What happens if Broadway actors forget their lines?

In the past, theatre companies employed prompters to help people when they forgot their lines. read more

However, actors are human, and people do forget, get nervous, have senior moments or brain farts and do drop lines. When that happens, you adjust—and that can consist of anything depending on the line that got forgotten. read more

The year was 1981, the play was Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" at Steppenwolf Theatre, and the actor could not remember his lines. "I was halfway through a three-page monologue and I just blanked. I could not have told you my name," said Mahoney. read more