First act tonight, one of the ensemble men got his wig tangled in the ship's rigging. The show had to be halted mid scene. Stage hands came out to try and free him to no avail. Finally, he was extracted from the wig and he walked off stage hairless. How embarrasing. The show was restarted from the top of the scene. Updated On: 3/10/07 at 09:37 PM
For the record again, though I have mentioned this elsewhere, the wigs on Pirate Queen are amazing. Jeff is downright leonine. Kudos to the wig crew at Tarzan also. Since these hard working folks rarely get a tip of the hat, it was worth mentioning again :)
Legend has it that one night the chandeliers in the ballroom scene were lowered too far and one of them hooked onto Harrison's toupe, lifting it off his head when they were raised to the proper height. He just continued with the scene, the wig dangling above the dancers until the curtain came down at the end of the act.
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I was at the show too. Amusingly, when the stage manager(?) announced that they were going to hold there and for the actors to clear the stage, one of the women behind me thought it was supposed to be the "voice of God". I obviously didn't read my Playbill as carefully as she read hers.
I was there as well. That was extremely amusing. The audience loved it.
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Yea, I was there too. Wonderful night. Fantastic show. But wasn't that the voice of Frank G., the director? I loved how the entire audience went "wwwwwhhhhhhaaaaaatttttt???" at the same time as soon as they asked the actors to exit the stage for a moment.
It's interesting. When I saw "Dracula" in previews Des M. got up and announced that due to the high risk of danger backstage for the actors and crew, because they were in previews, they had the right to stop the show at any time if anyone felt there was any danger. They didn't do that last night. Still amusing though....
The same thing happened the 2nd time I saw it in Chicago. Not the wig thing, but something similar with an ensemble getting cuaght in the netting of the set, leaving him suspended and resulting in the show being stopped for a minute.
Reminds you how easy they make things look when you see something go wrong. I love live theatre! As long as noone gets hurt
Oooooooooooooo.......Mr. Roxy....Davy Jones’ spirit could lend a lot of excitement to the show...even more than there is. See what he did for Pirates of the Caribbean...Jack Sparrow lives on & on & and on.
Man, I also have to give props to the hair folks on this show. To know that the wig was fastened so securely that the actor couldn’t get it off has got to be helpful to those who are worried that they fall off at the drop of a hat.
They must have used a staple gun.
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