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 Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:12 am
IlovetheAngelofMusic ~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 Whoa, thanks! I didn't expect that!
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:06 am
I hope Youko will comment on mine, because I have some pretty funny ones from the production I saw.
Well you have Beth now so MWAHAHAHAHA!
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".
Whoops.
Tickell: *buttoning up* One button, two buttons. *music plays* O.O *runs over to the organ and plays* See? I am a ghost!
People in the audience who don't know very much about Phantom: Ooooh.
Everyone else: *rolls eyes*
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.
Oh dear...
Tickell: *his has falls off and his mask gets all messed up... then he mumbles* Ah damn it...
Barrell: *sings* Whose is the face in the mask? *takes it off and places it on the organ*
Tickell: *after STYDI and realizes his mask is across the stage*
Barrell: *tries to stay in character which is being frightened*
Tickell: *sighs and sings the last little part with his hand over his face*
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.
Oh God... what a show! xD It's like that turnip story where they need like everyone in the family to pull that thing out? Can you imagine the whole cast trying to rip it out? xd
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:44 pm
The Phantom whose head caught on fire was Thomas Jame O'Leary, by the way, and Ethan Freeman is the one who took the tumble down the stairs.
And since no one else will tell it, I will... biggrin
Peter Karrie actually got an award for the worst lyric screw-up. He was zoning out as he did one of the voice overs and completely blanked after, 'Seal my fate tonight...'. Unfortunately, he didn't actually stop singing, despite having no idea what he was supposed to be saying.
"Seal my fate tonight
I hate to have to cut the fun short
But the joke's wearing thin
Let the audience in
Let my opera begin!"
Became,
"Seal my fate tonight...
I hate to have to cut the... prisoner... short
But the... ducks warring in
Let my destiny ride
'Cause the music's on fire!"
The crew gave him a plaque with the flubbed line on it the next night.
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:46 pm
Beth-- You just made my day even better than it already was.
Fox-- Oh. My. Gosh. That is, like, the worst flub I have ever heard of. Bad Karrie. XD
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:08 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:48 am
Unromantic_Phantom 1. A few of the guys that have played Raoul have broken their legs while jumping through the trapdoor when their chasing after Christing after PoNR (It's supposed to be like they're diving in the lake). One guy broke his ankle and had to perform the rest of the show on his knees. I can see how people could easily get injured in that scene, but I doubt that whoever broke his ankle would have continued the show. He's got to have an understudy, and with a serious injury like that wouldn't they just stop the show momentarily and then continue with the understudy? (Like when Carlotta croaks like a frog and they replace her with Christine, or would have if it wasn't for Erik killing Joseph Buquet.)
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:03 am
PhantomoftheFox 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. (Sorry for posting twice in a row, but I wasn't finished reading the thread when I posted thr first one.) That reminds me of something that happened to me! Luckily, this was a rehearsal, not a performance. Anyway, here's the story. In a dress rehearsal for an amateur children's production I was in, I sang the first verse of a duet and turned to see that the girl (playing a male role, we were short on boys) who was supposed to be singing with me wasn't there! It was our first dress rehearsal and we were having problems with costumes, so she was in the dressing room getting hers fixed or something. Halfway through the song she dashed on and started singing with me, and then at the end we were supposed to be interrupted by my best friend (in real life), who was also having some costume difficulties and missed her cue! I tried to say her lines, but messed them up and the other girl just started laughing. Luckily this was a rehearsal and not a show!
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:43 pm
But the love you never had is etched in stone forever,
Reminding you of what might have been... Chloroformed Dishrag 10. The trick that the Phantom uses to "disappear" at the end of the performance is very cleverly set up. The chair has a false back. When the Phantom throws the cloak over himself he attaches the top to a wire, which pulls out, keeping the shape of the head. The back is released, and he can simply slide into the false back. Oh, that's so cool.... omfg... I want a chair like that. XD I wonder if any Phantoms've missed that... like... not hooked the cloak up in time...
Meg: *pulls the cloak off*
Phantom: Erm... hi? o____o *thinking, "Oh, s**t..."*
Angry Mob: Erm... ah?
Phantom: OMFG! O_O *falls through the back of the chair* I'm alright!
Audience: ...what the...?The love you never had stays with you like a shadow:
So close, but when you reach, there's no one there...
-Erik, The Phantom of the Opera, Tom Alonso
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:02 am
Did you get any of these from A Lamentable Mess? It is quite possibly the most amazing website of all time. mrgreen
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