Mike’s production of Crazy for You (featuring hits by Gershwin and consequently Sinatra) went well, but one of the directors (not Mike) broke a stage rule. There’s only three:

1. Never mention that Scottish play.
2. Never feed a Mogwi after midnight.
3. Never break the fourth wall.
4. And I guess that whole “Break a leg” thing

So the fourth wall, separating actual reality from created reality, was broken during intermission. During the second half of the show, a lead actor’s beard fell off. The entire audience laughed. Another character sharing the stage, who was supposed to be dressed like the other actor, lost his beard. The mirrors ended up losing their beards on accident.

When they sit down at the table and are supposed to do the whole “is this my reflection or someone else?” bit when secret identities are revealed, the original noticed his mocker’s beard had also fallen off and said, “I’ve been having same trouble all night.”

Very quick thinking for a high school student.

The Haiku
Would a Scot king die
if he found out that his name
brought total beard loss?

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1. May the Fourth be with you
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3. Guitar Hero and the Wall Street Journal
4. Wall Street Journal Referrals about PowerPoint
5. Booyortovich and the Fight for Perestroika