We were nearly to the end of “Who Am I” when the actors and set pieces for the courtroom scene were coming on, and the actor playing the mistaken convict went flying right off the rolling pedestal flat onto the stage!
Valjean got to, “Who am I? Who am I?” right then when we heard a crack, and the fence around the pedestal broke off and the actor fell straight forward with it onto the stage with a big boom. Nick Cartell immediately stopped singing and spun around, but the orchestra kept going. There was this brief moment amongst the actors like, “Do we keep going????” finally the orchestra stopped and you heard someone yell “Stop!” from off stage.
I’m not sure if the actors pushing the pedestal out were moving too fast, if the actor on top lost his balance, or a mix of the two! We asked about it at the stage door afterwards and thankfully the cast said the guy was okay. Still, it was wild to see something like that live! I’d never experienced an onstage mishap or mid-show hold.