The Boards, Friday Evening, The Consequence of Being Frank

[furnaceface]

Well, this was it. Opening night, and Jono had done about all of the running around that he could manage. His props girl had apparently vanished into the ether, his set was mostly painted in a shade of red-with-glitter that meant that he needed to be extremely careful how he lit the bloody thing, he'd drastically shorted himself on rehearsal time, though it seemed as though his cast had stepped up to the occasion and made up for that oversight, and--

Jono looked like he was going to pass out as he made one last check on the state of the stage before opening the house.

-- And there were occasionally waffles raining down from... apparently the catwalks above the stage.

Lovely.

"The show is going to bloody well go on if it kills me," he growled, and then doubled back to grab a broom before going to open the doors.

[Open for all!]

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Backstage!

[furnaceface]

For those in the cast and crew to get ready before the show!

There's a sign hung on each dressing room door; 'beware of falling waffles.'

Re: Backstage!

[furnaceface]

If anyone needs Jono before showtime, he'll be the highly exasperated-looking blue man running around in a suit with a trash bag full of waffles in one hand, a can of gremlin repellant in the other, and a flask sticking out of his arse pocket.

If you try to take his flask tonight he might bite you.

Re: Backstage!

[glacial_queen]

Karla had two large trays of cucumber sandwiches. One had a sign that said, For eating!. The other was under a Sapphire shield with another sign that says, Please don't make me break fingers.

That one was for Karla the performance.

Re: Backstage!

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Zhari flung herself backstage, hiding behind the racks of costumes and trying to keep from crying. Her sisters huddled close to the surface, soothing her. "I'm never going back out there," she whispered. "Never, ever, ever!"

Re: Backstage!

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie was looking perfectly put together in her suit, and was just pulling her hair back into a neat bun. Like male butlers do. Really.

She'd also been here way early, just to check out things were going as they were supposed to. Or to verify her suspicion that they weren't. Or perhaps just to check Jonothon hadn't died of exhaustion.

The possibilities were varied, and she wasn't telling.

Re: Backstage!

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet was a dervish backstage: Now tweaking her dress, now fussing over her hair, now ... punching up a society blog on her phone to see who had been seen at which party, because she had priorities.

Eventually she perched in a chair near the makeup table, mumbling Cecily's lines over and over with different intonations.

"Could you wait for me until I'm 35?" she murmured. "Could you wait for me until I'm 35? Could you wait for me until I'm 35?"

[one-for-vanity.livejournal.com]

Porthos was beginning to reconsider the wisdom of making his fake cleavage quite so large. He kept noticing waffles caught in it

Re: Backstage!

[selfhelphero]

Billy was going to be over here cycling through taking deep breaths, trying to cast a spell to make the waffles go away, and cursing quietly when it didn't work.

Re: Backstage!

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Karina (http://fandomtownies.livejournal.com/6761825.html?thread=255368033#t255368033) couldn't say the exact moment she went from chicken-minded to her-minded again but she was on the floor, backstage, gross and syrup-y, in a chicken suit (that had also been hit by at least one waffle) and in full possession of her memories of what she'd done. She'd been bitten and then... chicken.

It was usual for her but Karina gave serious consideration to not, like, ever going out on that stage again. It was clearly cursed.

And they'd only managed to scrape through act one. Oh god. Did the show have to go on?

Audience - Before the Show!

[furnaceface]

Come in alone or with a friend, and find a place to sit. You have some time to chat before house lights go down. Please be considerate and turn off your cell phones, thank you.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[stars_and_money]

Jeremy was here because supporting one's sister in her acting endeavors was just the thing to do, you know?

Besides, these things had turned out entertaining enough in the past. He was cool with being here.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[newroutines]

Tino could look after the bar for a bit while Mike came over to support community theater. For the first time in a very long time, too.

He didn't remember chewing on a waffle that had fallen from somewhere in the ceiling being a part of the experience, but he didn't mind it.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[bitten_notshy]

Wilde was writing about more or less Jack's time, and more or less his world. He settled into his seat gingerly: This was either going to make him feel oddly at home -- or he'd be nitpicking every second of the play.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[fates_jaye]

What if you were trying to make sure your phone was at the ready in case anything happened that needed to go up on YouTube...?

At any rate, Jaye was here. With popcorn, because some things were tradition at this point.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[doesdoctorstuff.livejournal.com]

Navaan had been bored and this was a thing that was going on. It worked for her.

She just hoped there was plenty of nudity and violence to keep her awake.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[filleauloup]

While out on some of her delivery runs earlier in the week, Éponine had noticed all the rehearsal comings-and-goings at the theater and, being naturally curious, had gone to find out what that was all about. The result of which was that she bought herself a ticket simply because she could and arrived with enough time to spare that she could look around the theater. (Admittedly, the staring and slightly slack-jawed expression weren't terribly dignified.)

"Ever so much nicer than the awful gallery seats," she muttered to herself at one point, and if she seemed a bit disproportionately awed by her surroundings -- well, she'd remembered how Gavroche used to wheedle tickets out of his actor friends to give to her.

She'd be morose about that, but afterward.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[genesishero]

Evan wasn't nervous, per se, as he made his way into the theater. Just because he got the impression that this wasn't a place he was necessarily welcome... well, his ticket was bought and paid for, and he was here with a friend, and all he really wanted to do was sit and enjoy a night out doing something fun and safe and normal. He was a little disappointed as he led Yeul to their seats that Sholeh wasn't there with them, but he understood that he'd given her practically no notice...

"Are those waffles on the stage?"

He was a sharp one, that kid.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[wwiii]

Warren really wasn't big on live performance art. Not these days, after that ballet he'd gotten possessed at, back in February. But he'd promised Karla that he'd be here to see the play, and that's exactly what he was going to do, taking a seat alone so that he could let his wings sprawl a little bit while he sat.

The waffles falling from the ceiling actually got a bit of a smirk out of him. Sometimes, he missed Fandom's shenanigans.

The Show!

[furnaceface]

So help Jonothon, whatever goes on tonight is out of his hands. There are improvised props, falling waffles, he could swear he saw a gremlin scamper across the backstage earlier in the day...

But he's in the sound booth now. In the sound booth with alcohol. So it's up to the cast and crew to make this thing happen.

He'd just be happy if they managed to stick to the script, really.

Re: The Show!

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Zhari, dressed in her servant's finest, stepped on stage carrying the platter of cucumber sandwiches, mumbling her opening lines under her breath. In her single-minded determination to get the cucumber sandwiches to it's proper place, she didn't notice the waffle underfoot.

Down when Zhahar! Clang went the serving tray! Scattered went the sandwiches!

And immediately picking herself back up, Zhahar fled backstage again.

Re: The Show!

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie was one of the people playing this thing completely by the book. She made sure the piano got played (and played well) offstage when it was supposed to be played, and her appearances as Merriman had a subtle dry sarcasm about them. Like she didn't completely approve of the main characters' shenanigans, but was too polite to actually say that out loud.

Her natural deadpan probably just added to the humour when a waffle fell on her head at one point, and she didn't even flinch. She was a butler and an unflappable one at that, goddammit. So, quite possibly the only person in this whole show who had their wits together.

(She also looked really good in her suit, but that was neither here nor there.)

Re: The Show!

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet played it more or less straight -- or at least as straight as one could possibly play Wilde when one's accent wandered from New Zealand to Scotland without ever doing more than flirting with the proper upper-class London lilt.

She got distracted during her first scene as she tried to find Jeremy in the audience, but by the time Cecily was done fretting over her German she was as solid and in-character as she was likely to get.

Audience - After the Show!

[furnaceface]

Talk about what you just watched! Say hello to cast and crew who might have wandered out! Please, take some waffles!

Re: Audience - After the Show!

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie was a cast member who had wandered out! She was still in her suit, but her hair was down.

She really wasn't expecting anyone to be here to see her, but... It was either this or going out back for a smoke. She chose the healthier option. For now.

Backstage - After the Show!

[furnaceface]

For those performers who just want to wind-down, rather than get swarmed by their adoring fans.

Or just to get waffles out of their hair, perhaps.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

There's this part of me that wants this show to go about as wrongly as it possibly can. Our props girl is already a raccoon, why not roll with the crazy?

Actors, feel free to suffer gremlin bites, costume malfunctions, sudden and crippling bouts of stage fright... whatever gives you a little bit of joy. Or else play it straight, which is also good!

Have fun, is what I'm saying. Mod my stage like mad fiends if you want to, and have fun.

Re: OOC!

[ihaveavideoblog.livejournal.com]

HEADS UP ERRBODY

Lizzie is getting gremlin bit and is going to do her part wreck this thing down. FEEL FREE TO WTF AT HER.