Michael Crawford talks about needing to sneeze onstage

[Luisa39]

The original Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford, talks about how he concealed a sneeze he couldn't hold back during a performance in Los Angeles in 1990.  The relevant part starts at about 9:27.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWci9N7okk

[gingerdean]

Aww, that's so cute and funny! I love how he talked about how he couldn't stop it, so he just incorporated the sneeze into his performance    (And I'm a big Michael Crawford fan, so I actually watched this entire twenty minute video, lol.)   Thanks for posting!

[Ali Marie]

That's hilarious!  It's also only the second time I've heard of actor failing to hold back a sneeze while on performing stage; it doesn't surprise me that Micheal would sort of improv.

 

If I'm not mistaken, his character (Cornelius something-or-other) sneezes twice while hiding in the closet in the film adaptation of Hello Dolly and they're very well acted out sound wise.

[gingerdean]

5 hours ago, Alexandra Marie said:

If I'm not mistaken, his character (Cornelius something-or-other) sneezes twice while hiding in the closet in the film adaptation of Hello Dolly and they're very well acted out sound wise.

Oh yeah, I remember that! He sneezes twice in the closet after being tickled with a feather. And then another character Barnaby sneezes right afterwards, while hiding under a table.

[SterlingSilver]

16 hours ago, gingerdean said:

Oh yeah, I remember that! He sneezes twice in the closet after being tickled with a feather. And then another character Barnaby sneezes right afterwards, while hiding under a table.

For anyone interested, I found them here!

http://putlockers.ch/watch-hello-dolly-online-free-putlocker.html @ 50 min - 51 min

I had never seen the movie before and am very thankful for you two for giving me the motivation to watch it! Barbra Streisand as Dolly is legitimately hilarious xDDD I adored her performance.

[Luisa39]

22 hours ago, gingerdean said:

Aww, that's so cute and funny! I love how he talked about how he couldn't stop it, so he just incorporated the sneeze into his performance    (And I'm a big Michael Crawford fan, so I actually watched this entire twenty minute video, lol.)   Thanks for posting!

I'm a fan, too:  his voice is divine.  My favorite is his Andrew Lloyd Webber album from 1992 or so.

[Luisa39]

21 hours ago, Alexandra Marie said:

That's hilarious!  It's also only the second time I've heard of actor failing to hold back a sneeze while on performing stage; it doesn't surprise me that Micheal would sort of improv.

 

If I'm not mistaken, his character (Cornelius something-or-other) sneezes twice while hiding in the closet in the film adaptation of Hello Dolly and they're very well acted out sound wise.

Cornelius Hackl.  I remember seeing a professional production of Hello, Dolly! when I was a teenager.  The actor who played Cornelius sneezed in a way that was so obviously fake.  He was good otherwise, as I recall, but...that sneeze of his just made me cringe.