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 Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:19 pm
Deadly Lullaby Unromantic_Phantom Deadly Lullaby Unromantic_Phantom 22. Colm Wilkinson had some trouble with than angel sculpture. It got caught up somehow when they were raising it after the "All I Ask Reprise", and it tilted forward at a dangerous angle. It was all he could do to keep from falling out. For even more fun, Colm's wife was in the audience that night, and when she saw what was happening she jumped up and started screaming for someone to help her husband. I didn't forget a line. That's the way it was told to me.
scream like a girl and cry? crying *is curious*He was probably trying to hold onto the angel to keep from falling forward and onto the stage below.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:10 pm
Unromantic_Phantom: Yay! People enjoy my posts! ^.^
XD God, I love your posts!
Okay. Here are the final things that I know of. There's going to be more than just five...and I'm expecting comments from Youko-chan on every one of them.
XD;; Aye aye. XDDD; *preparing to be amused*
16. The mannequin that reaches out and grabs Christine (only in the stage show) during "Music of the Night" isn't really a mannequin at all. It is an actress wearing a mask made to look like the actress playing Christine. In any subsequent scenes she is replaced by a real mannequin.
O___O EW! OMFG ARE YOU SERIOUS?! DD: *always wondered how that worked* Ew! *can't say anything else* ....ew!!!! What would happen if she lost her balence? It DOES look like she leans forward awfully far.
Christine: *stares at the doll*
Doll: *lurches through the mirror* O___O AAAIIIEE!! *falls flat on face on the stage* *twitches*
Erik: ...erm... *ever so carefully picks her up and throws her back through the mirror* <_<; >_>;
Audience: ....wtf...?
Doll: D:
17. In the graveyard scene there is a large cross that the Phantom is hiding inside. In some productions it opens from the back, but in the London it opens from the front. You cannot see the Phantom however, because he is wearing black, and that is also the color of the inside of the cross.
o_____o;;;; Eeww. What is nobody notices he's there or something? Like... during rehearsal, he's sitting in the cross, and they go on lunchbreak and someone shuts the door on him?
Crawford: Omg! Lemme out!!!! LEMME OUT!!! O____O
Cross: *rattles*
Brightman: *to... random person* You hear something?
Person: ...no... do you?
18. The Overture is pre-recorded, so it uses a real organ. It is the only place in the stage production where a real organ is used.
>_> I always wonder where they hid the organ... I thought they might hide it in the orchastra pit. But... it's big. And tall. o_o And... the orchastra pit... isn't.
Manager: Bonicelli, you're fired!
Bonicelli (No idea. <_< He's a made-up cello player.): What?! WHY?!
Manager: D:< We need room for the bloody organ!!!
19. One Phantom understudy experienced some embarrassment while playing the part. While he was on the proscenum laughing at Carlotta during the "Il Muto" scene he tripped and fell flat on his face.
*SNORTS* Omfg, he'd be a better Raoul. XDDDD
20. Another guy playing the Phantom had to skip out at intermission to have an emergency root canal. His understudy had to take over the rest of the show.
XD My mom's a dentist. Omfg, have you any idea how shocked I'd be to find out my mom'd done a root canal on a Phantom?
Mom: Yes, and he had this swishy cloak, and a mask...
Me: O_____O DDDDDDD: WHY DIDN'T YOU BLOODY GET HIS AUTOGRAPH?!?!?
Mom: DDD:< I WAS TOO BUSY TELLING HIM NOT TO BITE MY FINGERS OFF!!!
21. Michael Crawford suffered hernia as a result of playing Phantom. He left the hospital two weeks after surgery because the understudy (Steve Barton, who was also the original Raoul) had managed to injure himself and was unable to play the part. He left against doctor's orders, and was so heavily drugged up on pain medication that while waiting in the Angel sculpture he fell asleep. They didn't find out he was asleep until they turned on his microphone.
Give the man props for his dedication.
O_O Omg. I just... snorted tea out of my nose reading this. *wipes nose*
Crawford: Oh... so sleepy.... maybe I'll just... close my eyes for a minute and rest... yes, rest... rest is goo.... Zzz.....
Christine: Wait for me, Raoul!
Raoul: Christine, I loooove you...!
Sculpture: *descends*
Crew: *switch on the microphone*
*loud, booming snore*
Audience: O_O;
22. Colm Wilkinson had some trouble with than angel sculpture. It got caught up somehow when they were raising it after the "All I Ask Reprise", and it tilted forward at a dangerous angle. It was all he could do to keep from falling out. For even more fun, Colm's wife was in the audience that night, and when she saw what was happening she jumped up and started screaming for someone to help her husband.
O_O XDDD The first time I ever saw PotO on Broadway, my first question of that scene was, "What happens if a cable snaps, or it tilts or something?!" Now I know. XDDDD
Wilkinson: ZOMG. *falls forward* *clutches the sculpture* O_O *looks around wildly* HELP!
Wife: O_____O DDDD: OH DEAR LORD I'M GOING TO BE A WIDOW!!!!
23. The last one is rather infamously called "Grab Night". This was also with Colm Wilkinson performing the part of Erik. It occurred during "Point of No Return". While Christine was sitting on the bench Colm grabbed a handful of her a**. Later, when it was his turn sitting on the bench, she grabbed a handful of his a** as way of revenge. He was so surprised that he fell off of the bench.
... *wipes nose again* *dignified sniffle* XDD Omfg... that's just.... that's just.... omg.. I don't even KNOW what that is. Here we all are, thinking Christine's just some... little ditz, easy to get an advatage over... *shaking head* *laughing* Who says Christine's a little innocent child that doesn't get mad? XDDDDD Omfg.... I'd laugh so hard...
That's all I've got. I hope everyone enjoyed them, and I wonder if you can guess which one is my favorite.
Oh, these were all so great. XD Thank you so much for posting them. I dunno about you, but 21's my favourite. *laughing hysterically*
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:20 pm
21 is my favorite too, but 23 is in definite second place. Followed by the Raouls missing the trapdoor with relfective tape and blinking lights.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:22 pm
Unromantic_Phantom 21 is my favorite too, but 23 is in definite second place. Followed by the Raouls missing the trapdoor with relfective tape and blinking lights.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:25 pm
Unromantic_Phantom 21 is my favorite too, but 23 is in definite second place. Followed by the Raouls missing the trapdoor with relfective tape and blinking lights.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:30 pm
Youko-chan Unromantic_Phantom 21 is my favorite too, but 23 is in definite second place. Followed by the Raouls missing the trapdoor with relfective tape and blinking lights. I think he'd get in major trouble with ALW for grabbing Brightman's a**, but that would be one crazy performance to say the least. Erik: The very least... Erik!*glomps*
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:11 pm
Unromantic_Phantom 23. The last one is rather infamously called "Grab Night". This was also with Colm Wilkinson performing the part of Erik. It occurred during "Point of No Return". While Christine was sitting on the bench Colm grabbed a handful of her a**. Later, when it was his turn sitting on the bench, she grabbed a handful of his a** as way of revenge. He was so surprised that he fell off of the bench. *laughs....a** off?*
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 1:06 pm
Unromantic_Phantom Yay! People enjoy my posts! ^.^ Okay. Here are the final things that I know of. There's going to be more than just five...and I'm expecting comments from Youko-chan on every one of them. 16. The mannequin that reaches out and grabs Christine (only in the stage show) during "Music of the Night" isn't really a mannequin at all. It is an actress wearing a mask made to look like the actress playing Christine. In any subsequent scenes she is replaced by a real mannequin. 17. In the graveyard scene there is a large cross that the Phantom is hiding inside. In some productions it opens from the back, but in the London it opens from the front. You cannot see the Phantom however, because he is wearing black, and that is also the color of the inside of the cross. 18. The Overture is pre-recorded, so it uses a real organ. It is the only place in the stage production where a real organ is used. 19. One Phantom understudy experienced some embarrassment while playing the part. While he was on the proscenum laughing at Carlotta during the "Il Muto" scene he tripped and fell flat on his face. 20. Another guy playing the Phantom had to skip out at intermission to have an emergency root canal. His understudy had to take over the rest of the show. 21. Michael Crawford suffered hernia as a result of playing Phantom. He left the hospital two weeks after surgery because the understudy (Steve Barton, who was also the original Raoul) had managed to injure himself and was unable to play the part. He left against doctor's orders, and was so heavily drugged up on pain medication that while waiting in the Angel sculpture he fell asleep. They didn't find out he was asleep until they turned on his microphone. Give the man props for his dedication. 22. Colm Wilkinson had some trouble with than angel sculpture. It got caught up somehow when they were raising it after the "All I Ask Reprise", and it tilted forward at a dangerous angle. It was all he could do to keep from falling out. For even more fun, Colm's wife was in the audience that night, and when she saw what was happening she jumped up and started screaming for someone to help her husband. 23. The last one is rather infamously called "Grab Night". This was also with Colm Wilkinson performing the part of Erik. It occurred during "Point of No Return". While Christine was sitting on the bench Colm grabbed a handful of her a**. Later, when it was his turn sitting on the bench, she grabbed a handful of his a** as way of revenge. He was so surprised that he fell off of the bench. That's all I've got. I hope everyone enjoyed them, and I wonder if you can guess which one is my favorite. OMG!!! When I saw the cross at the play, It started moving..... I thought it was the phantom, but then I doubted myself, so all througout" Wishing you were somehow here agian" I strained my eyes staring at the cross, and then staring at other inatimate objects to see if they moved. they did. o_O. I thought I went crazy....
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:15 pm
*snickersnort* You copypasted all those from that list, didn't you?
Tell the one about the invasion of warring ducks.
Edit: Remembered a couple of my own.
1. During Ted Keegan's (US Tour Phantom) last performance, when he's crawling on hands and knees toward Christine after the first unmasking, a woman in the audience whistled and yelled, "Nice a**!"
2. In New York a Raoul, Gary Mauer, abruptly turned and walked offstage in the middle of All I Ask of You one night. The story was that he had eaten some bad fast food before curtain up and had been fighting back nausea all evening. It finally caught up to him and he barely made it before puking spectacularly just offstage. Meanwhile the Christine was left to salvage the scene by herself, singing both parts and twirling happily.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:20 pm
From Behind the Mask:
There were supposed to be live doves flying across the stage in the roof scene, but they just flew everywhere and crashed into the walls of the theater and stuff.
Other:
From an episode of The View with the Phantom movie stars (on YouTube):
Interviewer: I heard your mom didn't know you could sing before you made this movie.
Gerry: She still doesn't know I can sing! *a few sentences later* I go up to someone and say "I'm playing the Phantom," and they say "Oh, the Phantom. Wow. ...can you sing?"
Those ones that Unromantic_Phantom wrote made me laugh SO HARD!
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:23 am
I hope Youko will comment on mine, because I have some pretty funny ones from the production I saw.
1. At the beginning of the scene after MotN, Rohan Tickell (understudy for Erik) was putting on his fancy costume when the organ music that he was supposed to be playing started up. He quickly ran over to the organ and started "playing".
2. Rachel Barrell (Christine) came over to Tickell, and his hat fell off. He quickly started trying to adjust his mask, but then Barrell had to take it off, and she left it on the organ so he had to sing "Come, we must return..." maskless.
3. In the vanishing chair scene at the very end, the cloak seemed to be stuck. Naomi Cobby (understudy for Meg) had to very noisily rip it off the velcro that was supposedly holding it to the chair.
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:18 pm
No one, and I repeat no one is allowed to touch my Phantom of the Opera CD's.
I am so afraid that someone will scratch it...or God forbid put there greasy fingerprints on the disc *shudders*
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:31 pm
Kickable Puppy OMG!!! When I saw the cross at the play, It started moving..... I thought it was the phantom, but then I doubted myself, so all througout" Wishing you were somehow here agian" I strained my eyes staring at the cross, and then staring at other inatimate objects to see if they moved. they did. o_O. I thought I went crazy.... Same here. I thought I was going crazy, so did my friends. Mandy
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:39 pm
~Miss Christine Daae~ No one, and I repeat no one is allowed to touch my Phantom of the Opera CD's.
I am so afraid that someone will scratch it...or God forbid put there greasy fingerprints on the disc *shudders* What does that have to do with Behind the Scenes... Ela- I'll respond to yours... give me a sec. xD
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