Backdrop: Traditions At A High School Theater

Have you ever noticed that the number of traditions and superstitions surrounding theater are among the most numerous? Often times these traditions have there starts in logical practices, other times they may have no significance. Traditions are as much of a part of theater as the performances themselves

Most people are familiar with the tradition of not saying “good luck” to an actor, but instead of saying “brake a leg” before a performance. The idea is that saying good luck will only bring bad, and that by inviting bad luck, good luck will follow. Some of the other common stage superstitions is to not say “Macbeth” while on stage. This comes from the long history of disasters associated with the play. Finally it is considered bad luck to whistle while on stage. This is largely just good sense because whistling can be distracting to other people on stage and can make it harder to hear thi

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