Music Man Bloopers

sing4Him · Music Man Bloopers

I was just a Pick-a-little Lady in "the music man" and let me just say our first matinee was such a disaster it was hilarious for us actors!!!

Here's what happend:
1.) the curtain broke so it wouldnt close or open causing all our scene changes to be done in black outs. also we were in freeze pose for like 7min the first time the curtain stopped working

2.) some of our children got hit in the face during "76 trombones" so they were crying and singing at the same time. though i give them props for not stopping in the middle of the song! *two thumbs up*

3.) someone forgot to close one of the curtains to hide our garage in the back of the stage in one scene *YIKES* but no one noticed.... i hope

4.) our harold hill and marian paroo decided to change the lyrics to "til there was you" HAHAHA

and so much more.

but it wasn't too noticable for anyone... i think. haha all i know is that the whole cast and crew could not stop laughing!!!! what a great memory.

anyone else have "the music man" bloopers????

Ulla Dance Again!

My friend made a whole tape of them. I think my favorite was during "Marian The Librarian". Granted this is from dress rehearsal, but it was still funny, our Professor Hill and Marian are going about the scene and for no reason at all, our director is out there with them moving around the set pieces. While the scene is going on. Laughing

StarDreamer · Bloopers

We had so many but a couple that stick out in my head was on the night before the show closed, we were doing the footbridge scene and at the end of 'Til there was you' when we hugged and Marcellus was supposed to come out and interrupt, he never came lol we were standing there hugging for like 20 seconds before Marcellus realized he was late. Then the same night after the line ''I'll see you at the socialble'' and Harold says ''Why you little sneak..'' Marcellus is supposed to come in and cut him off but again did not show so we had to ad lib for quite some time it was funny.

Harold: ''Why you little sneak why didn't you tell me you knew?''
Marian: ''Well if you hadn't come to River City with your 'Gary Conservatory Gold Medal Class of ought 5 I wouldn't have had to-''
Marcellus: ''Greg!''

lol

carolinamoon

Oh boy, our production of the music man......

Every night, during the scene where the ladies are doing their rehersal and preformance of the greek thing, when it came time for "and a fountain, trickle, trickle, trickle...." the girl in the center of the scene would spit out a mouthfull of water, right over our pit band. Finally, on the last night, when she went to 'trickle, trickle, trickle' the band put up umbrellas and started squirting her with water guns. VERY amusing.

I was zaneeta, and during my scene where tommy and I are alone, we had our conversation, but the people playing my parents missed their cue, so tommy and I just stood on stage, as I went on, VERY LOUDLY, about how worried I was because Papa was more then likely just about to take his evening constitutional.... untill my mama and papa showed up.

During Trouble, when Harold started talking about 'scarlet women' and 'ragtime' , the girl who played Gracie shin and I started to dance - shaking and shimmying, while raising our skirts- right in the front, untill our parents pulled us back and pretented to beat us.

Ohhh, the music man.....

act_geek13

We had quite a few that were pretty funny...

1) Our Eulalie had a huge red wig on, and for her "grecian urns" costume, she had a wreath of grapes pinned to it. Every show, when Mayor Shinn said "If there is anyone who does not wish for this man to be tarred and feathered, let him step forward," Eulalie would hop up from her bench and jump into place and the wreath would come flying off. So to improv it, she picked it up, pulled a grape off, and started eating it, even though it was plastic.

2) The girlfriend of our Harold Hill was very good friends with the girl who played Marion. Even so, she posted stickers all over the "covered bridge" saying "Harold, if you kiss her, I'll by golly horsewhip you..." On closing night, when our Harold saw them, he started to laugh and couldn't kiss Marion.

3) Our Harold was suppossed to hop off the stage and dance in the audience for 76 trombones" but in one of the shows, he couldn't jump back up on the stage.

4) I, as Charlie Cowell, stepped on Marion's dress and heard it tear. I stood there for a moment waiting for it to fall off, but thankfully it never did. Then later, I took a bite of a raw green bean while saying my line and choked on it.

ahh...good times...

metaphor17

I've been in The Music Man once, as Amaryllis. but you should see my brother, he looks just like a little Ron Howard, he's adorable. he's played Winthrop two times.

one time he did it at Otterbein College, any of you Oh-haaaaw-ians heard of it? really good performing arts school.

anyway, he also did it once at this not-so-stellar community theatre in the area which has since gone under.

during one of his performances for the latter, there was a thunderstorm and all the lights went out right after intermission!! nobody knew what to do and it was MASS CHAOS. the lady who played Eulalie Shinn just up and left; most everyone else stayed.

what ended up happening was: crew members and family members of the cast got up on the stage and held FLASHLIGHTS on the actors for the rest of the second act! they finished the show by FLASHLIGHT! (and without Eulalie Laughing

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PappyCat

We had a big old wooden horse (not a full horse, just a cutout, so the back wasn't painted) and it was on wheels...It was supposed to be "pulling" the wells fargo wagon, and one night it tipped over, and nearly fell off the stage. Our Marian pretended to be leaning against it the rest of the scene so it wouldn't fall over.

AllThatJazz777

When I played Marian last year the director had me put the Indiana Journal page in my . . . err . . . bosom . . . during the footbridge scene (there wasn't anywhere else in the costume I could put it). Anyhow, one night it fell a little too far down in there and I had to really reach for it. The audience, of course, cracked up. It must have looked really awkward.

ActingDude17

When I was in it, I was rather young. I was in the Kid's Ensemble.

Towards the end in the City Council Meeting when the kids come marching in with the instruments, we were coming down the aisles and the kid behind me stepped on the back of my shoe and it came off! I was only 7, so I just went with my instincts and kept going onstage. The pants were a bit long, so they covered most of my sock covered foot.

After the show, being only 7 I was really embarrassed. The director had the shoe (she picked it up after the show was over) and gave it to me with a hug. I cried, LOL. She was telling me it was okay and that these things happen (which is true).

That was my second show, by the way.

dustygun

Our show opens tonight, but at the rehersals we have had some pretty funny bloopers. One night, during the scene where Mayer Shinn tells Harold to meet him in his office. The Mayer forgot his next line so Harold goes, "What office? You mean that podium thing you're always standing behind? What kinda Mayor are you anyway?" There were tons of times like that.

sing4Him	Music Man Bloopers I was just a Pick-a-little Lady in "the music man" and let me just say our first matinee was such a disaster it was hilarious for us actors!!! Here's what happend: 1.) the curtain broke so it wouldnt close or open causing all our scene changes to be done in black outs. also we were in freeze pose for like 7min the first time the curtain stopped working 2.) some of our children got hit in the face during "76 trombones" so they were crying and singing at the same time. though i give them props for not stopping in the middle of the song! two thumbs up 3.) someone forgot to close one of the curtains to hide our garage in the back of the stage in one scene YIKES but no one noticed.... i hope 4.) our harold hill and marian paroo decided to change the lyrics to "til there was you" HAHAHA and so much more. but it wasn't too noticable for anyone... i think. haha all i know is that the whole cast and crew could not stop laughing!!!! what a great memory. anyone else have "the music man" bloopers????
Ulla Dance Again!	My friend made a whole tape of them. I think my favorite was during "Marian The Librarian". Granted this is from dress rehearsal, but it was still funny, our Professor Hill and Marian are going about the scene and for no reason at all, our director is out there with them moving around the set pieces. While the scene is going on.
StarDreamer	Bloopers We had so many but a couple that stick out in my head was on the night before the show closed, we were doing the footbridge scene and at the end of 'Til there was you' when we hugged and Marcellus was supposed to come out and interrupt, he never came lol we were standing there hugging for like 20 seconds before Marcellus realized he was late. Then the same night after the line ''I'll see you at the socialble'' and Harold says ''Why you little sneak..'' Marcellus is supposed to come in and cut him off but again did not show so we had to ad lib for quite some time it was funny. Harold: ''Why you little sneak why didn't you tell me you knew?'' Marian: ''Well if you hadn't come to River City with your 'Gary Conservatory Gold Medal Class of ought 5 I wouldn't have had to-'' Marcellus: ''Greg!'' lol
carolinamoon	Oh boy, our production of the music man...... Every night, during the scene where the ladies are doing their rehersal and preformance of the greek thing, when it came time for "and a fountain, trickle, trickle, trickle...." the girl in the center of the scene would spit out a mouthfull of water, right over our pit band. Finally, on the last night, when she went to 'trickle, trickle, trickle' the band put up umbrellas and started squirting her with water guns. VERY amusing. I was zaneeta, and during my scene where tommy and I are alone, we had our conversation, but the people playing my parents missed their cue, so tommy and I just stood on stage, as I went on, VERY LOUDLY, about how worried I was because Papa was more then likely just about to take his evening constitutional.... untill my mama and papa showed up. During Trouble, when Harold started talking about 'scarlet women' and 'ragtime' , the girl who played Gracie shin and I started to dance - shaking and shimmying, while raising our skirts- right in the front, untill our parents pulled us back and pretented to beat us. Ohhh, the music man.....
act_geek13	We had quite a few that were pretty funny... 1) Our Eulalie had a huge red wig on, and for her "grecian urns" costume, she had a wreath of grapes pinned to it. Every show, when Mayor Shinn said "If there is anyone who does not wish for this man to be tarred and feathered, let him step forward," Eulalie would hop up from her bench and jump into place and the wreath would come flying off. So to improv it, she picked it up, pulled a grape off, and started eating it, even though it was plastic. 2) The girlfriend of our Harold Hill was very good friends with the girl who played Marion. Even so, she posted stickers all over the "covered bridge" saying "Harold, if you kiss her, I'll by golly horsewhip you..." On closing night, when our Harold saw them, he started to laugh and couldn't kiss Marion. 3) Our Harold was suppossed to hop off the stage and dance in the audience for 76 trombones" but in one of the shows, he couldn't jump back up on the stage. 4) I, as Charlie Cowell, stepped on Marion's dress and heard it tear. I stood there for a moment waiting for it to fall off, but thankfully it never did. Then later, I took a bite of a raw green bean while saying my line and choked on it. ahh...good times...
metaphor17	I've been in The Music Man once, as Amaryllis. but you should see my brother, he looks just like a little Ron Howard, he's adorable. he's played Winthrop two times. one time he did it at Otterbein College, any of you Oh-haaaaw-ians heard of it? really good performing arts school. anyway, he also did it once at this not-so-stellar community theatre in the area which has since gone under. during one of his performances for the latter, there was a thunderstorm and all the lights went out right after intermission!! nobody knew what to do and it was MASS CHAOS. the lady who played Eulalie Shinn just up and left; most everyone else stayed. what ended up happening was: crew members and family members of the cast got up on the stage and held FLASHLIGHTS on the actors for the rest of the second act! they finished the show by FLASHLIGHT! (and without Eulalie )
PappyCat	We had a big old wooden horse (not a full horse, just a cutout, so the back wasn't painted) and it was on wheels...It was supposed to be "pulling" the wells fargo wagon, and one night it tipped over, and nearly fell off the stage. Our Marian pretended to be leaning against it the rest of the scene so it wouldn't fall over.
AllThatJazz777	When I played Marian last year the director had me put the Indiana Journal page in my . . . err . . . bosom . . . during the footbridge scene (there wasn't anywhere else in the costume I could put it). Anyhow, one night it fell a little too far down in there and I had to really reach for it. The audience, of course, cracked up. It must have looked really awkward.
ActingDude17	When I was in it, I was rather young. I was in the Kid's Ensemble. Towards the end in the City Council Meeting when the kids come marching in with the instruments, we were coming down the aisles and the kid behind me stepped on the back of my shoe and it came off! I was only 7, so I just went with my instincts and kept going onstage. The pants were a bit long, so they covered most of my sock covered foot. After the show, being only 7 I was really embarrassed. The director had the shoe (she picked it up after the show was over) and gave it to me with a hug. I cried, LOL. She was telling me it was okay and that these things happen (which is true). That was my second show, by the way.
dustygun	Our show opens tonight, but at the rehersals we have had some pretty funny bloopers. One night, during the scene where Mayer Shinn tells Harold to meet him in his office. The Mayer forgot his next line so Harold goes, "What office? You mean that podium thing you're always standing behind? What kinda Mayor are you anyway?" There were tons of times like that.

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