Heard on a street corner in New York City
Nothing technical, just cute.
Yesterday afternoon, the family went to see "The Fantastiks" (which is still playing, albeit in a very small theater (the actor playing El Gallo had to crouch to avoid the ceiling). During the show, a fire alarm went off, and we dutifully trudged downstairs to the street to await the arrival of the fire department (it was a false alarm, but we didn't know that as we left the theater).
The cast also left the theater, and they were huddled on the corner shivering in he winter cold. I heard the actress playing Luisa chatting on her phone:
"... And we're all standing out here on the street in our costumes!"
It's dorky, I know, but I thought it was funny :).
Btw, the show resumed and was wonderful - it's amazing that it's been continually produced in New York for over 40 years now. Wow.
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Anonymous
December 20, 2007
My parents were at a production of Nunsense once when the fire alarm went off. Apparently, the show was so awful that the alarm served as a great opportunity for most of the audience to walk out and not come back.Anonymous
December 20, 2007
What did the costumes look like?Anonymous
December 20, 2007
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December 21, 2007
Ok, I don't get it. Well, I might have an idea now, maybe - after reading the wikipedia article on the play I'm guessing that their costumes were pretty close to if not regular street clothes?Anonymous
December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
Thom: I've actually listed off the costumes - The Girl's, the Boy's and El Gallo's costumes weren't obviously costumes, the rest of theirs were. The production is sufficiently small that most of the actors didn't have much makeup at all, so they didn't stand out very much (but some (including Mortimer and Henry) did).Anonymous
December 21, 2007
ROFL, you described it so vividly I could almost see it.Anonymous
December 24, 2007
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