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Real Actors Do Spit

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

Real Actors Do Spit

#0
Posted: 8/13/06 at 4:59pm

It may not be well-known, but an actor properly projecting their voice does "spray" a lot in performance.

These are for fully projected voices without mics, though mic'd actors who are projecting may "spray" as well.

What great stage actor, On or Off Broadway, have you observed to spray up a storm?

Updated On: 8/13/06 at 04:59 PM

Yero

Broadway Legend
joined:1/29/06

Broadway Legend | Joined: 1/29/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#1
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:01pm

Michael Cerveris has been said to give many people in the front row complimentary showers...

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#2
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:02pm

Good for him! I have even more respect for the man's talent!

Who else?

jjoey076

Stand-by
joined:8/13/06

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re: Real Actors Do Spit

#3
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:09pm

Stephen Lynch does it all the time in The Wedding Singer. He does it especially in "Wedding Day", "Somebody Kill Me" and "Casualty of Love"

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#4
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:10pm

Well, well!

Who else?

queendork

Understudy
joined:6/28/06

Understudy | Joined: 6/28/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#5
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:14pm

Updated On: 8/28/06 at 05:14 PM

Becoz_i_knew_you21

Broadway Legend
joined:4/29/06

Broadway Legend | Joined: 4/29/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#6
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:15pm

"Michael Cerveris has been said to give many people in the front row complimentary showers..."

As does Tim Howar.

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#7
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:16pm

I'll bet that Ralph Fiennes (Rafe Fines) sends his spittle out a yard!

It's gross. It's disgusting.

It's the price we pay for ART!

What other great actor spits?

Updated On: 8/13/06 at 05:16 PM

thejcm

Broadway Star
joined:4/27/05

Broadway Star | Joined: 4/27/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#8
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:19pm

Isn't Hugh Panaro also known for this?

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Becoz_i_knew_you21

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joined:4/29/06

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re: Real Actors Do Spit

#9
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:21pm

"Isn't Hugh Panaro also known for this?"

From what I hear,yes.

Mr Roxy

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joined:5/17/03

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re: Real Actors Do Spit

#10
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:22pm

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nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#11
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:22pm

Ah, Hugh, the Lestat Phantom, or Phantom Lestat as the case may be now.

One has to wonder whether every Phantom there ever was (for they are the best of the best) SPAT?

Updated On: 8/13/06 at 05:22 PM

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#12
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:24pm

The luck of the Irish!

Known for their blarney and fine spit!

What other great actor spits?

jjoey076

Stand-by
joined:8/13/06

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re: Real Actors Do Spit

#13
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:27pm

Tim Howar doesn't spit so much anymore. I saw him a few days ago, and he was fine.

thevolleyballer

Broadway Legend
joined:9/29/04

Broadway Legend | Joined: 9/29/04

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#14
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:34pm

"It may not be well-known, but an actor properly projecting their voice does "spray" a lot in performance."

I completely disagree. Having seen theatre all my life, that is definitely not the case. Great actors should be able to project and enunciate so well that they in fact don't spray the audience. Spitting is a sign of bad tongue-teeth movements and an excess of saliva.

On with the discussion. :)

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#15
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:35pm

We're talkin' big name actor spittle here.

Sprucely saliva glands.

Who else can proudly declame their spit?

dirty rotten guy

Broadway Legend
joined:2/1/06

Broadway Legend | Joined: 2/1/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#16
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:37pm

Alan Cumming did in Threepenny

"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"

jsrocks

Broadway Star
joined:2/27/06

Broadway Star | Joined: 2/27/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#18
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:42pm

Yeah Michael.

During the Tony performance you could clearly see him spraying his spit all over the stage.

"Michael's got a head like a Ping Pong Ball" -The Cast of Sweeney-

CurtainUp

Broadway Legend
joined:4/9/04

Broadway Legend | Joined: 4/9/04

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#19
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:42pm

Douglass Sills did in "Little Shop"...ironically, the end of his main song he says "Now, Spit!" I love him.

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Yero

Broadway Legend
joined:1/29/06

Broadway Legend | Joined: 1/29/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#20
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:43pm

Okay, I'm not trying to be rude, or anything, but I've noticed something in many threads you've started, nomdeplume. I like your threads, a lot of them are very funny and I like reading them, but your constant asking for more examples is a little annoying. Like I said, I'm not trying to be rude and don't take it personal, it's just an observation that gets a little annoying sometimes.

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

JamesMacon

Broadway Legend
joined:5/27/06

Broadway Legend | Joined: 5/27/06

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#21
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:44pm

Blake Hammond got me wet in Hairspray.

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#22
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:45pm

I'd expect no less of Cumming!

He'd spray with the best of them, master spit!

Pay no attention to what fools some mortals be, unknowledgeable on the spray of the well-trod boards!

What other actor is a grand champion spitter of the stage?

wickedrentq

Broadway Legend
joined:11/6/04

Broadway Legend | Joined: 11/6/04

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#23
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:48pm

Like I said in the other thread, Ben Magnuson is more of a spitter than Cerveris. His spit jumps through the air; I've never known spit was capable of that. It's quite impressive.

John Lithgow was the premiere spitter at DRS.

And Mooney and I got a lovely shower of Michael Arden saliva in DC. That's where we met and bonded

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jimnysf

Broadway Legend
joined:9/10/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 9/10/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#24
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:49pm

Hugh Jackman got me wet.
Craig Bierko got me wet in certain scenes of "Thou Shalt Not".

"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions" ------- "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu" from "Can't Stop The Music" ----- "When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth" ------------ --------- "Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.

nomdeplume

Broadway Legend
joined:6/20/05

Broadway Legend | Joined: 6/20/05

re: Real Actors Do Spit

#25
Posted: 8/13/06 at 5:53pm

A lotta Tony-winning spit here.

And wrq, the idea of acrobatic spit from this Ben Magnuson is positively astounding! Somersaults, flips, great arcs, spirals?

Acrobatic spit?

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