-- Here are my top fifteen --
15. Tartuffe done with a half-puppet cast. You have no idea how disturbing that play is when Tartuffe is played by a giant, stuffed chimpanzee.
14. Hamlet done sideways. We were all lying down for the duration of the show, and by the end of it, so was the audience.
13. A View from the Bridge done on a bridge. It was all going fine until an oil tanker needed to come through during the first act.
12. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof where Maggie and Brick were played by a brother and sister, and Brick was married to the actor playing Big Daddy. When the audience found out about all this during the talkback, there was an awkward silence and then the horrified screaming began...
11. A Man for All Seasons done outdoors...in Februrary...in Milwaukee. Ironically, it turned out NOT to be a show for all seasons.
10. Pygmalion done kabuki style. It was seven and a half hours long, but strangely enough, that's how long most productions of the show tend to run anyway.
9. Hedda Gabler done without a Hedda. It was a little like Garfield minus Garfield, without the humor or Odie. People thought it was about a bunch of crazy Norwegians who liked to talk to themselves and their imaginary friend Hedda. It didn't help that Judge Brack kept referring to her as Nora.
8. Barefoot in the Park done in the park. One rusty nail and the honeymoon was over.
7. Six Characters in Search of an Author. It was more like six actors in search of an audience.
6. A Thousand Clowns. The director was from India, envisioned the whole thing as a Bollywood tragedy, and before I knew it I was wearing a sari, fake blood, and giant shoes. The tap dancing wasn't too fantastic either.
5. The Iceman Cometh done in a real bar. Somebody found out that the guy playing Hickey slept with his girlfriend, and it took five minutes to convince everyone that the brawl wasn't part of the show.
4. Three Sisters. One of the sisters got sick during tech, and they sent me on for her. From then on, it was called Two Sisters and Their Terribly Confused Brother.
3. Come Back, Little Sheba. Everybody went method, and by the end of the run all the actors were fighting for space out on the nearest ledge.
2. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Frankie got nervous on opening night and threw up on Johnny. In comparison, the movie was a masterpiece.
1. Les liaisons dangereuses as done by tenth graders. I was the A.S.M, and consequently, the only one who wasn't arrested.
15. Tartuffe done with a half-puppet cast. You have no idea how disturbing that play is when Tartuffe is played by a giant, stuffed chimpanzee.
14. Hamlet done sideways. We were all lying down for the duration of the show, and by the end of it, so was the audience.
13. A View from the Bridge done on a bridge. It was all going fine until an oil tanker needed to come through during the first act.
12. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof where Maggie and Brick were played by a brother and sister, and Brick was married to the actor playing Big Daddy. When the audience found out about all this during the talkback, there was an awkward silence and then the horrified screaming began...
11. A Man for All Seasons done outdoors...in Februrary...in Milwaukee. Ironically, it turned out NOT to be a show for all seasons.
10. Pygmalion done kabuki style. It was seven and a half hours long, but strangely enough, that's how long most productions of the show tend to run anyway.
9. Hedda Gabler done without a Hedda. It was a little like Garfield minus Garfield, without the humor or Odie. People thought it was about a bunch of crazy Norwegians who liked to talk to themselves and their imaginary friend Hedda. It didn't help that Judge Brack kept referring to her as Nora.
8. Barefoot in the Park done in the park. One rusty nail and the honeymoon was over.
7. Six Characters in Search of an Author. It was more like six actors in search of an audience.
6. A Thousand Clowns. The director was from India, envisioned the whole thing as a Bollywood tragedy, and before I knew it I was wearing a sari, fake blood, and giant shoes. The tap dancing wasn't too fantastic either.
5. The Iceman Cometh done in a real bar. Somebody found out that the guy playing Hickey slept with his girlfriend, and it took five minutes to convince everyone that the brawl wasn't part of the show.
4. Three Sisters. One of the sisters got sick during tech, and they sent me on for her. From then on, it was called Two Sisters and Their Terribly Confused Brother.
3. Come Back, Little Sheba. Everybody went method, and by the end of the run all the actors were fighting for space out on the nearest ledge.
2. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Frankie got nervous on opening night and threw up on Johnny. In comparison, the movie was a masterpiece.
1. Les liaisons dangereuses as done by tenth graders. I was the A.S.M, and consequently, the only one who wasn't arrested.
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