[Brad K]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

[Complete OT] In my freshman year of college, I was in the chorus of our production of Damn Yankees, playing the Mayor of Hannibal MO and other (low-singing) roles. The highlight of the show came in one of the rehearsals, when the fellow playing Applegate (who was named Bruce and who was a Jets fan, which I remember because of Bruce Harper's time in Green and White), not yet familiar with the details of the main theater, was giving a spirited rendition of "Those Were The Good Old Days" and danced off stage left…

…only to forget that he was no longer on the apron (in front of the proscenium and curtains) but on the hydraulically-lifted "thrust stage" beyond that, and so rather than dancing off into the wings, poor Bruce actually danced off the thrust and took a 10-foot drop into the orchestra pit. Yowch.

(I forget if he only bruised his left arm in taking the fall or actually broke it, but he put it in a sling and made the run anyhow. The Show Must Go On, as even the Jets know.) [/OT]

Good story. I was pit orchestra in three in high school. Two were Flower Drum Song, and Fiddler On The Roof. I don't remember the third.