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--> '''Henslowe:''' Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
--> '''Fennyman:''' So what do we do?
--> '''Henslowe:''' Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
--> '''Fennyman:''' How?
--> '''Henslowe:''' I don't know. It's a mystery.

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--> '''Henslowe:''' -->'''Henslowe:''' Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
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disaster.\\
'''Fennyman:''' So what do we do?
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do?\\
'''Henslowe:''' Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
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well.\\
'''Fennyman:''' How?
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How?\\
'''Henslowe:''' I don't know. It's a mystery.




-->'''Yarborough:''' I don't know if you knew it, feller,\\

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I don't know if you knew it, feller,\\



-->''(a jazzy tune plays in the background)''\\
'''Mike Channel:''' Hello, it's a sunny Monday here on Radio Active, and my name is ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' ... er, Mike Channel, traffic news will of course be coming up later in the show, but ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' straight off today here's our first record... ''({{beat}})'' ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' ... er, yes indeed, er, Radio Active, er, here, and I'm Mike Channel, er, w-which of course brings you the best sounds around, and ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' and of course, good old, er, traffic news. But, er, straight off today, here ''is'' our first record- ''("Mike Chan-nel!")'' Er, Mike Channel here, and- ''("Mike Flex!")'' er, Mike Flex will be here later on, but now- ''("Mike Stand!")'' er, Mike Stand was on earlier, but now- ''("Si-mon BATES!")'' ... Simon Bates is on Radio 1, but right now, here on the Mike Channel Show here on Radio Active, we have today's first record, that great hit of the Seventies, it's ''("Commercial time!")''

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'''Mike Channel:''' Hello, it's a sunny Monday here on Radio Active, and my name is ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' ... er, Mike Channel, traffic news will of course be coming up later in the show, but ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' straight off today here's our first record... ''({{beat}})'' ''[{{beat}}]'' ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' ... er, yes indeed, er, Radio Active, er, here, and I'm Mike Channel, er, w-which of course brings you the best sounds around, and ''("Tra-ffic NEWS!")'' and of course, good old, er, traffic news. But, er, straight off today, here ''is'' our first record- ''("Mike Chan-nel!")'' Er, Mike Channel here, and- ''("Mike Flex!")'' er, Mike Flex will be here later on, but now- ''("Mike Stand!")'' er, Mike Stand was on earlier, but now- ''("Si-mon BATES!")'' ... Simon Bates is on Radio 1, but right now, here on the Mike Channel Show here on Radio Active, we have today's first record, that great hit of the Seventies, it's ''("Commercial time!")''



-->'''Homestar:''' (While onstage) Wow. I can't believe the night of the big Decemberween pageant has finally arrived! After all the weeks and weeks of rehearsing and practicing and memorizing lines...
-->'''Marzipan:''' Homestar, I don't think those are your lines.

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-->'''Homestar:''' (While onstage) ''[while onstage]'' Wow. I can't believe the night of the big Decemberween pageant has finally arrived! After all the weeks and weeks of rehearsing and practicing and memorizing lines...
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lines...\\
'''Marzipan:'''
Homestar, I don't think those are your lines.



--> '''Weiss''': Who wrote this stupid story anyway?
--> '''Ruby''': I did! Thank you very much!
--> '''Yang''': Ugh! No wonder. Red Riding Hood's a total Mary Sue character ... "Loved by many and known for her hood"?! You totally based her off yourself!
--> '''Ruby''': GRRRRRRRRRR! I like to think that art is open to interpretation.
--> '''Professor Ozpin''': Wait a minute. Aren't you kids all supposed to be in class?
--> '''Ruby''': CHEESE IT!!

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--> '''Weiss''': -->'''Weiss:''' Who wrote this stupid story anyway?
--> '''Ruby''':
anyway?\\
'''Ruby:'''
I did! Thank you very much!
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much!\\
'''Yang:'''
Ugh! No wonder. Red Riding Hood's a total Mary Sue character ... "Loved by many and known for her hood"?! You totally based her off yourself!
--> '''Ruby''':
yourself!\\
'''Ruby:'''
GRRRRRRRRRR! I like to think that art is open to interpretation.
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interpretation.\\
'''Professor Ozpin''': Ozpin:''' Wait a minute. Aren't you kids all supposed to be in class?
--> '''Ruby''':
class?\\
'''Ruby:'''
CHEESE IT!!
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Show Stoppers": The Cutie Mark Crusaders' musical performance goes horribly wrong since every task is placed in the hooves of the one least suited for it - the singer (Scootaloo) can't sing, the dancer (Applebloom) can't dance, and the backdrops and special effects are done by somepony who should not operate a hammer (Sweetie Belle). The irony that everypony except them can see is that they'd have done a great job if they just shifted those tasks around a bit...

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers": Stoppers]]": The Cutie Mark Crusaders' musical performance goes horribly wrong since every task is placed in the hooves of the one least suited for it - the singer (Scootaloo) can't sing, the dancer (Applebloom) can't dance, and the backdrops and special effects are done by somepony who should not operate a hammer (Sweetie Belle). The irony that everypony except them can see is that they'd have done a great job if they just shifted those tasks around a bit...
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* The Spanish movie ''Hasta la lluvia'' (''Even the Rain'') centers around a film crew that decides to make a movie about Christopher Columbus in the land locked country of Bolivia. Had they made in English, the American studio that was backing them would have given the money to film on location in the Caribbean, [[HonorBeforeReason but since they decided on authenticity, they had to look somewhere cheap.]] The production goes smoothly at first, but as the Cochabumba Water War, a series of protests against [[OneNationUnderCopyright the government selling the rights of Bolivia's water]] to a [[MegaCorp Multinational]], escalate, production ends up shutting down as the as the cast and crew flee the country.

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* The Spanish movie ''Hasta la lluvia'' (''Even the Rain'') centers around a film crew that decides to make a movie about Christopher Columbus in the land locked country of Bolivia. Had they made it in English, the American studio that was backing them would have given them the money to film on location in the Caribbean, [[HonorBeforeReason but since they decided on authenticity, authenticity]], [[CuttingCorners they had to look somewhere cheap.]] The production goes smoothly at first, but as the Cochabumba Water War, a series of protests against [[OneNationUnderCopyright the government selling the rights of Bolivia's water]] to a [[MegaCorp Multinational]], escalate, production ends up shutting down as the as the cast and crew flee the country.
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* ''[[Series/{{KYTV}} Radio Active]]'' made mishap-prone live radio something of a staple of its episodes. For example, in the 1983 episode "A Probe Round the Back", a spoof of "behind the scenes" documentaries, presenter [[PunnyName Anna Daptor]] (Helen Atkinson-Wood) interviews technician [[MeaningfulName Eric Alcock]] (Michael Fenton Stevens) about the jingles he will be playing live for the upcoming show with [[PunnyName Mike Channel]] (Angus Deayton). Then the show begins:

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* ''[[Series/{{KYTV}} Radio Active]]'' made mishap-prone live radio something of a staple of its episodes. For example, in the 1983 episode "A Probe Round the Back", a spoof of "behind the scenes" documentaries, presenter [[PunnyName Anna Daptor]] (Helen Atkinson-Wood) interviews technician [[MeaningfulName Eric Alcock]] (Michael Fenton Stevens) about the jingles he will be playing live for the upcoming show with [[PunnyName Mike Channel]] (Angus Deayton).(Creator/AngusDeayton). Then the show begins:
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* In ''Film/DoctorInLove'', the lecture Sir Lancelot was supposed to attend is interrupted when he - alongside Leonora and Dawn - comes crashing through the projection screen. However, the doctors in attendance find it wildly amusing and give a standing ovation.

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* Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', more specifically "In the Flesh." It's more visible in the 1980-81 tours: before this song, the "MC: Atmos" prologue that kicked off the show was done a second time, ''but'' the MC looked and acted like a zombie the second time around (a consequence of the wall's completion). Also, the FaceOfTheBand has suffered a fugue state, and isn't singing the words that he probably ''should'' be singing within the context of the show/album.

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* Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', more specifically "In the Flesh." It's more visible in the 1980-81 tours: before this song, the "MC: Atmos" prologue that kicked off the show was done a second time, ''but'' the MC looked and acted like a zombie the second time around (a consequence of the wall's completion). Also, the FaceOfTheBand vocalist has suffered a fugue state, and isn't singing the words that he probably ''should'' be singing within the context of the show/album.

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* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': In "[[Recap/GilligansIslandS1E12AngelOnTheIsland Angel on the Island]]", in addition to the drama surrounding Ginger and Mrs. Howell vying for the lead role, the play has to deal with the Skipper constantly flubbing his lines and Gilligan breaking the ladder the Professor is using to paint the set. When Mrs. Howell apparently loses her voice, Mr. Howell considers it the last straw...until Gilligan suggests that he could have Ginger take over as Cleopatra again. Even during the play itself, there are some problems like Gilligan accidentally ripping off the Skipper's costume.



** In another episode, Tori has to give blood before a play where she's starring as the lead. Jade, her understudy, [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank sabotages the blood donation]] so that Tori can't perform and she can get the part. In the end, Tori is too weak from the blood donation that she collapses on stage.

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** In another episode, Tori has to give blood before a play where she's starring as the lead. Jade, her understudy, [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank sabotages the blood donation]] so that Tori can't perform and she can get the part. In the end, Tori is too so weak from the blood donation that she collapses on stage.
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* ''Film/GimmeShelter1970'' documents a real life example that took a tragic turn. The 1969 Altamont Free Concert featuring Music/TheRollingStones included a last-minute venue change that created a series of logistical disasters and an increasingly unruly audience. To make matters worse, the only security and crowd control was provided by the local Hells Angels who were drunk and belligerent, picking fights with the crowd and escalating the situation. Music/JeffersonAirplane singer Marty Balin got knocked out in the scuffle, and The Music/GratefulDead arrived on the scene but immediately noped out, enraging the crowd further. The catastrophe culminated during the Stones’ performance, when an audience member named Meredith Hunter produced a gun and was stabbed to death by the Hells Angels.
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* ''Series/LazyTown'': In "Defeeted", the "sportacular spectacle" turns out to be anything but once Sportacus goes out of control.
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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Class Act", the characters put on a Christmas play, but it all goes horribly wrong when Nutty mistakes Sniffles' candy cane costume for an ''actual'' candy cane and takes a bite out of him, setting into motion a series of DisasterDominoes that end with a fire breaking out and most of the characters being injured in one way or another.

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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Class Act", "[[Recap/HTFClassAct Class Act]]", the characters put on a Christmas play, but it all goes horribly wrong when Nutty mistakes Sniffles' candy cane costume for an ''actual'' candy cane and takes a bite out of him, setting into motion a series of DisasterDominoes that end with a fire breaking out and most of the characters being injured in one way or another.

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* ''Music/TheWall'', more specifically "In the Flesh." It's more visible in the 1980-81 tours: before this song, the "MC: Atmos" prologue that kicked off the show was done a second time, ''but'' the MC looked and acted like a zombie the second time around (a consequence of the wall's completion). Also, the FaceOfTheBand has suffered a fugue state, and isn't singing the words that he probably ''should'' be singing within the context of the show/album.

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* Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', more specifically "In the Flesh." It's more visible in the 1980-81 tours: before this song, the "MC: Atmos" prologue that kicked off the show was done a second time, ''but'' the MC looked and acted like a zombie the second time around (a consequence of the wall's completion). Also, the FaceOfTheBand has suffered a fugue state, and isn't singing the words that he probably ''should'' be singing within the context of the show/album.



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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Class Act", the characters put on a Christmas play, but it all goes horribly wrong when Nutty mistakes Sniffles' candy cane costume for an ''actual'' candy cane and takes a bite out of him, setting into motion a series of DisasterDominoes that end with a fire breaking out and most of the characters being injured in one way or another.



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Often overlaps with TheQueenWillBeWatching, as having an important person in the audience raises the stakes.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has the epic Opera House scene in Jidoor, where your party goes to rendezvous with the owner of the world’s only airship by … impersonating his girlfriend, a trained opera singer. You can choose to mess up the performance by muffing the song, which gets you derisive laughter from the audience and a mighty scolding from the Impresario. (If you do it too many times, you will eventually get a NonStandardGameOver.) Oddly enough, if you complete the aria correctly, the opera is ''still'' ruined after the subsequent boss battle leaves both of the lead actors unconscious and the lead actress is duly abducted.
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* The unauthorized theatrical production of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' taking place in an episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' ends up an EpicFail because of snags happening before ''and'' during production: It begins with Gary knocking Larry, who's supposed to be in the production with Kelly, out due to the grudge Gary harbors over losing money in one of Larry's failed business schemes, resulting in Al having to substitute for Larry at the last minute. Then, due to the last-minute nature of Al's substitution, he puts on the tuxedo without taking off his werewolf costume that he's wearing for a failed business promotion gimmick, so the tux barely holds up. In addition, he doesn't know the lines he's supposed to say on stage, so he's reduced to reading off notes he has with him. ''Then'' more troubles ensue on stage (Al is no good with playing an organ -- or, rather, a synthesizer, in this scenario -- beyond [[MusicAtSportingEvents the "Charge" fanfare from baseball games]], he and Kelly are both [[BadBadActing bad at acting]], the tux that barely stays on rips apart as he tries to leave the stage, and he triggers the alarm for trying to escape via the front door, prompting the audience to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave the theater via]] AirVentPassageway), ensuring the whole show ends in total disaster.
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There is an old superstition that this will happen if anybody says the name of Theatre/{{Macb|eth}}-- of [[TheScottishTrope The Scottish Play]] inside a theatre.[[note]]With the logical exception of actors saying the lines with the king's name during the show.[[/note]] Do not attempt unless you are willing to deal with many theatre folks who really do consider this SeriousBusiness.
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* In ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', Creator/TheMarxBrothers throw the {{opera}} performance into [[UpToEleven utter chaos]] with their hijinks and slapstick attempts to evade the police. Notably, both the stage crew ''and the police'' believe TheShowMustGoOn and try to avoid getting on stage and spoiling the show themselves, even long after it makes any sense for them to worry about interrupting.

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* In ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', Creator/TheMarxBrothers throw the {{opera}} performance into [[UpToEleven utter chaos]] chaos with their hijinks and slapstick attempts to evade the police. Notably, both the stage crew ''and the police'' believe TheShowMustGoOn and try to avoid getting on stage and spoiling the show themselves, even long after it makes any sense for them to worry about interrupting.



** Taken UpToEleven in the sequel, ''Theatre/PeterPanGoesWrong''. One of the Lost Boys starts the show in a wheelchair, three different actors take on the role of Peter as their predecessor suffers an AmusingInjury too many, and Tinkerbell gets electrocuted by her own costume.

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** Taken UpToEleven in the sequel, ''Theatre/PeterPanGoesWrong''. ''Theatre/PeterPanGoesWrong'': One of the Lost Boys starts the show in a wheelchair, three different actors take on the role of Peter as their predecessor suffers an AmusingInjury too many, and Tinkerbell gets electrocuted by her own costume.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 2 episode 7, the Supermen are preparing to perform a play that greatly resembles ''Theatre/SwanLake'', but Smart S. slips on a BananaPeel and hurts himself, giving Big M. the idea to sabotage the play on performance night by spilling banana peels on the stage floor.
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* In universe, every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'' is a live show hosted by Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Needless to say, no episode goes as Mr. Peabody planned it. Disruptions had ranged from nosy neighbors (the show is filmed from their apartment building), a malfunctioning elevator, a black hole, an overzealous fan, and a viral outbreak leading to a government quarantine.

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* In universe, every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'' ''WesternAnimation/TheMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'' is a live show hosted by Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Needless to say, no episode goes as Mr. Peabody planned it. Disruptions had ranged from nosy neighbors (the show is filmed from their apartment building), a malfunctioning elevator, a black hole, an overzealous fan, and a viral outbreak leading to a government quarantine.

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* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' used this in the Mystery Theater episode. Frasier is directing a play for his radio show, and no one cooperates. Roz can't speak properly because she has a jaw full of Novocaine, Bulldog gets stage fright and can't talk, Gil is furious that his dying monologue is cut and tries to do it anyway, and Niles gets fed up with Frasier's PrimaDonnaDirector antics and "shoots" all of the characters (with the sound effects).

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* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' used this ''Series/{{Frasier}}'':
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in the Mystery Theater episode. Frasier is directing a play for his radio show, and no one cooperates. Roz can't speak properly because she has a jaw full of Novocaine, Bulldog gets stage fright and can't talk, Gil is furious that his dying monologue is cut and tries to do it anyway, and Niles gets fed up with Frasier's PrimaDonnaDirector antics and "shoots" all of the characters (with the sound effects).



* ''Series/PerfectStrangers''' seventh season episode “The Play’s the Thing.” Larry writes a play loosely based on the adverse experiences of his youth entitled “Wheat,” which is set to be performed at the local community theater. A few days before opening night, Larry insults the director and everyone in the cast and crew quits, forcing Larry, Balki, Jennifer, Mary Anne and Lydia to perform all of the parts themselves. HilarityEnsues as everyone forgets their lines, misses their entrances and exits, comes out with the wrong props, and breaks character. Balki, who is playing angry brother Billy, [[BerserkButton goes into a mad rage]] after Larry’s lesson in MethodActing [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]], and ends up destroying much of the set in the process. The performance ends with Balki throwing Larry off the stage.

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* ''Series/PerfectStrangers''' seventh season episode “The Play’s the Thing.” Larry writes a play loosely based on the adverse experiences of his youth entitled “Wheat,” which is set to be performed at the local community theater. A few days before opening night, Larry insults the director and everyone in the cast and crew quits, forcing Larry, Balki, Jennifer, Mary Anne and Lydia to perform all of the parts themselves. HilarityEnsues as everyone each of them forgets their lines, misses their entrances and exits, comes out with the wrong props, and breaks character. Balki, who is playing angry brother Billy, [[BerserkButton goes into a mad rage]] after Larry’s lesson in MethodActing [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]], and ends up destroying much of the set in the process. The performance ends with Balki throwing Larry off the stage.
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A subtrope of ShowWithinAShow, FinaglesLaw, and FailureIsTheOnlyOption, and an in-universe form of TroubledProduction. Also an application of TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, since let's face it, how boring would it be to watch a show about a show where everything goes smoothly according to plan? The inversion of this is SpringtimeForHitler, when people's attempt to make a show fail results in its success. Compare AlwaysALiveTransmission.

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A subtrope of ShowWithinAShow, FinaglesLaw, and FailureIsTheOnlyOption, and an in-universe form of TroubledProduction. Also an application of TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, since let's face it, how boring would it be to watch a show about a show where everything goes smoothly according to plan? The inversion of this is SpringtimeForHitler, when people's attempt to make a show fail results in its success. Compare AlwaysALiveTransmission.
AlwaysALiveTransmission and WereLiveRealization.
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** Miss Jenn the drama teacher accidentally starts a fire backstage, forcing production to move to a dilapidated theatre. Which then moves ''back'' to the school (in the gymnasium) after Kourtney's attempt at a mic test blows out the sound system. The only person available to run the sound system there is Big Red, who basically joined the tech team by accident, and repeatedly hits the wrong sound queues in the first act.

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** [[spoiler: Miss Jenn the drama teacher Jenn]] accidentally starts a fire backstage, forcing production to move to a dilapidated theatre. Which theatre...which then moves ''back'' to the school (in the gymnasium) after Kourtney's attempt at a mic test blows out the sound system. The only person available to run the sound system there is Big Red, who basically joined the tech team by accident, and repeatedly hits the wrong sound queues in the first act.



** Just before the act break, Ricky sees his mom in the audience with her new boyfriend and has a HeroicBSOD. This coupled with finding out there's a talent scout in the audience for Nini makes him panic and drop out of the part, causing E.J. to get bumped to the role of Troy and Carlos into Chad.
** Nini is so focused on said talent scout that she doesn't see Ricky's text regarding the situation, and is caught off-guard by E.J. showing up in Troy's role...who then goes off script, declares that he's not the person she should be performing with, and leaves. Nini has to pull Ricky from the audience and force him back into the role.
** The second season performance of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is much less hectic, though the characters stress this is because they're highly wary of the events of last semester.

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** Just before the act break, [[spoiler: Ricky sees sees his mom in the audience with her new boyfriend boyfriend]] and has a HeroicBSOD. This coupled with finding out that there's a talent scout in the audience for Nini makes him panic and drop out of the part, causing E.J. to get bumped to the role of Troy and Carlos into Chad.
Chad.]]
** [[spoiler: Nini is so focused on said talent scout that she doesn't see Ricky's text regarding the situation, and is caught off-guard by E.J. showing up in Troy's role...who then goes off script, declares that he's not the person she should be performing with, and leaves. Nini has to pull Ricky from the audience and force him back into the role.
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** The second season performance of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is much less hectic, though the characters stress this is because they're highly wary of due to the events of last semester.
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* ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'' has a notoriously bad time with the play in the first season.
** Miss Jenn the drama teacher accidentally starts a fire backstage, forcing production to move to a dilapidated theatre. Which then moves ''back'' to the school (in the gymnasium) after Kourtney's attempt at a mic test blows out the sound system. The only person available to run the sound system there is Big Red, who basically joined the tech team by accident, and repeatedly hits the wrong sound queues in the first act.
** Kourtney then gets forced to sub in for Gina after the latter has to move away at the last minute, only to return partway though the first act and get the part foisted back onto her (though at least both girls are happy about this development).
** Just before the act break, Ricky sees his mom in the audience with her new boyfriend and has a HeroicBSOD. This coupled with finding out there's a talent scout in the audience for Nini makes him panic and drop out of the part, causing E.J. to get bumped to the role of Troy and Carlos into Chad.
** Nini is so focused on said talent scout that she doesn't see Ricky's text regarding the situation, and is caught off-guard by E.J. showing up in Troy's role...who then goes off script, declares that he's not the person she should be performing with, and leaves. Nini has to pull Ricky from the audience and force him back into the role.
** The second season performance of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is much less hectic, though the characters stress this is because they're highly wary of the events of last semester.
-->'''Carlos:''' Second acts aren't exactly our strong suit.\\
'''Miss Jenn:''' I think I was playing Troy at some point...
** Still, just before the climactic transformation scene, Ricky's harness goes missing (actually [[spoiler: stolen by rival drama student Lily]]). Miss Jenn, who's been growing slowly more unhinged over the course of the night, [[spoiler: screams at Ricky to "jump off something high"]], and even after she calms down the cast and crew have to improvise something. We don't see the results, but apparently they were "passable".

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* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Classic Disney Short|s}}'' "WesternAnimation/SymphonyHour", Mickey and friends perform Franz von Suppe's "Light Calvary Overture" on a radio program... after Goofy accidentally drops all their instruments down an elevator shaft. Donald [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere tries to bail at one point]], only staying because Mickey ''[[BatmanGrabsAGun stops him at gun point]]''.

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** In "WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert", Mickey conducts his friends in performing from the "William Tell Overture" which gets interrupted by such things as Donald playing "Turkey in the Straw" on a fife, a bee interrupting Mickey's conducting, and a tornado scaring away the audience and picking up the entire band.
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"WesternAnimation/SymphonyHour", Mickey and friends perform Franz von Suppe's "Light Calvary Overture" on a radio program... after Goofy accidentally drops all their instruments down an elevator shaft. Donald [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere tries to bail at one point]], only staying because Mickey ''[[BatmanGrabsAGun stops him at gun point]]''.

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