Actor Allusion/Theatre: Difference between revisions

** In fact, most of Shakespeare's plays had some level of [[Actor Allusion]], as he worked with a set company whose members took on the same sort of roles in most of their productions, and whose parts were often tailored to their specific style or talent.

** Will Kemp, Shakespeare's resident clown, played the original Bottom in [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|Midsummer]], and later played Dogberry in [[Much Ado About Nothing|Much Ado]]. This happens in the latter:

** John Sincklo, a supporting player, is referenced in [[The Taming of the Shrew]] as looking like a jailor (the Beadle in [[Henry IV Part 2]]) or supplier of poisons (the Apothecary in [[Romeo and Juliet]]).

* During a run on Broadway of ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', Whoopi Goldberg adlibed a line when her character was presented with a choice of slaves as part of the plot. Rejecting an elderly slave for purchase, she stated. ''What am I going to do with that old white man? I got one at home.'' Goldberg was known for dating Frank Langella at the time.

* The 2010 production of Dick Lee's ''Fried Rice Paradise'' stars Taufik Batisah, whose character Johan is a struggling singer. Someone suggests that he join a talent search competition, to which Johan replies "you know these singing contests, never can win!" Taufik Batisah was the winner of the first season of Singapore Idol.

* In the musical ''[[Pippin]]'', the [[Show Stopper]] "No Time At All" was sung by Irene Ryan, who had just spent nine years playing Granny on the hit sitcom ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''. The song included these lyrics:

By a man who calls me Granny! }}

* In Peter and the Starcatchers, Christian Borle's character gets hurt and shouts [[Legally Blonde|Oh My God]] for awhile.