what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#1what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:03pm
?
silly i know.
but i always wondered.
#2re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:05pmIt DEPENDS...
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#2re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:06pmYes, me too. Kind of like the astronauts....:)
jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#3re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:07pmSince my first show which I saw was Beauty & the Beast, and I asked why the costumes were so big, my parents told me that the costumes held their own personal toilets, and a holding place, not to mention air freshener
#4re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:09pm
Actually, just like a road trip, you go before you leave.
If an actor has either a problem or a long stretch onstage with no break there is medication available that prevents you from having to go!
Otherwise, you just hold it.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#5re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:14pm
Threads like this one make me yearn for more strike threads.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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#6re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:14pmThey do like the audience should and not drink for two hours before the show so they don't have to cause a scene in the middle of an act.
#7re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:14pmBut, Miss Pennywise, you of all people should be interested in a thread about peeing!
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#8re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:16pmBut, Adam, it's a privilege!!!
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Theatreboy33
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#9re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:17pm
best. thread. ever.
actually, jason alexander has a funny story where he felt a grumbling down below while onstage one night. I can't recall the show or where I heard the interview, but the story was pretty hillarious. Needless to say, you hold it. There are no built in bathrooms, though itd be hillarious is there were. Think of the wardrobe malfunction possibilities!
Updated On: 11/25/07 at 07:17 PM
#10re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:20pm
That should have been one of the Enchanted Objects in Beauty and the Beast.
"What role do you play in the show?" "The toilet."
Think of the possibilities!!
#11re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:22pmAsk Carol Channing.
#12re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:35pmCorn? I don't remember eating any corn....
#13re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:41pmreleivng oneself during performances is expressly forbidden per the union rules.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#14re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:44pmYes, Taz, but they're working on it. We should hear any minute now.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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#15re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:45pmI saw an old interview with a kid who was in Les Mis who said he was in the esemble during a number and ran off in the middle, went, then came back without anyone noticing.
RyToast1
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#16re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:45pm
The only time I ever wondered this was during Deuce, two elderly ladies on stage for an hour and a half straight. They definitely wore Depends. Which makes me kinda sad knowing that I probably saw Ms. Lansbury pee herself. 
#17re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:46pm
"whent hey need"
What language is that in?
#18re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:48pmRy I have to say I was thinking exactly the same thing.
#19re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 7:49pm
DEUCE is a good example of either great bladder control or the powers of DetrolLA.
However, both of those ladies have been performing for years and probably have trained their bladders well. I know many performers who can hold it for a long time!
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#20re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:35pm
Is this post for real?
You just go right before curtain goes up and then there is intermission and right after curtain goes down if you need too. But the longest an actor would have to go without a break is like 2 hours...I think they can make it.
#21re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:39pmI've never really thought about this... But, in most cases I'd have to agree with alex2155, they go like the audiences go. Before the show, during intermission, and after the show.
#22re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:50pmWell, I'm not bway, but I have the tiniest bladder ever and during a show if I have to pee I usually can't tell cuz I'm wrapped up in what I have to do (or to sound more actor-y I'm in the zone of the character..lol). But there has been times I have to go between scenes...lol.
#23re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:53pmIn chcago, Justin Caster said Dr Dilliamand (I;m not a wicked fan I don't know the spelling) was late for the first classroom scene. So everyone adlibed.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#24re: what do bway actors do whent hey need to go to the bathroom?
Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:54pm
When I did Miss Saigon at the Company Theatre, the director told us, "Ok, go wring yer sock!" And boy did we ever.
Long story short, you hold that SH*T in (I'm speaking figuratively and literally) till you get a chance to run to the bathroom. I remember when I did Godspell at the same theatre and one night I had to pee so bad. It's a miracle I made it to intermission. I told a guy and he noticed a puddle (from the Baptism scene in Prepare Ye. John the Baptist spilled some water) and he asked, "Was that you"
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