27 Weird Theater Superstitions

• You can't wear blue onstage unless you counter it with silver
• Having 3 lit candles onstage is bad luck
• Peacock feathers & real flowers/jewelry shouldn't be used onstage, because they will cause chaos
• It is good luck to give the director or leading lady flowers from a graveyard
• Never give the director or leading lady flowers before the performance
• It's bad luck to have mirrors onstage
• Ghosts haunt theaters and should be given one night a week onstage alone
• There should always be a light on when the theater to ward off ghosts
• If you whistle in a theater, someone will be fired
• To wish an actor "Good luck" is bad luck, but you can say "Break a leg"
• Saying the word "Macbeth" in a theater is extremely unlucky; people call it "The Scottish Play"
• Saying the last line without an audience is bad luck
• Sleeping with your script under your pillow will help you learn your lines
• If a dress rehearsal is bad, the first show will be too
• Practicing bows before the performances is bad luck
• Never wear brand-new makeup on opening night
• Wearing blue and yellow will cause actors to forget their lines
• Wearing green on stage is unlucky
• Never clean your makeup holder
• You should use a rabbit's foot to apply your makeup
• Never put shoes or hats on tables or chairs in the dressing rooms
• Always exit the dressing room left foot first
• Never knit in the wings of the stage
• Never open a show on a Friday night
• No real money should be used on stage
• Wearing a t-shirt advertising the play during a performance is bad luck
• Any mischief that happens on the night of the show is the Ghost of Thespis' fault