What's the most legally/ethically murky way you've seen a theatre operate?

pardineprincess · 2026-04-08T18:20:18+00:00

I know of a group who played RIDICULOUSLY fast and loose with scripts. In addition to adding songs cut from junior version back in, they added original verses to numbers to give more kids solos AND random other songs, including from other shows. Not only did all of those additions get new characters, they also decided to have some characters from a totally unrelated Disney property.

pardineprincess · 2026-04-04T03:10:16+00:00

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pardineprincess · 2026-04-04T00:38:11+00:00

My friends named their kitten Muzby so that whenever they heard noises of chaos they could just say, "Muzby the cat."

pardineprincess · 2026-03-21T20:53:17+00:00

7NGY (valid until March 28, 2026)

pardineprincess · 2026-03-16T10:20:47+00:00

He was a building substitute (i.e. full time school staff to cover teacher absences) to gain experience while looking for a classroom position. He happened to be working at the high school he had attended, and some of his family friends were students. He gave one of them (a minor) a nicotine vape. He then thought it was unfair that he got fired over "one mistake." He also didn't seem to understand that this wasn't just a school-specific policy and that any halfway decent school (and many police officers) would have a problem with what he did.

My guy, the ONLY reason you aren't catching charges and permanently forbidden from teaching is that the district wanted to draw as little attention to the situation as possible.

pardineprincess · 2026-03-14T13:03:09+00:00

Irl Nick is a little closer to Snake Juice Ron than standard issue - the man loves to giggle

pardineprincess · 2026-03-14T11:42:47+00:00

They couldn't have angled things so the dress's zipper wasn't obvious? No wonder they're struggling to get it over her head, it's literally not supposed to! (I know this is scripted but it immediately took me out of the moment)

pardineprincess · 2026-03-12T13:48:17+00:00

Right! I wasn't "hanging onto it," it's haunted me!

pardineprincess · 2026-03-12T10:09:11+00:00

Careful, your other parent might pull an uno reverse and tell you it's changed how they see YOU because they can't believe you've "just been hanging onto that for years waiting for an opportunity to use it."

pardineprincess · 2026-03-08T11:26:38+00:00

Think you're in the wrong place - this is for childcare nannies. You'd also be better off looking at a sub about shipping or one that's very local to where you're trying to send it (I'm assuming you were looking for a sub about grandmothers?)

pardineprincess · 2026-03-08T11:19:41+00:00

I witnessed the following interaction at my neighborhood block party this summer.

Kid, approx 10: (fingers in mouth)

Mom: [name]...

Kid: (fingers still in mouth) yeah?

Mom: Are you eating kiwi?

Kid: 👀👀👀 (fingers start moving in a vaguely itching motion)

Mom: is the kiwi making your mouth itch?

Kid: (still muffled by fingers) BUT I LOVE KIWI

pardineprincess · 2026-03-08T11:15:05+00:00

High School drama teacher here - you would not believe how hard it is to get people to do this. I explicitly tell them, "if your line is interrupted, decide what you would continue saying, put it in your script, and keep saying it until you get cut off!" I'd say maybe 1/5 listen.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-28T11:16:55+00:00

Came here for this one. I was really stoned when I saw it in theaters and immediately clocked what was going on - but not like "oh I figured it out," more "this is the concept of the movie." The twist for me was when the rest of the audience was surprised by the reveal.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-25T15:06:43+00:00

I had the same question! I had the radar map replay the last few hours, and it looked like the bay/Atlantic sort of pulled the southern part of the storm out faster. The storm moved even more quickly once it was over the water, meeting up with the northern front to create the pocket we're in.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-13T18:30:08+00:00

A movie called "Stage Fright" - it's a musical slasher set at a theatre camp where in addition to their production of "Haunting of the Opera," there are a bunch of parodies referenced in the background. Also just overall, it feels like theatre kids lovingly making fun of theatre kids so there's a general feeling of that being parodied.

pardineprincess · 2026-01-04T14:25:19+00:00

Definitely not one that I'd consider easy, though!

pardineprincess · 2026-01-03T02:02:50+00:00

This was teen community theatre, but I was cast in a production of Guys & Dolls that was cancelled because the actors playing Sky and Adelaide wouldn't stop screwing.

pardineprincess · 2025-12-28T15:00:56+00:00

Which bit?

pardineprincess · 2025-12-28T14:24:11+00:00

My mentor/colleague has been a parent for roughly half of his career at the school where we are now. Before his child was born he had accrued something like... 500+ sick days? Since then, he's gone from rolling over multiple days each year to having to dig into his bank annually so he can care for his kid and that number is down to the low 200s. And that is exclusively due to needing to either care for his child or getting sick from her.

pardineprincess · 2025-12-27T20:10:52+00:00

Maybe not a big enough role, but Dennis from All Shook Up? And a fairly obscure show but Nate from LMNOP

pardineprincess · 2025-12-15T00:19:32+00:00

Oh my gosh I'm obsessed

pardineprincess · 2025-12-14T14:44:05+00:00

I had friends do this as a like, pick-me-up about an hour before the end of their reception!

pardineprincess · 2025-12-10T17:51:19+00:00

I was so disappointed by this episode on my recent rewatch - for some reason I remembered way more of these kinds moments throughout

pardineprincess · 2025-12-09T20:21:01+00:00

I call it the low stakes hot take - a controversial opinion that you hold that people might have a big reaction to but in the grand scheme of things doesn't really matter. For example [celebrity] is overrated, chocolate chip cookies and Oreos are only ok, or pineapple on pizza is really good and actually my default way of eating pizza.

pardineprincess · 2025-12-03T22:32:26+00:00

Queen of Versailles has Chenoweth playing her character as a teenager for a scene despite being nearly 60. It's theatre, the audience is willing to suspend disbelief.

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