scary moments

[livelife]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 12:57pm

what are some of the scariest moments on stage? or have there been any moments which have made you jump?

id have to say he gunshots in blood brothers

ahhh they scared the living daylights out of me!

[Renthead#1]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:01pm

I have to say gunshots in like every play I see. And when you see the Phantoms real face in "The Phantom of the Opera".

[creasemouse]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:02pm

act two of sweeney

the ending of cabaret

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:13pm

The Pillowman, the whole damn thing. It should have won best play, it's so well written.

Updated On: 4/17/06 at 01:13 PM

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:28pm

Gunshots in general make me jump.

[deck925]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:41pm

The siren in the begining of Sweeney made me jump outta my seat the first time i heard it. I sorta got used to it after that.

[JemimaPearl]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:47pm

I'd have to say the Act II scene from "Phantom of the Opera" when the Phantom hurls the fireballs at Raoul, but then again I always get scared at scenes with pyrotechnics.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:53pm

I agree with most of what has been said:
Gunshots in Blood Brothers
End of Cabaret
Most of the Pillowman
Phantom's face

[Lamc16]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 1:55pm

Definitely The Pillowman. The entire show I was on the edge of my seat. Can't wait to see "Lieutenant" this Wednesday!

[Claire2141]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 2:32pm

I've seen Blood Brothers a few times and I'm always scared by the gun shots even though I know the moment when they'll be coming.

It's the same with Les Mis when Eponine and Gavroche are shot - I know they're going to come but I still jump out of my skin. Same in Chicago.

[wishinguweresomehow]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 2:53pm

Id definitely agree with gunshots in any show...especially during Les Miz...my mom jumps everytime Gavroche is shot at.

Also the ending of Cabaret gets me everytime.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 2:59pm

The shots in Les Mis never fail to make me jump.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:04pm

Even though I totally saw the gun, the end of West Side Story made me jump.

[AlmostFamous]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:11pm

When you are in the first few rows at the Majestic the fire that shoots up about 8 ft high can be frightening.

Any gunshots scare me.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:41pm

so i heard a recording of miss saigon in which the gunshot goes off in Act I and this woman screams so loud that EVERYONE in the orchestra is laughing at her... one of the funniest audios i have...

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 3:52pm

I never jump at loud noises (on stage or elsewhere), but the entirety of Night of the Hunter was pretty terrifying.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/read.cfm?prid=41884

Updated On: 4/17/06 at 03:52 PM

[livelife]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 4:05pm

yeh the gunshots in Phantom!

also i no this isnt broadway but The Women In Black......ahhhhh

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 4:08pm

Not scary, but...
One of the funniest (I thought) is in The Producers when Leo first walks into Max's office and calls out to him. Max pops up from the sofa (he's covered in newspaper). That can be startling, especially if you're expecting him to come through the door. :)

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 5:12pm

I've always thought it was blatantly obvious during that scene in The Producers that Max is under the papers.

I didn't see it, but I am told the original production of Wait Until Dark was quite terrifying (as opposed to the revival, which was supposedly horrendous).

As for shows I've seen, the ending of the Cabaret revival was scary, and anytime I hear a gunshot that I am not expecting I get jumpy. Once I know it's coming, it doesn't bother me.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 5:14pm

Lamc16, you have to tell me how McDonough's new show is!

[QMAN03]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 5:26pm

McDonaugh's new play, THE LIEUTENANT OF INSIHMORE, is utterly fantastic.

And back on topic, every gunshot in that show that I didn't see coming scared me.

The second biggest jump scene in a show I have seen was in THE PILLOWMAN when Michel jumps up out of bed right when the lightning cracks. My butt was literally five feet off the seat.

BUt the biggest has to go to the Woman in White. After getting the audience completely on the ends of their seats for about an hour, the main character goes to open a door (looking for the woman I think). But when his hand touches the knob, a loud shriek erupts from the back of the theatre where the speaker is. I swear to god I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I wanted to leave the theatre I was so scared. AHHH, good times.

[broadway86]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 5:30pm

I almost passed out when I saw the West End production of The Woman in Black. The whole thing was truly scary.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 7:36pm

The scariest moments for me have been (or at least the most intense):

NUMBER ONE MOST SCARY/INTENSE MOMENT/SCENE: The entire train sequence in THE WOMAN IN WHITE. The sheer intensity of the entire scene from Laura's confrontation with Glyde until the train came at the audience seriously made my body shake for those entire 6 minutes. It was a feeling I have NEVER had at the theatre. The chorus, the fog, the turntable, the acting, and the train all mixed together to create an intense, and rather scary/nerve-wrecking and powerful scene. I wanted the scene to never end.

Any gunshots on stage will startle me.

And the flames at the end of the gfraveyard scene in POTO always startle me a bit.

[theaterFrEaK07]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 8:21pm

The pillowman was very scary, i was freakin out the whole time and at the alley it was an arena stage and i was about a two feet from the actors,

Wait until dark is frightening too, that moment when the lights go out always makes me jump for some reason

[ThePinballWizard]

Posted: 4/17/06 at 8:55pm

Carol Channing descending the stairs in her last return as Dolly in Hello Dolly!

I just imagined something giving out and her taking a tumble right into the orchestra pit.

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