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Uh... Line!
Line prompters were common at one time, and Lansbury says, "In the early days of theater, there was a ‘prompt corner’ with a person ready to throw the line to any actor. In the electronic age, some 80-year-old performers wear earpieces. And all of us lose ourselves in a play at moments. Laurence Olivier did at the height of his career. This is part of theater." Hugh Jackman, on Broadway now in a play with Daniel Craig, quips, "I hope we won’t have to use cue cards."
Now Actors Equity is investigating the firing of 49-year-old actor Matt Mulhern, who hid some lines inside his hat to stay on cue during Horton Foote’s nine hour play cycle. Mulhern tells the Times he was "emotionally devastated" by the dismissal, the first of his 27-year career. But he also acknowledged he had “ruffled feathers” during rehearsals for other reasons.
As for Broderick, theater nerds have been calling for his head on sites like talkinbroadway.com, where one user wrote, "For God's sake, they are charging good money for this, and it is indeed unconscionable to use these as rehearsals. I only hope they do cancel this week of performances because I, too, have a ticket, and I don't want to endure this either." A source tells the Daily News, "It was an overall mess. He kept apologizing under his breath after he forgot a line, and everyone in the audience started to feel awkward."
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here's where i'm confused about the guy who is so upset that broderick is not up to par with his lines: it's previews! previews means that they're still working out kinks - possibly sets, costumes, lighting, blocking. it's not finished, it's not complete. usually lines aren't part of that, but it's still previews!
If Jude Law can memorize Hamlet while flitting about and raising kids, anybody can memorize anything if they set their mind to it. Lots of actors, especially the famous ones, just don't give enough of a damn to work their ass off for a role. It's been so long since the last time they had to.
Matthew Broderick doesn't fall into that category. Live theater is a good part of his present and future income. I'm surprised he isn't doing a better job.
i'm always surprised at my local deli when the sandwich guys can memorize like over a dozen orders at once. i'm all like, "daammmn you've got a steel-trap up there!"
but then again i am rather easily impressed...
It's your job, M. Go home and practice. You certainly got the time and money.
How do those doctors memorize all those diseases? How do those pilots memorize all those airplane parts? How do those bartenders memorize all those drinks?
And most of you voted for a schmuck who can barely speak coherently without a teleprompter.
I hope you're not talking about Rudy.
It was either him or the drama quenn.
q-u-e-e-n.
As opposed to his schmuck predecessor who couldn't speak coherently even with a teleprompter. To wit:
"Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a -- you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities."
"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on --shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe -- I believe what I believe is right."
That's the spirit.
I don't see a problem with using something like an earpiece or having hidden cue cards, or maybe even a prompter as long as it does not interfere with the quality of the performance. Especially if it's an actor or actress as fantastic as Angela Lansbury- she was great in Blithe Spirit and it certainly wasn't noticeable that she had an earpiece.
However, when an actor is consistently dropping lines and disrupting the flow and quality of the show, that's problematic.
Geez, Broderick isn't aging well. He's younger than I am yet looks years older.
I forgot what I was going to say