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| LOVE that Peter Pan story. | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 01:18 am EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: re: What are the 'best' onstage mishaps that you've seen in live theater? - dmcree 08:59 pm EST 12/20/17 | |
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| I've got such a soft spot for it, because it was one of the first semi-professional shows I ever did as a kid, and when Foy came out to install the fly rails, I just remember being mystified at how complicated it all was and how easily things might go wrong. Thankfully, we made it through the run without any significant flubs. There are MANY videos of Peter Pan mishaps, but to hear "you're flying!" -- that's hilarious! - GMB |
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| re: LOVE that Peter Pan story. | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 10:02 pm EST 12/21/17 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:01 pm EST 12/21/17 | |
| In reply to: LOVE that Peter Pan story. - GrumpyMorningBoy 01:18 am EST 12/21/17 | |
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| I've done Peter Pan a number of times, and also have a soft spot for it. But there was this one production - it was a community theatre that got me in on short notice to accompany and MD, in the last week of rehearsal or so. Good production, but hampered by a set they had rented at the last minute (I can't remember if their scene designer was fired or quit - but I think it was one of those two). Mostly it worked out ok, but somehow the last set change in Act II (going into the home underground) was impossible. I had no chance to create new scene change music, so all we could do was play the little bit of "Wendy" provided in the score at that point, over and over and over and over and over. And over. And over. And over. They had the Lost Boys come out "in one" to improvise movement/dance and sing their "we have a mother, at last we have a mother" over and over and over, which really didn't help much, except that there was something to watch, lol. And I would predict that the average time for this change was 3-4 minutes, which in that context is FOREVER. Looking back, I don't know why I didn't suggest playing the Overture again, or something... (PLUS, much as I love the show, I've always felt that Act II is way overlong - it works properly in terms of the layout of the story, but oh, it feel like it never ends lol. So this extended scene change only made it seem longer...) |
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