ACTOR STABBED FOR REAL ON STAGE

In Tucson, Arizona, an actor was accidentally stabbed on stage during a performance at a local theater. Ken Beider was stabbed in the stomach with a serrated bread knife while playing an ex-convict in “The Language of Flowers” at the Temple of Music and Art’s Cabaret Theatre last Sunday. Beider, 57, said he and the actress holding the knife were supposed to crisscross paths, but she didn’t move according to what was rehearsed and that led to him getting stabbed. The knife went in 3 inches and left a 4-inch hole. Despite the injury, Beider managed to finish the scene. “I had my adrenaline going with the audience there and I pulled the knife out and I got my breath and continued with the scene,” said Beider, who was recently laid off as a drama teacher at a Tucson charter school. At intermission, an ambulance arrived and Beider was taken to a hospital, where he received 12 staples. Beider said he had no hard feelings toward his colleague. Remaining performances of the play were cancelled.
* Let’s start with a public service announcement: Never pull the knife out. Let the doctors do that.
* The serrated bread knife got him on the ol’ bread basket.
* This is why I hate going to the theater.
* He has no hard feelings toward his colleague, as long as everybody’s clear that it was totally her fault.
* You’re supposed to break a leg, not take a knife to the stomach.
* I bet the audience was thinking, “Man this guy’s good. It’s like he really was stabbed.”
* Did the actress quit or does she want another stab at it?
* “Waa, waa, waa … I’ve been stabbed.” Oh, stop being so dramatic.