Given the amount of time Broadway actors spend at work, it’s no surprise that they enjoy a good joke—often at a co-worker’s expense! In celebration of April Fool’s Day, Broadway.com asked some of our favorite stars to share their funniest work-related pranks. In some cases, the stars initiated the practical joke; in others, the joke was on them. Read on for true tales of behind-the-scenes tomfoolery.
BILL DAWES (Paul Hornung in Lombardi)
"I was doing a play several years ago with an actor who was unflappable. We had been doing the show for a long time, and nothing seemed to derail this guy. On his last night in the show, I decided to create a three-tiered approach to breaking him.
"First, he always ate Oreo cookies right before he went on stage. I opened up the wafers, scooped out the middle, and put in huge chunks of spicy wasabi. Second, I got in cahoots with the prop guy and we created like a mini-whoopie cushion to put under the insole of his shoe so it would squeak when he walked around stage. Finally, the piece de resistance: He played a lawyer in the show and ...
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