stepping briefly into whatever you call urinetown tumblr to say that in the production i did tech for a few years ago (which is how i got into this musical), one choice our director made that i haven't seen in other shows was to have hope's "BOBBY STRONG?!" moment right before don't be the bunny be a whole joke. like because of all the faxing (and copying) our hope would be holding a GIANT stack of papers during this scene and she would drop the whole stack onto the floor out of shock on the delivery of that line. the thing is that she was standing at the top of a small staircase with cladwell for this line. so during one performance she went "BOBBY STRONG?!?!?!?!?!" and dropped the papers as planned... but like 20 of them went down the stairs. and the plan for this bit was ALREADY that lockstock, barrel, cladwell, pennywise, mcqueen, and fipp would stop to stare at her for a second before moving along. so this time. they all turned to her. and she just very slowly crouched down and had to lean down the staircase and start scooping up the papers. in utter silence. save for our director laughing his ass off in the back of the audience.
