Have you ever used a clipboard to get into seeing a Broadway show?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/2/22 at 11:00pm

Does just carrying a clipboard actually work to deter ticket takers from perceiving you as an audience member? Thus allowing you to enter the theatre without a ticket. Or is this just a myth? There is something about people with clipboards that make it seem they have authority.

I honestly cannot stop laughing at the thought of someone doing this, it sounds like an SNL sketch.

Updated On: 8/2/22 at 11:00 PM

[InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve]

Posted: 8/2/22 at 11:29pm

I saw the Larry David play because I fake cried and said my party was inside and I was a tourist and my phone was dead!  Great night!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/2/22 at 11:53pm

I’ve used the “I forgot my wallet at that restaurant” 3-4 times to get into Times Square 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop.  As many know, all the crossed streets/blocks into Times Square are closed off and heavy police control so no one is allowed to cross.  I used that wallet excuse and they let me and my group in and we dashed 42nd Street to Times Square.  It always baffled me that people stood in Times Square for hours and we snuck in 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop.  

[veronicamae]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 12:29am

Does one see legitimate show/theater employees with clipboards...ever? The only people I ever see with clipboards nowadays are petitioners on the sidewalks.

I do see people with headsets and walkies at every show, but there's also some form of identification readily visible. 

But even if you did get in, where would you go? Unless you can find a vacant seat, you'll eventually be asked to leave if you just wander around the house for 2.5 hours distracting everyone or missing the show as you hide in the basement restrooms, etc.

I guess it's fun to dream?

[Fosse76]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 1:30am

In all the years I worked FOH, I never saw anyone with a clipboard. Anyone working on the show will be directed to the stage door, where you'll have to identify yourself. And with Covid policies, you won't be able to fake your way in. 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 6:58am

I think this is a myth. People working on the show are either outside with a clipboard but-as previously said-are wearing ID that’s easily visible, or in my experience from working FOH as well, they may already be in the theater, or they sneak in and sit in the back or something with a notebook at MOST. I’ve never seen a clipboard. 

[JasonC3]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 7:39am

Takes me back to Psych 101 freshman year in college and reading about a study (from the 60s I think) which assessed the perceived authority of people carrying clipboards in work environments.

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 8:43am

BrodyFosse123 said: "I’ve used the “I forgot my wallet at that restaurant” 3-4 times to get into Times Square 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop. As many know, all the crossed streets/blocks into Times Square are closed off and heavy police control so no one is allowed to cross. I used that wallet excuse and they let me and my group in and we dashed 42nd Street to Times Square. It always baffled me that people stood in Times Square for hours and we snuck in 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop."

Aren't you clever. So you're one of those, "Rules are for schmucks, they don't apply to me" types. Do you also drive all the way to the end of the merge lane and then attempt to force your way over at the last minute, so you can jump ahead of everyone else?

Updated On: 8/3/22 at 08:43 AM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 11:20am

So incredibly embarrassing. I rest my case.

 

Enjoy Palm Springs.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 11:28am

Brody is a menace on this board, but ya'll are THIS upset about a fib about a wallet to get into an event that's....free and attended by 100,000 people? Step away from the keyboards every now and then, folks.

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 12:31pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "I’ve used the “I forgot my wallet at that restaurant” 3-4 times to get into Times Square 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop. As many know, all the crossed streets/blocks into Times Square are closed off and heavy police control so no one is allowed to cross. I used that wallet excuse and they let me and my group in and we dashed 42nd Street to Times Square. It always baffled me that people stood in Times Square for hours and we snuck in 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop."

 

For folks like you, negative strokes are better than no strokes at all.

Updated On: 8/3/22 at 12:31 PM

[Nolan LuPone]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 1:15pm

After 16 years, we may finally see the downfall of Brody today! Hurrah!

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 1:33pm

Going slightly back on topic -- has ANYONE used a clipboard (for anything) since, say, the early 1980's?  Anyone working on a show would have a Macbook or Ipad (and the FOH staff knows everyone who works in the building anyway).  

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 1:44pm

Can I just ask why this is even a question?  I'm too old to be up on all things pop culture.

 

 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 1:54pm

This thread needs to be put out of its misery. It was a stupid question that should never have been asked in the first place.

[Emma_Pillsbury]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 2:21pm

This is a very odd question (not too mention thread).  I've never heard of this "clipboard" theory. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 2:51pm

OhHiii said: "Brody is a menace on this board, but ya'll are THIS upset about a fib about a wallet to get into an event that's....free and attended by 100,000 people? Step away from the keyboards every now and then, folks."

Keyboard warriors do be keyboard warrioring

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 3:39pm

Oh, sweets.  At my plus 50 years I’ve been thrown obstacles and curveballs y’all will never experience in your lifetime.  And I’m still thriving and having life adventures millions will never experience.  I don’t take anything for granted and my skin is so thick from personal strength, at this point in my life there is nothing anything or anyone can do to break me. It’s all one big joke so just enjoy it.  I laugh at my nonsense every day.  Especially at those that take my stupidity so intensely and personal.  

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 3:44pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Oh, sweets. At my plus 50 years I’ve been thrown obstacles and curveballs y’all will never experience in your lifetime. And I’m still thriving and having life adventures millions will never experience. I don’t take anything for granted and my skin is so thick from personal strength, at this point in my life there is nothing anything or anyone can do to break me. It’s all one big joke so just enjoy it. I laugh at my nonsense every day. Especially at those that take my stupidity so intensely and personal. "

So you come to this website to bully and troll.  Gotcha.  

 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/3/22 at 6:52pm

res ipsa loquitur 

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 8/4/22 at 12:32am

dramamama611 said: "Can I just ask why this is even a question? I'm too old to be up on all things pop culture."

Well.... as you may or may not know Dramamama, in professional and college football, it's traditional for the backup quarterback who is not playing in the game to be on the sidelines with his helmet off carrying a clipboard to facilitate taking notes on what's happening on the field to learn from it and prepare to be ready to go into the game if the starter is hurt or pulled out late in a lopsided game, hence the phrase "he's carrying the clipboard today" meaning he's the backup QB.

Well apparently the backup QB on one team was talking with another player on the sideline and happened to mention he loved live theater and especially musicals and had attended several shows recently and carried the clipboard with him into the theater to study his football notes during intermission to prepare for the next morning's practice and to keep his program in pristine shape and at one of the shows, the usher asked him if he worked there and he respon... uh... he resp...

You know, I have no freaking idea why this is even a question.

[FosseTharp]

Posted: 8/5/22 at 1:55pm

Lot666 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "I’ve used the “I forgot my wallet at that restaurant” 3-4 times to get into Times Square 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop. As many know, all the crossed streets/blocks into Times Square are closed off and heavy police control so no one is allowed to cross. I used that wallet excuse and they let me and my group in and we dashed 42nd Street to Times Square. It always baffled me that people stood in Times Square for hours and we snuck in 10-15 minutes before the New Year’s ball drop."

Aren't you clever. So you're one of those, "Rules are for schmucks, they don't apply to me" types. Do you also drive all the way to the end of the merge lane and then attempt to force your way over at the last minute, so you can jump ahead of everyone else?"


@Lot, not defending Brody but your example of people driving to the end of the merge lane ARE doing what is supposed to be done. All the people who merge over way too early are what causes traffic jams in the first place. You’re supposed to do what most people think are the jerks doing the proper thing…… we need to start normalizing that mentality. States like Colorado are actively training drivers to do so. 

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 8/5/22 at 3:49pm

I haven't tried this, but we were at a Celebrity Golf Tournament awhile back and both of us had hats with the logos of a TV Network that we had been given as part of a tour.  Someone with the tournament yelled at us that "YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OVER HERE, WITH THE PRESS" so we went over there instead of staying with the gallery.  I'm sure I was wearing gym shorts and an inappropriate T-Shirt for a member of the "working press" but who were we to argue?

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 8/5/22 at 8:01pm

Highland Guy said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Oh, sweets. At my plus 50 years I’ve been thrown obstacles and curveballs y’all will never experience in your lifetime. And I’m still thriving and having life adventures millions will never experience. I don’t take anything for granted and my skin is so thick from personal strength, at this point in my life there is nothing anything or anyone can do to break me. It’s all one big joke so just enjoy it. I laugh at my nonsense every day. Especially at those that take my stupidity so intensely and personal. "

So you come to this website to bully and troll. Gotcha."

 

Stop spitting negative energy, dude.

LMAO.