Broadway Actor & Fan React To Musical Theatre Fails/Bloopers!

[@coyotix]

Fun fact about the Idina Menzel one- Right when she runs off stage and is asked for her number. She runs off stage and says “I don’t know either, it’s a new phone!”

[@calebb.6416]

But seriously though. No one thought to check for props? Or made sure she HAD one?

[@Skittl1321]

I feel like If/Then had some weird problems. When I saw it, poor Idina started choking on oatmeal, right before she needed to sing. A water bottle slowly came up from the pit for her to get a drink, but she couldn't stop coughing, so the guy starts reading the paper to the audience, telling us about a sale at Macy's- "nope, sorry, this paper's a prop, that sale is way over" then finally calling over to her "You know, we are doing a show- are you ready yet?" But just like Sam said- the audience feels like it is such a "moment" to get to be a part of. And once she was able to clear the food out of her throat, man did she sound amazing. (That same week there was also a set fail at Matilda that took a 30+ minute reset, because they have to get all the kids off the stage if there is a malfunction, as opposed to something like Wicked where the adults just continue around the piece as though it had gone off stage like it was supposed to. The man who played Matilda's father came out and juggled to entertain the audience.) In retrospect, I've seen a lot of mistakes on broadway. Live theater is the best.

[@TaraLeeGee]

@@Skittl1321 wow weird I had two things happen when I saw if/then too! She started coughing through a song and had to restart and then at some point a prop (I can't remember what. Maybe a photo frame?) fell and her and the lead guy both got the giggles. Honestly it made it more memorable, but I wonder if there was something weird going on

[@danielaubun]

@@calebb.6416 it’s her job to do that. She messed up. Just like she messed up her voice as Elpheba.

[@briellec7173]

@@danielaubun ​ if you’d ever been in a professional theater production, you’d know they have props managers and costume folks to take care of this, definitely wasn’t Idina’s responsibility

[@aimeequick3567]

"Is home boy doing a crossword puzzle" i think im dead 😂😂

[@MythicKae]

Are you the dead girl falling

[@loganzimmerman3080]

During a show at my school there was a mailbox that the main actor had to unlock. The key happened to not work and without missing a beat the actor goes "I think I have a spare around here" and the tech crew was right on it sticking a single hand out with the key and everyone laughed it off and the show went on without a problem.

[@0c3anofstars]

that’s fantastic HAHAH

[@annasies]

Hahahah that's awesome

[@_lLexa_l]

THAT'S AMAZING XD

[@MaggieScott]

Haha! Honored to have been included in this (3:09) 😂😂 I almost fractured my arm but the adrenaline was so high I didn’t know until about 10 minutes after leaving the stage. Definitely a core memory for me and the audience!

[@jltuiee]

girl u pulled that off so beautifully!!!!

[@EJ10931]

That was a smooth recovery! I hope everything went okay for the rest of the show!

[@GotItFromMyMama902]

That actually looked like it hurt.. YOU PULLED IT OFF SO GOOOOD

[@FrenkTheJoy]

You had such a great recovery from that fall! If it wasn't in a fail compilation I would've assumed it was scripted.

[@BrokenTreeBranch458]

That's a very strong recovery! On par with Laura Bell Bundy's shoe throw for sure!

[@ellyanawilson7342]

You started comparing the locker room to the dressing room and the first thought in my mind was, “what dressing room?”

[@arkon2560]

Same. from my experience the “dressing room” is whatever classrooms are available near the stage.

[@lilyslilcreations]

same. our dressing room was the jr high bathroom that no one wanted to go in.

[@KWils249]

Our dressing room was in the basement (which was also the green room) and there was ✨toxic mold✨no other students were allowed in the basement except the theatre kids cuz that's where we got ready.

[@acadiaw9305]

same!

[@AllycatlovesAG]

We never had a football team in highschool and our gym locker room was quite old. Our theatre dressing room wasn't much better, but people always vaped in there so I avoided it and changed in a classroom

[@isabelmarie2003]

"Got no time to talk im a dead girl falling..."

[@kimbrulee_the_musical]

Speaking of theater fails, last year when I was in seventh grade, we did Into the Woods. (I was Jack’s Mother!) The girl playing the steward was supposed to say “shut up,” but she was so nervous that she accidentally said “shit up” instead. Our audience was about 95% kindergarteners.😂 That night we had another performance, and she was so determined not to mess up her line again that she kept repeating “shut up” over and over again. But when we got to the part where she was supposed to yell “stop!” from offstage, she yelled “shut up!” instead, which was funny. But then somebody told the girl's mother, and she got in trouble for saying “shit” in front of five-year-olds.

[@dudecamera6693]

I was jack in my production and in act 2 opening when I was supposed to say “look milky white it’s the butcher” I said “look milky white it’s the bitcher”

[@Def.Not.Scarlett.]

I was doing into the woods(i was cinderella) and we had someone playing milky white. My mic backfired(as you probably know when mics backfire they make a really loud popping noise) and the actor playing milky white was shocked and said ‘JESUS CHRIST!’ My school is a Christian school and our audience for that show was all elementary schools. She was given a choice. Either get suspended and have her role stripped or write an apology letter to all the schools in attendance. She chose option #2.

[@jellykonesproduction]

There's something about Into the Woods. We had more mishaps than I've seen in any show I've done. Cinderella's slipper went flying into the audience, we lost power in the middle of Agony (and they finished the song in the dark), and Prince Charming's pants split down the back on the wooden horse 😂

[@patrickgomes2213]

Fun Home lost electricity on our gala opening “night”. Thankfully it was a matinee and we opened up the blackout curtains and did numbers from the show to enter the audience.

[@jihyohalo]

out little red threw bread into the audience, milky whites head came off during it takes two, and our rapunzels whole wig came off when the witch rips the end of her hair off, girl went bald right before blackout😭😭into the woods is such a fun show but so much can go wrong

[@oliviac3120]

during mine, we used a fog machine that set off the fire alarm in the middle of our second show. nearly everyone left (following the evacuation) and only like 20 people came back LOL

[@itsvicky.y]

Last year I worked on a small play and one of our cast members forgot to bring her phone with her for one scene but she had to call somebody. So she simply asked "Can someone bring me my phone?" The audience loved it because they thought it was part of the play.

[@brittanyfischer1786]

When you talked about tech problems I was reminded of when my high school did Clue and the gunshot sound did not go off to shoot the singing telegram girl. She only has 5 seconds of singing written and is then supposed to fall to the floor. The girl playing the part sang “I am a singing telegram” *pause* “girl” *pause* “I think” *pause* “uhm” and then the sound went off and she fell to the floor with an AUDIBLE sigh. 😂

[@brittanyfischer1786]

Also, when I did Peter Pan for community theatre the flying mechanism didn’t end up working so they just had the girl skip around on the floor and flap her arms and say “look at me, I’m flying.” It was a bit lame, but at least she was safe!

[@isabellp.5730]

When my high school did Clue, on the last night our Wadsworth DROPPED THE GUN during the handoff, y'know, the thing that is the ENTIRE TWIST OF THE SHOW in center stage. I think my heart actually fell out of my chest. And we're all just staring at him, like "wtf dude fix it fix it" and with blind panic in his eyes, he turns to the audience and goes, with all the finesse of a seasoned pro: "You didn't see that" and carries on like its NOTHING. It actually worked pretty well, because instead of being shocked at the "twist" that was spoiled, the audience felt like they were in on the joke.

[@kaliskingdom7557]

One time I was in my middle school's production of Into the Woods Jr. Well, right when milky white is dying, the wrong mic is switched on. One of the boys behind stage is telling an animated story about pineapple to another kid and all you hear onstage is "That's not the right pineapple!!" It has been five years and people still ask that boy if he's found the right pineapple yet. My Mom was in the audience and she says a grandmother leaned over and asked super confused "What does a pineapple have anything to do with this?" My sister is now in theater at the middle school and he is used as a precautionary tale as why you should not talk backstage. 😆

[@poetirene]

i love how Ryan is like "i want his roof to cave him but *him and his family are okay.* "

[@ava.pluta22]

When I was in 5th grade I played Junie B in Junie B Jones and in the story her dad (played by my brother) needs to start juggling (it’s a long story). In this scene the dad is showing Junie how to juggle and Junie is so impressed and tells her dad how amazing he is. But as you may of guessed my brother kept on messing up so I had to ad lib saying things like, “Wow daddy you’re… doing great!” (In a sarcastic voice.) Also at the end of the scene Junie tries juggling but messes up and says, “Maybe I need a little more practice.” But instead I said, “At least I’m better than daddy.” In a whisper type voice and my hand covering my mouth on the side my brother was on. Also later in the show Junie is writing in her journal and says, “Also dad got me a juggling book so I can learn how to juggle!” But instead I said, “Also dad got me a juggling book so I can ACTUALLY learn how to juggle.” All in all the audience had a great time and it was one of my proudest moments. (Also sorry for how long this comment is)

[@rachel-po5rm]

lol how'd your brother take that?

[@ava.pluta22]

@@rachel-po5rm Honestly really well. He such a kind person that he just laughed it off and said I did really good.

[@sistersquad3055]

Honestly improv is one of the hardest things to learn in theater. Props to you!

[@larapdeen8148]

Hahahahaha that’s amazing

[@ava.pluta22]

@@sistersquad3055 haha ty!

[@vivianmay894]

Similar to the Farquaad clip, my High School did Into The Woods a few years back and towards the end of a song the Big Bad Wolf was singing and his tail fell off, he was great and just picked it up and used it as a microphone. It was amazing.

[@tired_5305]

My first ever tech rehearsal was one the most stressful things I’ve experienced, one of our cast members didn’t show up, people forgot their lines and cues and before this a lot of people didn’t come to the rehearsals. All the other people that were waiting there kept asking why we were so under prepared.

[@pricelesseditz1168]

I'm so nervous about my last panto rehearsal but everyone seems comfortable and keen

[@anaclarabragaramos8890]

My first tech rehearsal was just like yours, pute chaos , and our director keep yelling at us and threatening to cut us of the show , definitely traumatizing but it all worked out at the end lol

[@luna-mo3ol]

The amount of times I've experienced this lol

[@oliviatuck2686]

the dead girl walking / crossword thing could’ve been a high school tech week rehearsal. there was also a man on the stage in a folding chair

[@jilliangallagher9297]

The best one I've seen in person was when the Handbook for the Recently Deceases was thrown from the ceiling it fell wrong and fell through the open stage floor. And Alex Brightman wasn't Beetlejuice that show so Andrew Kober said "Alex Brightman wouldn't let this happen" It was the funniest thing ever

[@milapiatkov9082]

I saw that too!

[@abs_babs]

“Home boy at the front” story; I was once performing and my mum was front row. I was so excited she came cus she said she may not make it! As I come off and into the “wings” I see my mum is on her phone… answering emails. Yeah I was gutted but hey the world keeps turning 😆😆

[@therealmissretro6914]

I went to watch little shop of horrors last summer and instead of Mr.Mushnik they had a woman play him so she was "Mrs. Mushnik" she was wearing a turban and during Mushnik and son they did a really fast spin together and Mrs. Mushnik's turban came clean off but instead of panicking the actress took a moment to let her hair down, flourished her hair and then continued to dance. it was ingenious because for the rest of the show she kept her hair down too.

[@KWils249]

There was a time I froze on stage and it was towards the end of my monologue so it wasn't too noticeable for the audience. But once I got off stage my nose started bleeding and it was a gushing bloody nose. I had to use a prop blanket as a tissue and I couldn't go back on stage for the rest of the show (which luckily it was already towards the end)

[@shayne_has_landed2511]

There should be an unofficial club for theatre actors that have gotten a bloody nose in the middle of a performance.

[@MystraRavenwind]

Does Ryan have any of his musical theatre fails? That would be interesting to hear what happened from the person it happened to.

[@emilykate0835]

he showed one in the first version of this video!

[@lowlighttravels4775]

I recently saw a production of rent and during Maureens performance she 'tangles' herself in the mic cord by turning around and then turns the other way to untangle, but she really got stuck and it was hilarious. Because the scene is so chaotic and it really added even more of that energy to it. :)

[@richkarter1916]

4:06 fun story about something that happened when I went to see charlie and the chocolate factory: Augustus died and Charlie goes “poor Violet-“ and Willy, with this hella ominous voice was like “Violet? You mean Augustus? Poor Augustus?” and then did the “WHAT ABOUT MY CHOCOLATE!?” and it was one of the best little stage bloopers i’ve witnessed ever

[@dadison]

16:23 when I was in Aladdin the musical when I was younger, I played the magic carpet and drove a golf cart that was wrapped in carpets. Definitely better than any make shift flying 😂

[@mona_istired]

My very first school musical was Mary Poppins JR. and I remember the fact that on the VERY LAST SHOW my voice was so destroyed that in my scene, while I was singing, my voice cracked to the point that I started bursting out laughing. I literally laughed all the way through the scene and had to finish my song in between my snickers because of how terrible my voice sounded. The fun part is right after, there was another scene with a different actor and they were CRYING LAUGHING as the curtains opened for the scene. The sad part is that no one was recording, so I have no physical evidence of it, lol. Another fun memory from this production is that I played the mother, Winifred, and the kid who played my son hit me with his kite EVERY TIME HE HELD IT. IT ALWAYS HIT ME IN THE FACE. And I wear glasses, so I always had to re-adjust them in the middle of the scene so I could see properly.

[@laelynnvega3588]

I was Winifred too:)

[@islagray3087]

Who doesn’t love theatre fails (well if the actors are ok!!!)

[@charmedgirl90]

My favourite moment watching wizard of oz in Australia many years ago was when Toto did a poo and they had to wait for a scene change to clear it. The witch pointed at it and said “it’s a sign”

[@AviKapsner]

I saw Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman melt down on stage and just start laughing in Music Man a few months ago. It was so funny the audience loved it.

[@amadamyaaa]

i was wondering if yall was gonna do a part 2 this is EXACTLY what we need mhmhm

[@zzzut]

I played keyboards in Into the Woods, 30 years ago. Most people have no idea of the rhythmical complexity of Sondheim’s music. It takes real pros to sing those musicals flawlessly

[@JacobBurbrink]

My favorite fail from a musical I was in was "Beauty and the Beast". I pre-recorded the prologue, so they had it with the sound effect board. Unfortunately, during "Belle" they triggered that sound effect instead of the gunshot for Gaston's entrance, so everyone heard my voice go "Once upon a time" before we all scattered.

[@PoppyIsMyMetalQueen]

I had a little theater mishap myself. So there was this summer children's theater program and in 2014 we performed "You're a Grand Old Flag" which is a jukebox musical for songs by George Cohan (Give My Regards to Broadway, Yankee Doodle Dandy). The story of this play involves the US constitution going on a national tour and at one of the stops, it is stolen by Bad guys, rendering the nation lawless. I was a deputy sherif. At one point my police uniform is stolen and I wear a Hawaiian shirt, pink sweatpants, and panther slippers. The mishap happened when we, the good guys, are chased off stage by the bad guys. Me and one of the bad guys are the last ones to leave and as I'm running my slippers slips off and goes flying behind me. I try to play it off as being a planned joke and I turn around to grab it. Little did I know the bad guy had grabbed it has he was still running full speed behind me and we slam right into each other. We are both dazed for a second but then he hands me my slipper, I tell him "thank you", and look up at him. Realizing who it is, I scream, turn around, and run off stage with the bad guy in tow.

[@thomasbradley4505]

I don’t know if this would be considered a fail, but when Wicked was playing San Francisco pre-broadway, Kristin Chenoweth had injured her neck and was wearing a neck brace. During the scene after Nessarose gets crushed and the witches are fighting, Elphaba raises her hand to slap Glinda, Kristin pointed to her neck as if to say “you can’t hit me, I’m injured”. The audience went crazy. Don’t know if it was ad-libbed or if it was written in to accommodate the injury, but it worked

[@SongbirdAnalise]

Loving this new update schedule- I completely forgot to expect a video today because I thought “There’s already been one this week, obviously the next one isn’t until Friday.” 🤣

[@greatwizqrd421]

I can relate to the crossword guy thing during the Heathers clip. During on of my recent shows, our stage manager told us that there was an old woman smack right in the middle of the house playing solitaire during our show :D. We love these people...

[@larathekoala8455]

Love this kind of reaction content, would you possibly consider reacting to some starkid stuff they have a bunch of great musicals! Love you guys :)

[@fairylen7385]

Oh wow I came to the right place I'm currently right in the middle of a starkid obsession haha

[@tayphay7261]

I performed a monologue at a showcase a few years back, and the entire thing was supposed to be me going crazy because of a phone going off in the audience. The person that was supposed to play the phone ringing track just DIDN'T. It was a nightmare.

[@thatawkwardnerd8998]

In my dance studio's production of The Nutcracker, there's always a part where the grandmother "trips" and falls back into someone's arms. One year, the grandma stepped on her skirt as she "fell" and the button came undone and the skirt fell. (She had another skirt underneath so it was fine.) The grandma was just a dancer's mom who volunteered to play the grandma, but she took it in stride SO WELL! She did a big dramatic gasp and then she made a face like "Oh, well!" It was incredible!

[@audreyj8366]

sam when talking about musical funding: sam: the difference between the football locker rooms and the theater dressing room. me: you guys had actually dressing rooms? we use the band and chorus rooms!

[@katelynidk]

we had a hallway 😀

[@inkandcaffeine]

ok but the pups in the background made me so happy

[@antonygoon9694]

Fun fact: Idina's castmate who offers her the phone is Tony winner LaChanze!

[@icekraze07]

One of my favorite shows our high school put on was The Scarlet Pimpernel. I happen to be there the night that everything went wrong (but also so right). It was the last showing and there was tons of great improvising due to issues. My absolute favorite was when one of the staffs they dance with had the top fly off and roll across stage… one of the guys walked over in an over the top way and did the bend and snap. The place was roaring with laughter. Still one of my favorite memories.

[@teresacartwright5406]

Many years ago a friend went to a production of Phantom of the Opera (in Toronto). The chandelier fell onto the stage. I don't recall what she said they did to resume!

[@danielaubun]

I was in Bye Bye Birdie and we were almost at intermission. There was a scene where I had to faint and my stage was made of concrete. Needless to say I hit my head. I hit my head harrrd. The blackout came and we were all supposed walk off like we were hurt. My pain was real. Anyway, I got a concussion and had to go back on and deliver a monologue 2 minutes later. I somehow did it. That was our Thursday night show. Apparently I went to school the next day but don’t remember going. 😂😂😂

[@greatstitchmaster2723]

I remember in my high school production of The Little Mermaid we mage a huge mistake on opening night, but the audience loved it so much we built it into the show

[@sierra1608]

My favorite theatre memory was during the wizard of oz(I was the lion) right when the wizard and Dorothy are about to leave Dorothy’s supposed to “not know” where toto is and that leads to a major plot point. The kid who played the wizard put toto onstage because the tech crew said he should. This meant a bunch of 13 year olds had to figure out how to “loose” toto when he was clearly on stage. I ended up throwing toto and a random girl at the curtain kicked him and it still cracks me up when I think about it.

[@dariuslovel1300]

Seeing that you guys like theatre, maybe you can react to artists who have done theatre-like performances on award shows. Specifically, Lady Gaga on the VMAs, Nicki Minaj on the 2012 Grammys and some of Beyoncé’s performances… would really want to hear your expert breakdown of these performances.

[@0c3anofstars]

theatre (kinda) fail: in 7th grade, our class did a robin hood play. i was playing a minor character and was backstage, waiting to hear the line cue to go onstage with a few other classmates, one who was playing king richard. i believe one or two classmates that were supposed to deliver lines before king richard showed up forgot it, and for a moment there was just awkward silence. then, one of the classmates onstage improvs, “i wish king richard were here right now!” and our little entourage with king richard went on stage. it was towards the end, though, so it turned out okay. the whole class laughed about it afterwards, and apparently the parents watching didn’t really notice. side note: there was a scene where i was “jousting” with a classmate on stage with pool noodles and i almost tripped on my dress. good times.

[@AtticusRat]

I love how Ryan saw the guy on his phone, and he was like. I want to hurt him without him being hurt. Pure Chaotic Good.

[@racheljackson9717]

i did addams family for my school musical last year and we ended up using wooden tables created by the woodshop classes and they had wheels that locked so we wouldn't drop someone by accident. I was very fortunate especially considering i was under the table the whole time

[@taylorcrook7202]

my favorite musical fail if you would call it will always be when I was in high school we performed Matilda. there is a song called quiet, in which at the end the fire alarms started to go off at first all of us cast and crew thought it was just a lighting malfunction because we had flashing red lights later on in the show. turns out the janitor was vacuuming up ceramic dust from the art room and it got caught in the smoke alarm. the fire trucks were called and we spent a good 20 minutes hanging out outside. so many people left thinking we wouldn't keep the show going. so if you were there that night and stayed, thank you because you made the show so much better for us who had to go on stage afterwards knowing some people didn't have the energy to stay. the rest of the show was fantastic!

[@roseimchristy9174]

5:40 Theater dressing room???? OHHHHHH- you mean the bathrooms in the school building, I gotchu. XD

[@breezy9181]

Looking at all the prop failures, I could not imagine it lol. My theater teacher is so serious about his props (for good reason) because he uses real authentic props like actual wood tables. Like the one act play of Harvey that we are doing now, my desk is pure wood and it is so heavy I have to have my friends help me pick it up.

[@shellinsanity9936]

If that picking up is during a scene change I understand the struggle. Sometimes I wonder how we managed to get so many of our big wooden table props on wheels considering our budget.

[@sequoiaheinbyerly6665]

one of my best high school theatre fails was when we were doing cheaper by the dozen and the couch leg just fully broke off and one of my friends had to crawl on stage behind the couch to prop the couch back up cause it is such a pivotal set piece lol

[@belmarshall9103]

2nd girl actually broke her arm from that fall apparently. I assume adrenaline is what got her through the moment, but that’s really impressive!

[@eimichi3344]

6:40 Ryan your JD is showing

[@libbyfemenella1308]

I gotta say, my biggest theater “fail” was just the fact that I didn’t put together that my dog allergy wouldn’t really mesh well with the fact that we had an actual dog in our show, in almost every scene I was in and at every rehearsal and show for a month straight. I was so sick and had no idea why 😭😭

[@thatbuzzgirl]

One time I was in a play where my character had her hand wrapped due to an injury and she was a servant. I went to go serve something and my "wrap" got caught on my workstation. So, in pure improvisation, I just screamed in pain (not real), rewrapped my hand, met with the people who had called me over and just calmly, in character, said, "Sorry about that. What did you need?" Which was great, because my character was already basically comedic relief. Then, when the scene was over, I went backstage and my castmates came swarming asking if I was okay. They thought the scream was real, so that boosted my confidence in my acting!

[@fitz7449]

I agree with that fly system rule, my school has no fly system and we did mary poplins to we had Bert run across chimneys instead of going upside down and mary poppins just walk in and out through the audience when she‘s supposed to fly away. We even talked about using a hoverboard so she would glide.😊

[@DavidLopez-nr7wp]

Just came across this channel and now I’m addicted!! I love the channel and you both seem so chill.

[@Percy_PotterEdits21]

7:01 i want his pillow to always be warm. And for him to stub his toe and right when its almost healed he stubs it again. And for him to trip and fall infront of someone important.

[@thesingingthing]

15:02 - Really put the 'drop' in Beauty School Dropout!

[@Rmlohner]

My "I was there that night" story is that in Les Miserables, the smoke alarms were set off during the barricade attack. Then during the curtain call, Mr. Thendadier came out holding a fire extinguisher.

[@Oatmeal_is_weird]

LOVE THIS!!! The first part ist fav vid on your channel and I love this one just as much!! 💕💕

[@lizvdp8066]

It's honestly so funny that you say that with kids (or actors in general) you either don't care or you never forget. I still remember my first on stage theatre fail in detail and it's been 15 years by now. There was nothing I could do, but I remember it so vividly (lighting and music failed and we just had to deal with it in a scene with only kids on stage). That did teach me the importance of improv and I made sure that I could account for anything and everything from that moment on if things do go wrong. Luckily it rarely happened that I needed it and with getting a muscle disease I likely won't need it again, as my body just no longer can keep up with theatre demands. I'll never forget my first theatre fail, though (nor what theatre gave me).

[@miss_m8525]

The only time ive ever been in any kind of theatre production we had a bit of a fail but then I pulled a joke out and everything was fine and I still think about that all the time

[@renettareno662]

People are always on their phones all the time no matter where they're at even the movie theaters even when they're with a person and it makes me sad because the person that you are seeing is more important than your phone and you will lose the beautiful moment

[@SageyPoo-tb4ib]

For my freshman year my highschool did into the woods and it was absolutely amazing, best show I’ve ever done

[@abbylooonglegs]

during the closing night of my senior show i was sitting on a piano bench, in front of a fake piano, while wearing a hoop skirt (the platform was barely wider than the piano bench). about 30 seconds into the song i had to get up and start dancing. since i couldn’t sit properly the hoop skirt was bent weird. when i stood up and walked forward the skirt got stuck in the bench and the bench fell on my ankle. i looked at my scene partner and we finished the scene. she later told me that if i had laughed or even giggled she wouldn’t have been able to finish the scene without laughing through it (we’ve been friends since preschool so it was a “i’m going to laugh then ask if you’re ok” situation). not only did i finish the scene while in some pain and not laughing. i also had to run to the other side of the stage, down a flight of stairs back stage and make my quick change, then get back onstage. definitely hurt. definitely bruised. and no one recorded it. show was Little Women btw

[@MysteriousGirl10]

I don't know if this counts as a fail but last year my school was doing The Lion King and the drama teacher had created her own choreography for The Circle Of Life and we had been practicing it for months. On the day of the performance I was so stressed out that my brain totally blanked and I couldn't remember the choreography. The teacher had taught us all the same moves so it was obvious that I had forgotten it, so while everyone else was doing the dance I was doing these really awkward movements just trying to copy them. I was so freaking embarrassed.

[@SprinkleStar_73]

Once when I was doing a small production at my local theatre camp, we were all supposed to run backstage, and I ran onstage and sat there for a good minute till I saw a castmate waving me back. Was so embarrassed 😭

[@myleftnut7032]

I was recently in my first ever musical. (A seventh grade production of Moana jr.) I was cast only in ensemble (at first, then the original Sina had a dance comp on the second and last day of the musical) and I think the only parts everyone messed up on was Moana and Maui saying dude while improvising Maui’s grass skirt falling constantly Our Pua and Hei Hei actually falling off the boat Mauis voice cracks in the “Chee-hoos” Me constantly tripping over my dress because im 5 feet tall, original Sina is 5’6 Me and Chief Tui fighting over the mic, which we were instructed to do (we almost dropped it) And the almighty, the mithic bitch: EVRYBODY LOSING THEIR SHIT AT GRAMMA TALAS FUNERAL

[@ajelliott04]

I have a couple of theatre mess up stories myself. So my first production on like a real stage outside of school was A Midsummer Night's Dream. I played Philostrate, who, if you know the show, only comes in at the end of the show. So at the time my director had added 7 different dance numbers to the show to keep it entertaining. However, we spent so long in rehearsals working on the dance numbers and cleaning them that never made it all the way to the end of the show, where my character was had this long monologue. I got to run my part 3 times and that was during tech week. So , here's where I made a mistake. Like I said, this was my first show outside of school so I was already anxious AF. So we get through the first act without a problem and now we're nearing the end of the show where i'm supposed to deliver my line. We get going in the scene and my mind goes completely blank. SO trying to save it, I improvised the line "You see my lord. It's so bad, I can't even explain it." I think my brain just stopped working after that because I don't even remember saying any of my lines after that. 😂😂😂 The second time I messed up was in a production of the Wizard of Oz. I was in tap shoes because during the song Merry Ole Land of Oz, we had a little tap section I was apart of. SO in some of the choreography. before we got to that section there was a part where we had to do a three step turn while moving around this turn table that we were using. I get downstage center, go to do the turn and slip and fall right in front of the mayor of Plano. I live in Plano and the mayor actually lives in my neighborhood so I knew him. I had sold him Girl Scout cookies many times. Luckily I didn't hurt myself because this was also the show where I found out I had to have ankle surgery to repair damage from a pervious injury, but it was really, really embarrassing. And it was closing night so I didn't have a chance to redeem myself. It was the same director for both of these as well.😂😂😂

[@spencerspaceboi5997]

I have photographic evidence of one of my friends theatre fails. We were in our high schools production of The Music Man. He played Marcellus and in the middle of Shipoopi the choreo had them doing jump splits. This was the third night so his pants had gone through numerous jump splits but that night was the final straw. He went up for the jump split got half way through it and his legs snapped closed instantly. I was confused but still dancing around. When I chanced a peek, his trousers had split from ZIPPER TO BELT all the way. Now there is a part at the end where one of the girls jumps into his arms and he spins her around and his bright idea was to have HER catch HIM and swing him around. Unfortunately (or fortunately if he thought of it as a funny gag) that resulted in him flashing his lovely flamingo boxers to the ENTIRE crowd. 🤣

[@thattheatrenerd1418]

I mean the Pinocchio one, the fall of the nose, comedically seems intentional, I know it is not but it is too perfect. The timing of the fall to the slide whistle is *chef kiss*

[@garlands_of_violets]

Literally last week the media wall in our production of she kills monsters, went out during the show. The guy playing chuck improvised and created the pictures that were on the screen, and it was the funniest thing ever. The entire cast was trying their hardest not to laugh. 😂

[@fairyofhopeva]

I don't have a clip of it, but during my senior year of high school I was in my school's production of Saturday Night Fever. And on the last day, I was going down the stairs and onto the stage when I tripped on the stairs, fell down, lost one of my shoes, and scraped my knee a little bit. most embarrassing theatre moment for me

[@grantgilbert2822]

Great haircut, Ryan. Your Pinocchio therapy improv really made me think of and old times actors like Carey Grant or Humphrey Bogart. Great stuff! Your hair looks great too, Sam! Love the CB shirt! What show was the last clip from?

[@savannaoconnor1982]

In a school show we did little mermaid and the most memorable part was hearing king triton call ariel daddy, literally iconic

[@margaretsmith1968]

This is what live theatre is all about! Thank you both so much for another great video! I wonder... would you do a reaction video to Ryan's appearance as the Mad Hatter in Whitney Avalon's Dorothy vs Alice Princess Rap Battle? Maybe also include some Rap battles from EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY and see if you agree on who wins!!!! ? Can't wait to binge more of your videos soon!

[@starlalikesbroadway3268]

That’s my compilation y’all reacted too! This is so crazy😭😭💗

[@CookieGoddess3695]

I know a great, " The Show Must go on" Moment my Drama teacher told us, she knew someone doing a play and he did this thing with his leg in a dance number and he accidently broke his leg. He finished the song and when he got offstage, he went to the hospital immediately.

[@sai_rosi8493]

you talking about funding reminded me, so we had a really good workshop for the crew at my school but the canhging rooms for the cast were actual english classrooms above the theatre, so if the cast was up there being load during the show you could hear it fully from the theatre

[@madisonsvensen1590]

As for the no fly system point Ryan made, I totally agree. My middle school once did Peter Pan and instead of having a fly system we had some high school boys dress in all black and lift the darlings and peter up. It actually looked rlly good.

[@evaubrey3.0]

Theatre fail story time, During a middle school production of a random play that I have long forgotten the name we all burst out in thunderous unstoppable laughter. My friend who was playing a family member said something about "oh, he's your fiancé😉" we all had trouble not laughing at this part but it just happened to be on stage. Wasn't too bad thankfully and we got our voices back, just took a little bit. Not to mention my line was next. Thanks for listennng

[@no-one-really825]

"Is homeboy in the front row during a f***ing crossword puzzle?"

[@jordanchenette9331]

I love these videos! Please make this a series!!

[@your_local_theatre_kid5747]

5:36 I KNOW RIGHT- our school doesn't even have changing rooms for the arts department. We get changed in the freezing cold hallway backstage or one of the drama classrooms with big ol' windows-

[@YourLocalCheese6]

6:04 dead girl falling

[@mayarezoni4387]

I (stage manager) this was a highschool play, an actor had a sizure just on stage, not currently in the scene, then about a few min later walked on stage and had a worderfull preformance. also they were on scafoling at the time on the sizure witch made in more scare on our end. same show, lights died and we lost all light cues for the second half and had to improv cues from memory.

[@kaitlynlouviere4830]

My first play ever was last semester (I’m in college), and it was called Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. Very interesting show. I was playing two characters, both moms, and one of them was named Joy. She gets beaten to death with a claw hammer by her son. Loved that scene. But… I had to stage fall with no experience. One time, my scene partner pushed me a little too hard (I had asked him to give me a slight shove to make the fall more realistic) and I ended up really hurting my arm. It hurt so bad to move it. And I still have two shows to do after that! We think it was just bad internal bruising or maybe even a small fracture, but it took some work to get through. Still really fun first show, though!

[@beyedoc]

So in 1st grade I played a narwhal in a play. I had been sick with pneumonia the previous two weeks and was cleared well enough to do the play, but they hadn't sent the home nurse to remove my IV yet. So I literally was just up on stage in this elementary school preformance with my paper maché narwhal costume and an IV. Yes, I had lines.

[@Rachel-us9um]

In a production of School of Rock that my friends did there was no chalk for the scene where he writes his name on the board and so the guy playing Dewey licked his fingers and tried to use his saliva and continued even through the lightsaber scene. There was also a scene where because they played all the instruments live he just could not get the right notes and the boy playing Zack turned to him and said “do you need a tuner Mr Schneebly?” It was the best 😂

[@alinelson8921]

i’ve definitely had these moments… i actually broke my foot during south pacific and had to sing and dance and run around on a broken foot😭 and one i saw a community performance of matilda and one of there background walls just completely fell and everyone including the cast got rlly quiet…

[@ColonelS]

I was in my VERY FIRST stage production( it was Lost in Yonkers) and one actor was supposed to go briefly offstage to get me a glass, but didn’t place the prop, so me and another actor had to ad lib while we waited on stage. I hated every minute of it

[@gemmaryan5533]

In August, my theater company did Aladdin Jr and the boy who played Jafars moustache fell off and he said “shedding season came early”

[@kajakayak]

yey! i love these

[@DeafeningLight]

I was a kid when two things happened to me - thankfully the first was in rehearsal. One of the spotlights shattered and rained glass down on me and another girl, and we were wearing ballet shoes and in a pose, so over the god mic you just heard “DONT. MOVE.” And they got some of the dads with work boots on to move us off stage by hooking us under the arms and lifting us whilst still in position, as if we moved we could have cut ourselves. Had to stay perfectly still for about 20 mins whilst people picked me clean! 2nd was on stage, Jack and the giant beanstalk, his mum grabs the beans (about and inch and a half long, made of papier mache and painted so basically like rocks) throws them off stage, except one hit a prop, slid up it, and shot straight into face at high speed. It was a panto, so the poor teen playing the mum was so mortified he’d hurt me, since I was bleeding everywhere!

[@Flyingpan1121]

This past summer I was in my community theaters production of Big Fish. And closing night we get news that our lead was in the ER cause he was fishing and ended up with a fish hook in his leg. He got through the show on painkillers and no one could tell at all.

[@Nevernorm]

I remember forgetting a prop on stage The thing is that one prop was like a part of my charater, a part of my costume and we fixed it by my friend saying "Isn't that your horse" I will never forget that.