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| re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:03 pm EST 12/20/17 | |
| In reply to: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? - GrumpyMorningBoy 10:15 am EST 12/20/17 | |
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| I was musical director for a teen production of The Sound Of Music some years back. On the whole, a talented cast. But there was this one performance where... First, Maria found herself unable to remember the downward ("backwards") solfege at the end of "Do-Re-Mi." She made up something, but oh, I could see the Von Trapp kids barely able not to laugh...(and me as well...) AND - somehow that night, Max mixed up his lines in the concert scene, with the result that "Edelweiss" was skipped over. We joked afterwards that we had just done a record-setting performance - a Sound Of Music with no "Edelweiss." (I'm tending to think that we still hold the distinction for that, lol.) |
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| re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? | |
| Posted by: bicoastal 08:54 pm EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? - Chromolume 11:03 pm EST 12/20/17 | |
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| Speaking of Sound of Music, I was in a production and was backstage listening to the Mother Superior belt out "Climb Every Mountain". And I mean she was SELLING IT! and one crew member next to me said something like "Wow, she is really singing loud tonight". As I turned to agree, I realized that this crew member was the spot light operator. And since the song was staged with only a single spot light on Mother Superior, the poor woman was singing her heart out in hopes that someone would realize she was performing her big number in a blackout. | |
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| Uta Hagen in Mrs. Klein | |
| Posted by: bwaywatcher 09:36 am EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? - Chromolume 11:03 pm EST 12/20/17 | |
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| During the performance I saw a gnat was buzzing the stage, distracting the cast and the audience. Hagen swung out her hand--as if in character, mind you--and caught it. Beautifully done (there was a quick burst of applause)--and certainly a mishap for the insect. | |
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| re: Uta Hagen in Mrs. Klein | |
| Posted by: twocents 11:57 am EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: Uta Hagen in Mrs. Klein - bwaywatcher 09:36 am EST 12/21/17 | |
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| Woman was quick as a cat and sharp as a razor. | |
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