Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2007/11/13 19:15thesinkster wrote: when a show or particular number isn't that great to begin with: "polish that turd and make it shine!"
when people start griping and complaining TOO much: "don't have your period, i am not your pad".
LOL! I totally snorted when I read those. And Ed, too!
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2007/11/24 08:58Not really cliche, but for my drama class at school, we often tell each other "Keep smoking for Jesus!" kind of as a farewell. This was due to an unforgettable improv game:
Toby: Look at that girl. What a slut. Luke: I don't think she's so bad. Toby: But....she's.....smoking! Eww! Luke: How do you know that means she's bad? She might be...smoking for Jesus!
And for the girls, it's tradition to belt Disney classics after a show when we're taking off the makeup."RENT fans....are colloquially known as RENTheads, and even more colloquially known as the most annoying of all musical fans." (However, Wicked fangirls may soon beat them...C: )
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2007/11/24 22:10haha! When we put on our makeup, its tradition to belt out Queen songs, especially Bohemian Rhapsody. We did it for warmups once, I think!
And for awhile, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing: "His...name...is Lancelot. And in tight pants a lot, He likes to dance a lot"
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/01/19 20:55When I did Cats the most common thing heard backstage (besides "Shut up! They can hear you in the house!") was "Not that hard, you've got claws on!" This was because we played card games, and half the cast had fake nailsCurrent: none Upcoming: Les Miserables ('09) Recent: Peter Pan- Crocodile
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haha! When we put on our makeup, its tradition to belt out Queen songs, especially Bohemian Rhapsody
Haha this is what my school does actually like 10 minutes before the actual show as a warm up kind of. So I sing the soprano part, nothing better to warm up your voice than a sustained high Bflat eh?Name: Bruce Current Production: None. Upcoming Auditions:
The Butler Did It Singing (Chandler)
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/02/05 16:18When we do shows at this one theatre with soundproof walls in the greenroom and huge dressing rooms, we always do the songs that require spazziness,table involved choreography,or just plain loud! And it has a long metal stair-ladder thing but it's really sturdy and is perfect for a make-shift Out TonightI Rent a Wicked apartment on Avenue Q! (Unfortunatly, it's haunted by a Phantom) Sarah
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/02/05 19:24little_yellow_froggy wrote: When I did Cats the most common thing heard backstage (besides "Shut up! They can hear you in the house!")
Ha Ha, my cast heard that a lot too! Also "Don't slam the backstage door!" and "Walk on your toes they can hear your high heels!"-Laura
Favorite Musical: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!!!!!!! As for more "happy" musicals i like BATB, Music Man, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Singin' in the rain!!!
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/02/05 21:13In this movie, CAMP (and Stephen Sondheim is in it -squee), and its overall hilarious to me. There is the overbearing director that always says "Eyes, eyes, nostrils, silent scream" to prep before you start the scene, so whenever I'm or someone else is about to go onstage, I always think or say that! Hahah
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/02/06 02:28several fun quotes have emerged from my current show (La Cage aux Folles opening THIS FRIDAY) 1. if it hurts, you;re doing it right! 2. everything is harder in heels 3. glitter fingers!Chris
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/02/06 11:12I love the techie one that's like, "If you don't want the audience see it, just paint it black." It's so true, LOL.Auditioning for: Brigadoon, theatre season, American Music Theatre, Into the Woods, Sound of Music, and AMDA.
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/04/12 11:17My chorus teacher said one: "Just because you haven't started performing doesn't mean the performance hasn't started."Melchi Gabor, he's such a radical!!!
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/04/12 16:16best movie ever! i do that sometimes as well hehehe. i made the mistake of doing it to someone who had never seen it before and he gave me the blankest stare so i went through the details of the movie and then made him watch it me :]The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout. - Robert Holman
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Re:What's your favorite cliche theater saying? - 2008/04/12 17:20"If it doesn't hurt, it's not Fosse!"Maddy, aka minesayrejoice, GreenGirl, GavrocheGrrl, EriksWife (Erik'swife), and jewelkat.
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And Ed, too!
