Theatre Superstitions

[renegadeblack]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I've not heard of that remedy before, and I LIKE IT...
I also strongly believe in the curse....


Ahhh I've heard that one too, but I don't put any stock in it... I know a lot of Wiccans and the so called incantations don't sound like any I've come across anywhere but in fiction.

Totally agreed. I watch "A Haunting" on Discovery Channel and get greatly angered. I have yet to see Wicca be properly portrayed just about anywhere. It saddens me really. We aren't evil!

[ship]

For me over the years walking under a ladder while on stage was fine and an exception to the nomal rule. Anyone else here this exception, know what's behind it and or follow that rule?

[Grommet]

The ladder belief is that the gates to hell are all triangle shaped. Going under a ladder symbolized passing through to hell...

i do not believe in superstitions. i go through ladders all the time.

I have no routine to follow that will make the day good.

I do my job to the best of my abilities to keep everyone safe and create a good show.

If you believe in superstitions then you will be so absorbed in them you will end up acting them out.

"oh crap you said Macbeth! I said Macbeth! Twice! We're all going to die!"

[WestlakeTech]

Originally Posted by Grommet

The ladder belief is that the gates to hell are all triangle shaped. Going under a ladder symbolized passing through to hell...

i do not believe in superstitions. i go through ladders all the time.

I have no routine to follow that will make the day good.

I do my job to the best of my abilities to keep everyone safe and create a good show.

If you believe in superstitions then you will be so absorbed in them you will end up acting them out.

"oh crap you said Macbeth! I said Macbeth! Twice! We're all going to die!"

AMEN!!! I sometimes make it a point to say Macbeth on shows just to freak out all the superstitious people. Actually said it on a show I SMed a few months ago. The show only got better with each passing day.

[ship]

Seperate but Karma... one should never be so counter to superstition that it might bite you if you get known for speaking against it and by happenstance you get known for disbelief in superstition happening.

Not superstitious but observant perhaps in why such concepts were presented with at times valid reasons and respectful of that in perhaps even throwing salt over my shoulder at times for Pan should I spill the shaker. If I pass under a ladder, perhaps a bit more caution in doing so that's important when I cannot go around.

Calling MacBeth on stage... that's harsh and Why do you feel this important to expell as mythos as opposed to just having a good show without added worries? Noting happened besides the point, it's a tradition and something that should not be messed with.

[WestlakeTech]

Never exactly called it onstage. In the general theater though, yes I did. Thing was, we were in Hell Week. (Bear in mind, this is high school theater; a short run, with rehearsals starting at about 5pm.) Our facility was under construction, so we were using that of another local high school. I was Stage Managing a show that loaded in and had it's first rehearsal on Tuesday. Our first performance was Friday. Thursday was the first time we ran the show the entire way through and it had its fair share of problems (not the least of which were the directors, Tech and other).

So I said Macbeth (repeatedly) as a challenge to myself and the others; an act of faith that we could still pull off a fantastic show, despite plenty of problems. We had 3 shows that weekend. Each one was better than the last.

[nobl13]

Fun story, our old stage manager's mother actually told her "break a leg" at one of her first shows with the company. When they were leaving that night, she was pushed down the stairs in front of the theatre and.... broke her leg.

We don't use that phrasing at our theatre any more.

Originally Posted by ReiRei

Ha! Every time anyone says, "Downtown" Skid row plays in my head. In fact, I just caught myself singing it. Every now and then I hear myself humming the Dentist song. That was over a year ago. No matter how hard you try, you can't escape musicals.

Oh god. Every time I hear that song, I start hearing spotlight cues in my head.