Liev Schreiber suffered actor's 'worst nightmare' when his migraine caused amnesia during live show

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Liev Schreiber is opening up about a terrifying experience he had while acting in a play. During a recent appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," Schreiber detailed the neurological disorder he experienced prior to going on stage to perform his role in the Broadway production of "Doubt: A Parable." "The worst nightmare that an actor could possibly ever experience," he told host Seth Meyers. "I was in my dressing room, and I had a terrible headache.

I thought it was maybe a fast-food headache, but it felt a little stronger than that. I’m walking down the stairs, and I’m thinking, ‘This is not normal.

I don’t feel OK.’" He said he "knew something was really wrong" when he ran into his co-star, Amy Ryan, backstage but couldn't remember her name or common phrases actors say to one another, like "break a leg," even though he has "said it at least 30 times by that point." Schreiber recalled telling the stage manager something wasn't right with him, but the manager quickly called places and the play began. "So, I go on, and I do about the first six or seven lines of the play, sort of automatically.

I realize I'm not connected, so I decide, let me try and get connected again. And the minute I do that, it all vanishes.The play is gone from my head," he explained. "I'm looking out into a dark audience.