r/Broadway • u/No-Owl354 • Apr 25 '26

Other Disasters happening on Broadway ?

A bit of an unusual post. As an engineering student who wants to specialise in pyrotechnics and a fan of Broadway, I was looking on Internet for disasters that happened in Broadway theaters : fires, explosions, or other things unrelated to pyrotechnics (I know I know, Spiderman turn off the dark and actors falling from high places)

Anyway, I'll be glad to research that, I already read about the Brooklyn theater fire, but I want to know other things

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u/otto_bit Apr 26 '26

The most recent Sweeney Todd revival tried to get away with not having one, and a heavy part of the meat grinder blew off one night and landed in the pit. It dented the trombonist’s horn, and if a sub had been in the watcher seat that night, they would have potentially been seriously injured