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Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Joined: 12/31/69
#25re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 8:03pmI once played a grandmother to a woman that was old enough to be my grandmother. The funny thing is, I'm 17 years old.
#26re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 9:04pmSo not community theatre, but a camp production. We did "Annie" this summer and my extremely guy friend Ben was cast as Ms. Hannigan. A boy. And he was absolutely brilliant.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#27re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 9:13pm
Years ago I saw Pippin at a dinner theater...when Charlemagne pulled out his sword and raised it over his head, the blade went through a ceiling tile.
#28re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 9:58pmI saw a production of "The Best Little Whorehouse..." where, during the Aggie dance, one of the dancer's 'kibbles and bits' kept poking though the fly in his boxers. Apparently he was not versed in the miracle that is the dance belt.
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#29re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 10:14pm
At a school production of Once Upon a Mattress, the prince went to go pick up the heavy weight that is supposed to be too heavy for him and it rolled right off the stage. He said something along the lines of "I can't even pick up that weight that's rolling right off the stage there."
In our recent production of Urinetown, Old Ma Strong was 21, Bobby was 22, and Old Man Strong was in his 60s. A couple of nights our lightboard malfunctioned and we were in the dark with a spotlight.
Measure your life in love, RENTheads, and keep it always in your heart.
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alterego
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#30re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:30pm
I saw a Community Theatre production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and when the villagers were walking around in the circle during Anetevka, I noticed that many had 'Travelite' suitcases and wore Levi cords.
At another, during a production of EVITA the actress playing Eva was lifted during 'Rainbow High' and her wig slid off. In the same production after 'Don't Cry For Me...' when the balcony moves back and the actors exit, someone took the stairs away before the last actor left. He was left standing on the balcony in semi darkness all through the following scene. Ah, the magic of theatre!
#31re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:53pmI'm working on Beauty and the Beast right now, and on Thursday night there was a bottle of water on the stairs on stage for the entire first act that no one in the show noticed until Be Our Guest.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#32re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 12:07am
Well, if that's CUTC's Beauty, friday night, the magic mirror split in two during Kill The Beast. And the Beast tripped on the stairs coming down for his final dance with Belle.
Years ago, my daughter was in an unauthorized, unlicensed version of Beauty, and the Beast got a nosebleed in the middle of Act I and the show had to stop.
#33re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 11:13amIn a production of Fiddler I was in a couple years ago, our Tevye and Lazar were both non-Jews and it really showed during L'chiam, because it came out sounding like La-KY-um, with a hard C which made me wince ever time...
Measure your life in love, RENTheads, and keep it always in your heart.
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.
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#34re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 12:27pm
True story: The year before last was my town's (Newton, NC) 150th anniversary. A guy who used to (badly) direct many of our community theatre shows, but had moved to NYC and played piano in a few national tours, came back and wrote a musical about our town, called The Heart of Catawba County and the show-stopping act one finale was called "Rootin' Tootin' Newton." It was the Red, White & Blaine of North Carolina.
I have so many community theatre stories...I've grown up there. One of my favorites was during a production of Cheaper By the Dozen, during the lovey dovey family song, this guy wearing big red pants falls out of a door next to the stage, directly into the laps of the people in the first row.
We have really old instruments as far as lighting goes. During the big ballad in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, in which I played Becky, two lamps blew at the same time. The guy playing Tom and I both jumped about three feet into the air, and I'm pretty sure I made one of those embarassing little girl startled squeaks.
Outdoor theatre is also particularly entertaining. I did Horn in the West, a Revolutionary War drama, for 5 summers, and there's a scene in the show, a very politically incorrect scene, in which the entire cast dons full body paint and runs out onstage as indian braves to do a fire dance. It always seemed to rain during that scene, so there were a bunch of very streaky people jumping through flaming hoops and making incoherent "Indian" noises. I'm still surprised no one sued us for that.
I can't talk now. I gotta go get my wallet out of the toaster.
#35re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 1:02pmI saw a production of Chicago where Velma and Roxie both had wigs that made them look like poodles. It was the most distracting thing ever.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
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#36re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 1:23pmMy favorite community theatre memory. I was playing the Baker in Into the Woods. One night we had ALOT of kids in the audience. When I was singing the "Baker's Reprise" and I said "Do I want a child or not?" some brat in the first row just screams, "NO!!!" I kept in character, but the whole audience erupted in laughter for the rest of my song... so much for that.
#37re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 1:26pm
I saw a community theater production of Godspell, where a man who apparently had been fully mobile when the production began, was in a wheelchair.
People in the cast took turns spinning and moving him around the stage during the course of the show.
SO distracting.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#38re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 1:28pmYears ago in a strawhat production of Noises Off, Mrs. Clackett had tossed back a few prior to curtain. She was slurred throughout the show (not a good show to be tipsy in) and when it came time to break the bottle over Brooke's head, she whacked Freddie instead. The show (and she) stumbled on.
#39re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 2:50pm
I recently saw a production of The Jungle Book in which all the actors sang along to the soundtrack of the film. One just lip-synced.
In their defense, it was a youth theatre...
daspazoo
Leading Actor Joined: 3/11/06
#40re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 4:59pm
1) The SWEET CHARITY where they cut "I'm A Brass Band."
2) The GODSPELL that took place in central park and had 50 people that wandered around throughout the production and magically stood in lines for the chorus numbers.
3) THE WIZARD OF OZ with no yellow-brick road.
4) Not on-stage funny, but I was stage managing a production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL and the actor playing Dick Wilkins missed his entrance, so Young Scrooge and Fezziwig had to improvise a scene without him. After it was over, before I knew what I was saying, I told my fellow technicians over head-set: "That went surprisingly well for having no Dick."
...this bird is singing.
#41re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/18/07 at 5:31pm
ggersten- I think this one:
Years ago, my daughter was in an unauthorized, unlicensed version of Beauty, and the Beast got a nosebleed in the middle of Act I and the show had to stop.
was my fav! They can get through unauthorized and unlicensed, but not the Beast's nosebleed- hee. Thanks for the laugh. :)
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#42re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 1:24amI saw a local production of "Sweeney" earlier this year where they re-created the original broadway set that rotates. (It looked JUST like it!). However! The chorus members (short, thin teens and older adults) doubled as stagehands. They were REALLY working hard to get that set turned around on more than a few occasions. I swear you could almost hear them going "uuuuuhhH!!! UuummmphhH!!" pushing on it to get it rotating. They even set the whistle off again during some of the scene changes because it took so long for them to haul the set on and off stage. I loved every second of that production.
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
#43re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 2:08amI was in "Finian's Rainbow" this summer and at the end of Act II on opening night, Senator Rawkins missed his cue! We started to improv and we totally re-wrote the ending of the show!
evadiva
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#44re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 2:21am
"And the Beast tripped on the stairs coming down for his final dance with Belle."
LMAO - Oh my God, I'm so glad I wasn't your Mrs. Potts!!!!
"When I was singing the "Baker's Reprise" and I said "Do I want a child or not?" some brat in the first row just screams, "NO!!!" I kept in character, but the whole audience erupted in laughter for the rest of my song"
oooh that reminds me - time for my birth control pill....
Updated On: 8/19/07 at 02:21 AM
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#45re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 2:32am
my aunt went to a production of grease that was horrible
she said that the director chaged the whole plot added new
songs and featured little fom the original score not even
summer nights.
#46re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:11am
"When the Jets and the Sharks are so flaming that it is distracting..."
When JESUS is so flaming that it is distracting...
Worst.Godspell.Ever.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#47re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:35am
A "flaming"* Sweeney Todd could be amusing. I was once in a production of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN where the Frank Butler was somewhat a "flamer", and used to sing in the dressingroom - "I got the son In the morning and his Dad at night".
* I love the expression "flaming"!
#48re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 7:05am
My brother was in a production of the wiz like 2 years ago, and there were only two african americans in the whole cast. Love that one.
I was in a production of Fiddler on the roof once. Our tevia was a GREAT actor and apparently a great improvisor too, cuz one day he forgot what he was saying during the part of tradition where he talks about the horse and mule argument. Here's what he said.
Well he sold him a horse but he TOLD him it was a mule and he LIED. He LIED like a fish in the sea!!!
The whole cast could barely keep a straight face. There was a whole thing in the middle that I don't remember cuz it was a year ago but it just went ON AND ON AND ON! I think by the end he was enjoying it.
Updated On: 8/19/07 at 07:05 AM
#49re: Those quirky moments in community theatre you love
Posted: 8/19/07 at 7:29am
I was in a community theatre production of Annie Get Your Gun (1998 version,) as Little jake. In the scene after Annie's first public performance, Buffalo Bill was supposed to come on and tell us (the three children) to go find Annie. Unfortunantly, he didn't so we had to improvise this whole scene until he arrived. On the stage there was a dressing table, with lots of bits and bobs on it. Our Nellie went over to the table to pick up a hairbrush, but it was stuck on the table, and she just stood there, trying to yank it of the table. This scene went on for about 5 minutes, and it was HILLAURIOUS!
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