- The Blues -It is bad luck to wear the color blue onstage, unless it was countered with something silver.
- Unlucky rule of three - Having three lit candles onstage is bad luck.
- Peacock feathers - Peacock Feathers should never be brought on stage, either as a costume element, prop or part of a set as chaos will ensue.
- Graveyard gift - It’s considered good luck traditionally to give the director and/or the leading lady, after closing night, a bouquet of flowers stolen from a graveyard (never give flowers before a performance – They are yet to earn them so it’s bad luck!)
- Mirror image - It is bad luck to have mirrors on stage. (A Chorus Line broke this myth)
- Hauntings - Ghosts that haunt theaters should be given one night a week alone on the stage.
- Ghostly light - There should always be a light burning in an empty theater to ward off ghosts. (Do not do this if theater is already haunted)
- Whistling - It is considered bad luck to whistle on or off stage, as someone (not always the whistler) will be fired.
- Good Luck! - To wish someone ‘Good luck’ before a show is bad luck.
- Macbeth - Saying the word ‘Macbeth’ in a theater will result in extreme bad luck. If the name is spoken in the theater, there is a cleansing ritual: The person is required to leave the theater building, spit, curse and spin around three times, before begging to be allowed back inside. Other variants include: Reciting a line from another Shakespearean work, brushing oneself off, running around the theater counter clock-wise, or repeating the name 3 times while tapping their left shoulder.
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