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Topic: "Oops! Now what do I do?"
Posted: 3/30/07 at 11:27am

Let's share some stories ... some suggestions ... some smiles ....

We're doing a multi-show play ... same theme, just different short plays.

At our rehearsal the other night, an actor referred to "a dream of a girl, the girl of his dreams, the love of his life" with the name of a character from a different play. As my cast is made up of youth, they simply don't have the experience how to "ad lib", so we stopped the rehearsal (after the laughter died down), and discussed what we should do if something like this happens. We did the same thing after the queen in one show was referred to as "your most gracious, royal butt" (It was supposed to be, "... your most gracious, royal majesty, but Sir Reggie has been ...").

Care to share some oops of your own?

In a world of margarine, be butter!

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Posted: 3/30/07 at 10:23pm

I was directing Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! and we were rehearsing the part where the actors pretend they are a dike in Holland and it has a leak and the little boy puts his finger in the hole to stop the leak.... So I was telling them about the boy who puts his finger in the dike..... well this was a youth show so you can imagine the looks I was getting. I was completely oblivious to what I had said cause I had heard that story all my life. So when they finally stopped me and asked me what the H*ll I was talking about .... was my face red. I don't embarrass easily but that was a doozie!

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Posted: 3/31/07 at 11:17am

Last year in our play, Meanwhile, Back on the Couch by Jack Sharkey, Victor, the Psychiatrist and his publisher, Parker are at the bar as Victor is fixing yet another drink (they have had several already). Parker is supposed to start his next line by saying "Victor....." But instead he said, "Parker". Quick thinking Victor said, " I'm Victor, you're Parker, have another drink". The audience loved it.
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Posted: 4/01/07 at 2:09pm

last year at the height of the most pivotal scene, I was supposed to grab my co-star and yell "don't leave me, I don't care if I go to hell" instead I yelled (every bit as passionately I might add) "I don't care if YOU go to hell" needless to say people noticed and there was no fixing it so we just had to ride out the inappropriate giggles and finish the scene. :)

"If nothing else, there's applause... like waves of love pouring over the footlights."

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Posted: 4/01/07 at 8:12pm

Two recent favorites:

THE MOUSETRAP:

The correct line: I didn't go to see a woman there.

The new line: I didn't go to see a man there.

MUCH ADO:

The correct line: The smallest twine may lead me.

The new line: The tallest swine may lead me.

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Nanette
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Posted: 4/02/07 at 6:52am

From THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS:

The correct line: "Peanuts. I like peanuts."

The new line: (Well ... just drop the T from peanuts.)

In a world of margarine, be butter!

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Posted: 4/02/07 at 1:05pm

We were doing "Angel Street". If you know the show, you know how important that darn picture on the wall is. The whole first sequence is about the picture thats not on the wall. All of the characters comment on it. And then finnally Mr.Manningham turn around and says "Bella, what have you done with the picture". Well, i'm waiting backstage for my que, when the stage mannager rushes over and explains that the picture is still on the wall. We had no way of telling them on stage that the picture was up there, and it was verry unlikely that they had realised it was still there because they aviod that part of the stage untill Mr. Manninham notices it. All we could do was wait backstage bitting our finger nails untill the line finnaly came. He turns around and looks at the picture and with out missing a beat says "Bella, why have you changed the picture?". I thought I was going to have a stroke. lol. After that all we had to do was adlib our lines to fit the brillant change. i think it almost scared us to death, but it made one heck of a story at the cast party.

you know you work in community theatre when your couch has been in more shows than you have.

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Posted: 4/02/07 at 4:44pm

At the full to capacity matinee for "Cinderella" the Fairy Godmother changed the lyrics from "Poppycock & twaddle." to . . . well let's just say "Cinderella" quickly went from "G" rated to "R" rated. There was nothing to do, but keep on singing.

Linda

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Posted: 4/06/07 at 2:50pm

We're in the middle of a production of 'Theft' and my character, John, is having an affair with my best friend, Trevor's wife. The burglars line is"Ididn't tell Trevor you were having it off with his wife". The line I got was " I didn't tell you Trevor was having it off with your wife". Needles to say, the ad libbig was fast and furious after that, but we managed to get back on track.

It's been Surreal!

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Posted: 4/11/07 at 10:31am

In A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the forum...Domina's line about her father "General Magnus" turned into General Viagra one night...and people LOVED it. (It helped that our director had placed a very naughty freize of general magnus...with a rather large SPEAR above her house!)

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Nanette Celebrity Joined: 8/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 399	Topic: "Oops! Now what do I do?" Posted: 3/30/07 at 11:27am
	Let's share some stories ... some suggestions ... some smiles .... We're doing a multi-show play ... same theme, just different short plays. At our rehearsal the other night, an actor referred to "a dream of a girl, the girl of his dreams, the love of his life" with the name of a character from a different play. As my cast is made up of youth, they simply don't have the experience how to "ad lib", so we stopped the rehearsal (after the laughter died down), and discussed what we should do if something like this happens. We did the same thing after the queen in one show was referred to as "your most gracious, royal butt" (It was supposed to be, "... your most gracious, royal majesty, but Sir Reggie has been ..."). Care to share some oops of your own?
	In a world of margarine, be butter!

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slicksister Celebrity Joined: 3/20/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 3/30/07 at 10:23pm
	I was directing Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! and we were rehearsing the part where the actors pretend they are a dike in Holland and it has a leak and the little boy puts his finger in the hole to stop the leak.... So I was telling them about the boy who puts his finger in the dike..... well this was a youth show so you can imagine the looks I was getting. I was completely oblivious to what I had said cause I had heard that story all my life. So when they finally stopped me and asked me what the H*ll I was talking about .... was my face red. I don't embarrass easily but that was a doozie!
	The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
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GoldCanyonLady Celebrity Joined: 2/05/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Posted: 3/31/07 at 11:17am
	Last year in our play, Meanwhile, Back on the Couch by Jack Sharkey, Victor, the Psychiatrist and his publisher, Parker are at the bar as Victor is fixing yet another drink (they have had several already). Parker is supposed to start his next line by saying "Victor....." But instead he said, "Parker". Quick thinking Victor said, " I'm Victor, you're Parker, have another drink". The audience loved it. Barb
	Barb Hofmeister, MountainBrook Village Players, Gold Canyon, Arizona.
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eveharrington Celebrity Joined: 8/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 198	Posted: 4/01/07 at 2:09pm
	last year at the height of the most pivotal scene, I was supposed to grab my co-star and yell "don't leave me, I don't care if I go to hell" instead I yelled (every bit as passionately I might add) "I don't care if YOU go to hell" needless to say people noticed and there was no fixing it so we just had to ride out the inappropriate giggles and finish the scene. :)
	"If nothing else, there's applause... like waves of love pouring over the footlights."
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falstaff29 Celebrity Joined: 9/17/04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155	Posted: 4/01/07 at 8:12pm
	Two recent favorites: THE MOUSETRAP: The correct line: I didn't go to see a woman there. The new line: I didn't go to see a man there. MUCH ADO: The correct line: The smallest twine may lead me. The new line: The tallest swine may lead me.
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Nanette Celebrity Joined: 8/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 399	Posted: 4/02/07 at 6:52am
	From THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS: The correct line: "Peanuts. I like peanuts." The new line: (Well ... just drop the T from peanuts.)
	In a world of margarine, be butter!
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lola Walk-On Joined: 4/02/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 4/02/07 at 1:05pm
	We were doing "Angel Street". If you know the show, you know how important that darn picture on the wall is. The whole first sequence is about the picture thats not on the wall. All of the characters comment on it. And then finnally Mr.Manningham turn around and says "Bella, what have you done with the picture". Well, i'm waiting backstage for my que, when the stage mannager rushes over and explains that the picture is still on the wall. We had no way of telling them on stage that the picture was up there, and it was verry unlikely that they had realised it was still there because they aviod that part of the stage untill Mr. Manninham notices it. All we could do was wait backstage bitting our finger nails untill the line finnaly came. He turns around and looks at the picture and with out missing a beat says "Bella, why have you changed the picture?". I thought I was going to have a stroke. lol. After that all we had to do was adlib our lines to fit the brillant change. i think it almost scared us to death, but it made one heck of a story at the cast party.
	you know you work in community theatre when your couch has been in more shows than you have.
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Linda S Celebrity Joined: 4/16/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 312	Posted: 4/02/07 at 4:44pm
	At the full to capacity matinee for "Cinderella" the Fairy Godmother changed the lyrics from "Poppycock & twaddle." to . . . well let's just say "Cinderella" quickly went from "G" rated to "R" rated. There was nothing to do, but keep on singing. Linda
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theGeneral96 Player Joined: 4/06/07 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 4/06/07 at 2:50pm
	We're in the middle of a production of 'Theft' and my character, John, is having an affair with my best friend, Trevor's wife. The burglars line is"Ididn't tell Trevor you were having it off with his wife". The line I got was " I didn't tell you Trevor was having it off with your wife". Needles to say, the ad libbig was fast and furious after that, but we managed to get back on track.
	It's been Surreal!
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neilfortin Celebrity Joined: 11/20/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 210	Posted: 4/11/07 at 10:31am
	In A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the forum...Domina's line about her father "General Magnus" turned into General Viagra one night...and people LOVED it. (It helped that our director had placed a very naughty freize of general magnus...with a rather large SPEAR above her house!)
	Community Theater makes us smile
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