@24601orwhatever asked so here are my quite extensive notes for the muck up matinee on Sunday
My MuckUp Notes By Character Group
Electrics
Killerwatt wore the Volta wig for the entire show until the very end (so he had the right wig for the mega mix). He wore a variety of sunglasses and normal glasses, and came out one time without any glasses, just his fingers around his face. During this he acted like he could not see
As Volta lost his wig to KW, he wore a variety of wigs including a blonde mullet and a red bob. He came out for the rap with a cowboy hat on and for one section he only had his wig cap on, and a black visor covering his entire face. I was nervous that he couldn't see but if he couldn't he styled it out well. For ACDC he wore KW's wig.
The components crawled out for ACDC as they often do for muckups, and all had sunglasses in replacement of KW for that number. They all passed their sunglasses to KW at the beginning of PI so they could do the choreo no problem. When uncoupled in heat 1, Wrench screamed not her usual screech but "Sanasa Sanasa" I have been told. The sunglasses reappeared for Bummellock, this time with Pearl joining in.
Electra shocks everyone to the floor in ACDC and they have to scramble to get up. They also show off vocally throughout the show, and cross the finish line of heat one holding hands with GB. No racing helmets for anyone to allow for more mucking up, so Electra was bald.
Apparently Volta ended up in the Manga crash pit at some point but I didn't see lol
Coaches
Belle has Rocky 3 shorts on for the race and does the punching tick overs and generally acts rockish. Carrie has Pearl's skirt (likely Claudia's own skirt?) and races in front of Ruhrgold at times.
I am told Pearl came in for her intro with tiny hands on her fingers. I somehow missed this even though she was right in front of me lol
There is swaying and dancing from the 3 coaches in MUMH, and clapping along which the audience gets involved in.
During Uncoupled Dinah keeps pulling tissues from her costume, using them then tossing them across the stage at various angles. Carrie then sprints around after them before returning to her spot. At one time, both directions receive a thrown tissue so Belle and Carrie run for it.
In pre race 4, Pearl sang LO-CA-MO-TION instead of GB, going as deep as possible (with GB then singing her lines instead in an uncomfortable high tone)
Belle also blew a raspberry at Pearl when uncoupling her just before Fur Immer
For Sorrry, the two spinny chair areas hold up a D when GB spells it wrong, and Dinah unfolds a piece of paper that says "they finally laughed". This made Robert corpse so hard and he laughed for the rest of the show every time he looked at us
Freight
Dustin had extra padding all over as his recurring bit was throwing himself to the floor or falling over at any given moment. A little overplayed perhaps, but some moments were just perfectly timed
For Flat-Top's intro he climbs into the audience, with the intent to let off a streamer. He twists and twists but it does not go, so he angrily stomps back to place.
For travelling with gravel in, both FT and Dustin dance skate around the tracks rather than just in place.
In Mama's Blues all the Rockies have their shorts tucked into their belt, revealing that they do in fact paint all the way up the legs. Rocky 3 specifically has a cute tree knot patterned on one side that wouldn't usually be seen. Also not intentional from Ariane's side (WHAM prank maybe?), but she whips her head too hard and sends her ponytail flying. This is then tucked into her belt and is swished and span like another appendage.
They also all had instruments they pulled out the back of the Mama set piece. Including drumsticks and some sort of tiny saxophone. Mama smacks them all with FT's brick and ends up with a drumstick at one point which she flails around and points about. Said drumstick ends up with the Rockies who make music on their shoulder boxes and helmets.
As they come in for the rap, all the Rockies have Ruhrgold hats on (as RG brings them in for that number)
R3 also does a lot of moaning in the rap and throughout really.
In Mein Spiel FT beats up the Gang instead of being pushed around by them (of course with his brick)
RPRT the Rockies get progressively more tired, half assing choreo or not even bothering at times, going out of time or the wrong way, and singing breathlessly. At the end they all collapsed. R1 dissolves into a coughing fit as he calls "Los Rockies" as they leave.
Lots of side eyes from the Rockies at Dustin in H2, and many beefs from FT and Dustin at BV after the crash
Nationals
Up to 5 Coco wigs on stage at any one time, from other Nationals, the marshalls for the race, and even the Trax (iconic).
Espresso had a pizza box duct taped to his hand (so it wouldn't come off) from Rusty's intro to H1. He would offer it to anyone who would look at him in the cast (and to me in the audience, thanks Oscar but I'm good). He also changed a line to be about pizza idek. One of the nationals finally takes him up on it, but it is empty...
Lots of dicking around from various engines, Brexit is crying and Turnov hugs him, Manga won't stop doing push ups, Brexit ended up in the Manga crash pit somehow.
In Coda, RG slides so close to the national beside him for the end that BV cannot get through, Dan ends up shoving Owen hard to get through while giggling. Carrie decides not to even try and instead skates around the outside and takes her place in front.
For ACDC (and beyond), headpieces are swapped. I remember specifically Espresso in the Coco wig and Brexit with the Manga headpiece. Nationals are stored in the hats clearly as all the actors acted as the characters they were wearing the headpieces of, rather than themselves.
Coco raced with a blue party city bob (very shiny) but she had made WHAM put the headband on it.
Manga (Kieran) races in his Rusty wig and also changed his makeup, maybe to Rusty also?
There are unflattering selfies of the cast on the back of the flags, for some reason
Greaseball
24/25 choreo returns with the wagons being swung through the engines legs
Robert somehow made his final note even longer
IN the rap no one joined in with Klappe Dinah and the tech team even turned off his mic for it so it was just silence. He corpsed very hard at this and could barely get his other lines out
Apparently he was moaning in ORNRTM and got shocked by Electra when crying on their shoulder
As you may have seen after PI in the megamix, he folds like a piece of bread after jumping up the bowl, then does a kickline with Espresso and RG
Rusty
Extra long STOPPPPPPP and STARLIGHT EXPREEEEESSSSSS
Started doing the RPRT choreo with FT and Dustin before the Rockies even got a chance, creating a sort of dance off
When everyone came in for Rusty King of the Track they all had kazoos. Someone forgot to remove it before starting their line which was very funny.
I also feel like he and Pearl were standing by the tunnels watching more of the numbers than usual but I am not sure
Hi anon from this ask back again (https://www.tumblr.com/24601orwhatever/813333701654118400/)
I graduated a few days ago but I DID get the chance to interrogate my teacher about this. He's old and goes on tangents a lot but he sent me a recording (!!!!!!!!!) these are some takeaways:
- we live close to tuacahn so they borrowed most of the costumes from there. Caboose was like sort of a bellhop/office lady? Cameras not clear and teacher doesn't remember but she had pants #feminism
- no there's me but caboose was in girls rolling stock! And she stayed onstage after Dinah you're honored and that's how they transitioned to wide smile
- he made the creative decision because greaseball and cabooses actors were dating at the time and that's kinda cute
- greaseball was like. Jealous of Electra during the races and was very pushy during one rock n roll (they did chair choreo)
HOLD ON… THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF GOOD WITH THIS CONTEXT…. Girls rolling stock boose…. Is she trying to convince Dinah to leave gb for her own benefit lmfoaoa 😭😭😭?!?!
all very talented men who deserve some more spotlight on here!
from L to R , top to bottom:
David Thomas Walker (2024 US TOUR)
Shaq Taylor (LONDON 2017)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (HOLLYWOOD BOWL 2008)
Cornell John (LONDON 2005)
Benjamin H. Moore (2022 US TOUR)
Norm Lewis (2006 BROADWAY, 25TH ANNI, 2010 LONDON, 2013 THE MUNY)
Jordan Donica (2024 THE MUNY)
Donald Craig Manuel (2022 WEST END)
Cameron Loyal (2023 US TOUR)
Monté J. Howell (2017 US TOUR)
annaxmalina
blakekathryn
izzy806
janainaart
origamiaround
tangentwithtanner
theartofmadeline
