

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#8

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 8:34am

Or when they don't let in people who are hip and down with it.

#9

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 8:38am

It's a show where NATO planes fly overhead and bomb anyone who uses a cellphone.

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#10

What is a

Posted: 9/6/11 at 8:39am

^ Now THAT's for me!

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#11

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 8:53am

it's a show where everyone goes in with their zipper undone and acts like nothing is wrong. THATS showbiz.

#12

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 9:14am

Spider-man does a couple of them each week.

#13

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 6:12pm

Absalon, did you watch the video? Parker explains the entire thing, in great detail.

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#14

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Posted: 9/6/11 at 11:26pm

Wait, how did the boy the Titanic get replaced by a rubber baby? The baby tracks on stage with a boat at the end of the opening number?

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#15

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Posted: 9/7/11 at 3:16am

Yeah I watched it. I just misunderstood what she was saying. I actually feel really stupid now. Either way, thanks for the responses everyone! Glad to be here!

#16

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Posted: 9/7/11 at 4:28am

Rubber Baby Life Boat Bumpers,
Rubber Baby Life Boat Bumpers,
Rubber Baby Life Boat Bumpers!

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