i was in a school production of peter pan and the actor had to fly through a window that had a latch on it but somehow the latch locked again and when peter tried to fly through the window he just slammed into it and this 7ft wooden window thing and smashed down onto the floor. it was terrifying for us at the moment but now that i look back at it, it’s
Okay, but during one show we did, someone's mic died on stage. They were fine, they performed through it. During a longer blackout, one of the crew members ran on stage and changed the battery. But the blackout ended before he could get offstage. This show's set was a courtroom made out of book cases. He had to hide onstage for the entire scene just crouching behind a book case.
Once I was in a school production of Les Mis and a plastic prop tomato started rolling down the stage and into the audience during valjean's soliloquy...
One of my music professors said that he had a rule for onstage mishaps. “If nobody dies or is irreparably injured, it’s hysterical. Otherwise, it’s traumatic and why we have a psychological services offered on campus. We did Camelot. During ‘The Lusty Months Of May,” I was dancing (badly) with what was supposed to be a cameo dance with Lancelot and he danced himself into the orchestra pit and broke his leg. Curtain came down, an ambulance was called and we had a different Lancelot. Yup. THAT was traumatic.
During a high school production of pride and prejudice, i worked the show and SO MANY THINGS went minutely wrong. Bingley's ball flew off the stage, one of the couches had to be replaced mid performance because one of the legs were splitting, Mrs. Bennett's bell broke and she kept ringing it, without the outer shell, a mic was turned on by accident and the actress swore and it was heard throughout the whole auditorium, the downstage wings flew up instead of the scrim cuz flies unlocked the wrong one, when carrying it off stage, a stage hand hit a lattice against a wall, and our jello punch was moldy. :)
In our production of Mary Poppins with my local theatre company, the fire alarm decided in the middle of “Step in Time” while Bert was in the air would be the perfect time for a reset! Massive alarms started going off and the fire curtain came down on the stage with Bert stuck hanging in the air above the stage. We had to evacuate the whole theatre (300+ people). I was backstage crew for that show. It was quite the experience! 😂🙈
I played Captain Hook. In the middle of my big solo, one of our trees on stage falls.. on an old lady in the front row.. in a wheelchair.. with an IV machine strapped to her.. I laughed by accident.
My daughters were in a high school production of Newsies. In one of the big numbers, a dancer high kicked and her shoe flew off, hit the ceiling, and bounced into the audience. It was hard, but I held in the laughter. Then I saw the director crawling through the audience to retrieve the shoe....
I remember one play we had a door that would slam and the adjacent picture frame would fall EVERY time and it became an ongoing joke throughout the play
i was in a school production of peter pan and the actor had to fly through a window that had a latch on it but somehow the latch locked again and when peter tried to fly through the window he just slammed into it and this 7ft wooden window thing and smashed down onto the floor. it was terrifying for us at the moment but now that i look back at it, it’s
britt's shorts get me every time
Okay, but during one show we did, someone's mic died on stage. They were fine, they performed through it. During a longer blackout, one of the crew members ran on stage and changed the battery. But the blackout ended before he could get offstage. This show's set was a courtroom made out of book cases. He had to hide onstage for the entire scene just crouching behind a book case.
The fact that they keep going is both funny AND impressive lol
I'm a simple person. I see Henry VIII's six wives, I clicc
Once I was in a school production of Les Mis and a plastic prop tomato started rolling down the stage and into the audience during valjean's soliloquy...
I can totally see Britt looking back at Sam, laughing. And Sam trying to hold her laughter cause Britt is just holding her shorts haha!
One of my music professors said that he had a rule for onstage mishaps. “If nobody dies or is irreparably injured, it’s hysterical. Otherwise, it’s traumatic and why we have a psychological services offered on campus. We did Camelot. During ‘The Lusty Months Of May,” I was dancing (badly) with what was supposed to be a cameo dance with Lancelot and he danced himself into the orchestra pit and broke his leg. Curtain came down, an ambulance was called and we had a different Lancelot. Yup. THAT was traumatic.
Britt losing her shorts has to be the funniest thing to ever happen to that cast on stage second only to Andrea's spacebars falling out
During a high school production of pride and prejudice, i worked the show and SO MANY THINGS went minutely wrong. Bingley's ball flew off the stage, one of the couches had to be replaced mid performance because one of the legs were splitting, Mrs. Bennett's bell broke and she kept ringing it, without the outer shell, a mic was turned on by accident and the actress swore and it was heard throughout the whole auditorium, the downstage wings flew up instead of the scrim cuz flies unlocked the wrong one, when carrying it off stage, a stage hand hit a lattice against a wall, and our jello punch was moldy. :)
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In our production of Mary Poppins with my local theatre company, the fire alarm decided in the middle of “Step in Time” while Bert was in the air would be the perfect time for a reset! Massive alarms started going off and the fire curtain came down on the stage with Bert stuck hanging in the air above the stage. We had to evacuate the whole theatre (300+ people). I was backstage crew for that show. It was quite the experience! 😂🙈
Mary poppins did NOT hesitate
Live theatre is the best. Here's the reminder that even the pros mess up.
VERY wonderful composure from that Glinda holy crap. She has a quick change right after that too.
I played Captain Hook. In the middle of my big solo, one of our trees on stage falls.. on an old lady in the front row.. in a wheelchair.. with an IV machine strapped to her.. I laughed by accident.
🎶don’t lose ur shorts🎶
My daughters were in a high school production of Newsies. In one of the big numbers, a dancer high kicked and her shoe flew off, hit the ceiling, and bounced into the audience. It was hard, but I held in the laughter. Then I saw the director crawling through the audience to retrieve the shoe....
I remember one play we had a door that would slam and the adjacent picture frame would fall EVERY time and it became an ongoing joke throughout the play
OMG Brittney's pants falling off meanwhile she's just like 🧍♀ and her face I'm DYING