| re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? | |
| Posted by: pfolson 11:10 am EST 12/20/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? - Alison 10:39 am EST 12/20/17 | |
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| 1972: Summer stock production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC with Ann Blyth at the Milwaukee Melody Top. During the final scene, as the nuns are bidding farewell to the Von Trapp's before their escape into the mountains, the flat representing the Abbey gates suddenly starts to rock -- and then tips over. If not for the quick thinking of the actor playing Captain Von Trapp, who leapt forward and caught the falling flat, there would have been several nun/actresses with serious headaches. Much more recently: a high school production of CYRANO. Valvert slaps Cyrano. Cyrano's prosthetic nose flies off and goes sailing across the stage. I was stage managing that show, and during the next scene change the kid playing Cyrano asked me if he should put the nose back on or leave it off. "Won't it look silly if I suddenly reappear with the nose?" he asked. It was a valid point, but I explained that we had no choice but to reattach it. After all, half the lines in the remainder of the show referenced Cyrano's nose. Without the prosthetic, large swaths of the script would have been rendered meaningless. Fortunately, the nose stayed on for the balance of the evening and our two remaining performances. |
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