# Stage Glitter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864 "2020-04-30T01:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/1 "2020-04-30T01:40:47Z")
So, this morning, Michaela decided that I needed to watch _Jesus Christ Superstar Live_, the one that was on NBC in 2018 (partly because we heard Andrew Lloyd Webber discussing it with Seth Rudetsky earlier, on Sirius XM, and mostly because it was directed by her acting teacher at Pace). At the beginning of the temple scene, a few performers/stagehands spread some glittery substance all over the tables that comprised the Temple set. The glitter was evidently intended to represent the money that was changing hands (and the merchandise, too, it looked like). What astonished me was that people were fairly _bathing themselves_ in glitter, with no evident concern that it was going to be stuck to them and their clothing FOREVER. And, contrary to all of my expectations and experience with glitter, it DIDN’T stick to them. It just fell right off, apparently to be swept away later. This is not the way glitter behaves, to the best of my knowledge. Where did they get glitter that doesn’t stick to every surface it touches? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/2 "2020-04-30T02:49:32Z")
I Googled “stage glitter” and this website popped right up. [https://www.bulkglitters.com/Glitter\_For\_Stage\_Sets.html](https://www.bulkglitters.com/Glitter_For_Stage_Sets.html) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/3 "2020-04-30T12:25:29Z")
Sorry to hijack, but I saw “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” for the first time last week. What an amazing production. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/4 "2020-04-30T14:07:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > So, this morning, Michaela decided that I needed to watch _Jesus Christ Superstar Live_, the one that was on NBC in 2018 (partly because we heard Andrew Lloyd Webber discussing it with Seth Rudetsky earlier, on Sirius XM, and mostly because it was directed by her acting teacher at Pace). At the beginning of the temple scene, a few performers/stagehands spread some glittery substance all over the tables that comprised the Temple set. The glitter was evidently intended to represent the money that was changing hands (and the merchandise, too, it looked like). > > What astonished me was that people were fairly _bathing themselves_ in glitter, with no evident concern that it was going to be stuck to them and their clothing FOREVER. And, contrary to all of my expectations and experience with glitter, it DIDN’T stick to them. It just fell right off, apparently to be swept away later. > > This is not the way glitter behaves, to the best of my knowledge. Where did they get glitter that doesn’t stick to every surface it touches? Who’s Michaela? Should I know her? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/5 "2020-04-30T14:15:06Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Who’s Michaela? Should I know her? Suppose OP was spelled Michaelasdad99? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/6 "2020-04-30T14:18:18Z")
The ‘bigger the flake, bigger the sparkle’ bit in nearwildheaven’s link probably explains most of the fact that it didn’t stick. Bigger flakes mean bigger sparkle…but smaller chance that it’ll be tenaciously clinging to [del]your buttocks[/del]literally everything. (And as to why they didn’t care…occupational hazard.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-glitter/852864/7 "2020-04-30T14:28:12Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Who’s Michaela? Should I know her? She’s the Kayla that gives rise to my handle.