My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
One of the main reasons why actors enjoy performing onstage is because it’s LIVE.
Performing onstage is like jumping out of a plane and then praying to god almighty that your parachute opens, so you land safely.
It can be one of the most invigorating and euphoric, yet vulnerable and scary feelings in the world because no matter how well you plan your jump…there IS the possibility that your parachute will either not open or perhaps get tangled when you pull the ripcord; causing something to go wrong onstage.
And when that happens…
….you just wanna SHIT your pants.
Throughout my career as an actor, I’ve had many things go wrong.
Today, I thought I’d share two of the times when Ron took a BOWEL MOVEMENT onstage.
Let’s see…..
There was the time when in the middle of singing a song, I totally blank out and forgot the words. And it’s one thing to forget your words when you’re performing in a non-musical because you have the liberty to pause and THINK for a few seconds. However, when you’re performing in a musical, the music just keeps going. Therefore, you have the choice to either STOP singing, which creates a VOID of awkward silence, or you can do what I did, which was to quickly starting singing the first words that came into my head..…
“Itchy-bitchy, doobie-doobie, da-da, ma, la la!”….. and then I got back on track.
(I swear to god)
It was like I had suddenly experienced Tourette’s syndrome for five bars of music.
The actor who I was singing with just stood there looking at me like he had just witnessed a poltergeist.
And after the song was over and the stage lights went to black, the two of us RAN offstage into the wings and BURST into laughter.
And the first thing that came out his mouth was, “What the HELL happened to you, Ron? I thought I was going to lose it out there.”
Still laughing I said, “I had a brain FART, that‘s what the HELL happened!”
And of course, the entire cast heard my fart in their dressing rooms over the stage monitors.
Oooo…..and there was also the time while I was performing in the musical Cabaret and had totally forgotten that I had another stage entrance within the same scene and was already starting to change into another costume for the following scene. But by the time I remembered, it was too late. So, rather than miss my entrance…I ran onstage wearing two DIFFERENT costumes.
And when everyone onstage saw my bipolar attire, their faces registered only one expression…
… "WTF?”
Well….such is the zany life of a stage actor.
When everything goes well….it’s GRAND.
However, when something goes wrong….it’s kinda shitty.
Have a faaaabulous weekend everyone!
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