History Funny / Theater

* In ''[[RodgersAndHammerstein South Pacific]]'', one of the most amazing scenes that had me laughing was when Nellie sang "Honey Bun" which then had Billis come out in a grass skirt, coconut bra, and underwear. Then it gets funnier. In a touching scene, Billis pulls a letter from Emile from the coconut bra. (At least in the current version in the Lincoln Center.)

** An index card mix-up gives us this gem: "Shakespeare invaded Poland."

* [[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=464C6B6D83E45245 A Very Potter Musical]] is a Crowning Moment for the HarryPotter fandom.
** All of the Voldemort/Quirrel scenes:
-->VOLDEMORT: Muggles have their place...mudbloods have their place, and So. Do. Your. Clothes. Mainly, a DRESSER!
** Cho Chang's introduction. "Bitch, I ain't Cho Chang!"
** "What would Zac Efron say about this?" [Singing to the boss Zefron poster] "We're all in this together..." Made even funnier by the audience singing along and the musicians playing a snippet of the HSM score.
** "Thanks, Hermione!"
** Draco. Prancing. Malfoy. Nuff said.
** "Can anyone tell me what ''[[LampshadeHanging foreshadowing]]'' is?"

** Any time Festus is on stage in ''Twelfth Night.''

* At the performance this American troper went to, the French taunting included "I ''hurl'' my shoes at your president!"

**** [[LateToThePunchline Holy '''''shit.]]'''''

* ''RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' has a ton, most of them playing on the {{metafiction}}, such as Guil yelling "FIRE" and wondering why no one's leaving their seats. But the best ones are Guildenstern waxing philosophical, only for Rosencrantz to take his musings completely literally:

* ''TheHistoryBoys''
** The French scene. Full stop.
** And of course, Rudge's practice interview.
--->Mrs. Lintott: Now, how do you define history, Mr. Rudge?
--->Rudge: Can I speak freely, miss? Without being hit?
--->Mrs. Lintott: I will protect you.
--->Rudge: How do I define history? *shrug* It's just one fucking thing after another.

* At the beginning of ''{{Cyrano the Bergerac}}'', a man tries to insult Cyrano, telling him "Sir, your nose is. . .hmm. . .it is. . .very big!", (something that he's very sensitive to). Cyrano calmly responds that it is, but this insult was lousy, and proceeds to tell a LongList of better insults in many different styles. Than fights a duel with him, while improvising a sonnet.

-->'''John Adams''': Not him, Franklin, 'you'!

---> Keano: "Typical! If you fail to plan, then you’re planning to fail."

-->'''Ceasar:'' What the hell are the Ides of March?

-->'''Ceasar:'' Why that's today! ''*Hrk*''

--> '''Marjorie:''' I think I will have that drink, Helsa, it'll make it easier to forgive liscencious behavior.
--> '''Roger:''' I was ''not'' being liscencious, Marjorie, a bit liscivious, a trifle libidinous, perhaps but not liscencious.

** Then seeing it in a HIGH SCHOOL production. Basically the line was changed to where everyone yelled it at once and just pointed at the guy playing Mark who stood there and did absolutley nothing but shrug. This troper almost feel on the floor. It made the consistent laugh moment so much better.

--> '''Mrs. Lovett:''' That's very well and good, but what about him? (Refering to [[spoiler:Pirelli]])

* In ''[[RodgersAndHammerstein South Pacific]]'', one of the most amazing sceness that had me laughing was when Nellie sang "Honey Bun" which then had Billis come out in a grass skirt, coconut bra, and underwear. Then it gets funnier. In a touching scene, Billis pulls a letter from Emile from the coconut bra. (At least in the current version in the Lincoln Center.)

* ''110 in the Shade'': Lizzie's father an brothers have been trying to convince her love interest to come to a picnic, but it's proving difficult because he dosen't play cards, doesn't dance, and:

*** "I can sing it very fast, 'Aldfo!' I can sing it very slow...ly. I would do it now, but it would take ''hours''."

---> '''Lockstock:''' Because it's a secret, that's why!Look, its power depends on mystery. I can't just blurt it out like [[spoiler: 'There is no Urinetown! We just kill people!']] Oh no. The information must ooze out until it breaks forth in one mighty carthartic moment!! ...Somewhere in Act II, with lots of singing and things like that.

*** "I'm just checking a few measuremnts...I mean going into a few things...doing one or two odd jobs..."

** Brett walks into the girls bathroom, sees the tampon machine and says "Woah, you have a candy machine in here".

* Might just be the way you act it, (and forgive if this belongs in Troper Tales) but the second act of ''[[AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn BigRiver]]'' becomes infinitely funnier depending on the Improv. This troper was lucky enough to be a part of a production with his best friend playing Tom Sawyer and a random guy during the interrogation of the King, and, let's just say...[[LargeHam HAM]] would be a damn understatement. Playing as the real Harvey Wilkes and the Doctor, I couldn't keep a straight face. The random guy persona ended up grabbing me in the Wilkes scene and shook me, yelling "I SAY WE BURN 'EM! YOU LOOK REEL TASTEY!", with full Southern accent. Then when the Doctor was supposed to cut the bullet out of Tom's leg...his deliriousness was believable, with such wonderful quotes as "The power of Christmas compels you!"...I daresay the only thing better than the imrpov off that show was Jim. A junior preacher playing a proud black man? Best. Casting. Evar.

* The final clown sequence of the CirqueDuSoleil show ''Mystere'' has its arguable Crowning Moment near the end: Brian Le Petit, after [[spoiler: locking an audience member in a crate in order to woo his date with a candlelit dinner, shooting a "bird" (dancer) who stole his loaf of bread, losing the key to the crate and trying to use a chainsaw to get the man out, and threatening the interfering emcee's crotch with it just as its power runs down - this troper's skimming over a ''lot'' of details]], is at the mercy of the furious emcee. What does he do? [[spoiler: Pulls out a red nose, puts it on, and starts dancing to TheJimmyHartVersion of "Stayin' Alive".]] That song has never been the same to this troper, and all other comedic uses of it must submit to this.

* ''ArsenicAndOldLace'' is one long CrowningMomentOfFunny, but the best is Mortimer's [[{{Lampshade}} description of a character's TooDumbToLive behaviour in a horrendous play he's just seen]] while [[spoiler: his AxeCrazy psycho-killer brother mimics what happened in the play behind his back, so Mortimer ends up in the same position as the character in the play]].

-> [[spoiler:'''Mortimer:''' Don't you see? ''I'm a BASTARD!'']]

-->'''Niki:'''[[spoiler: You killed your sister!?]]

** This Troper noticed a few, some less than others. One he remembers from a (very good) local presentation is the scene leading up to "By the Sea". I can't remember the exact lines, but Sweeney says something that prompts Mrs. Lovett to respond "Oh, come on, now, we're running a perfectly legitimate buisness here." as she puts on a bloodstained apron. But the ''crowning'' moment of funny comes right after "Epiphany" (Sweeney's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome very awesome]] StartOfDarkness song in which he, among other things, threatens the audience).
--> '''Mrs. Lovett:''' That's very well and good, but what about him? (Refering to [[spoiler: Pirelli]])

* It's the entire point of the show, but TheCompleteWorksofWilliamShakespeareAbridged.

* In ''{{The Twenty-fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee}}'', halfway through "I'm Not That Smart" the singer toataly derails from the topic(promplty forgetting the word he's supposed to spell):

** My favorite moment would be when [[spoiler: to give his daughter an advantage, Logainne's Carl Dad poured Coke on the floor to keep Barfee's "magic foot" from working.]] Not only does he treat it like SeriousBusiness, but Barfee also tries to put Rona's hand sanitizer on his foot.

** The Bad Idea Bears. Cute as a button little Care Bear looking things, who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin only show up to offfer truly bad ideas]]. They're always a riot, but their truly crowning moment arrives when Princeton and Kate are at a bar and have just agreed that they shouldn't get too drunk: