Anyone Else NOT Like Getting Applauded?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 4:18am

I dunno, but whenever I get applauded at a curtain call or something, I just feel so dirty...

[*thinkpink18*]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 8:29am

I love it... I'm an attention whore though. Plus, it's appreciation for all the hard work you have put in.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 9:07am

No...I am happy that theyn enjoyed our work. I never really think of a curtain call as something for each individual, but for the entire cast, so I don't feel dirty...I feel like I am a part of something special.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 12:08pm

Not really, because I think of the curtin call as a way to thank the audience for coming, and for the audience to thank the actors for entertaining.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 2:00pm

exactly. It's not just a "clap for me I'm amazing" type of thing. You bow to say thank you for coming out and supporting us, and they in turn clap for you to say thank you for giving a good performance. It's mutual.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 5:24pm

Sebastian Bach hates it.

[Pasty]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:22pm

wtf.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 11:23pm

I like it. It just shows that everyone enjoyed watching the show, which makes me happy.

[BDavis0092]

Posted: 4/22/07 at 12:41am

I love being applauded. However, sometimes when people come up to me and tell me I was amazing I feel a little uncomfortable because I'm not very egotistical like some performers.

[ExpressThis]

Posted: 4/27/07 at 7:00pm

i love it i love it. it's the best feeling in the world. there are so many people who will never be applauded...us theatre people make up for that :)

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 4/28/07 at 5:44pm

I'm a first class attention whore so I absolutely love it. It's a way for the cast to humble themselves to the audience with gratitude and for the audience to thank the performers for the enjoyment.

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 4/28/07 at 8:56pm

I'm not egotistical or an attention whore whatsoever, but god I love applause/recognition

[SarahBeth]

Posted: 4/29/07 at 2:17pm

What is it that we're living for? Applause, applause! Nothin I know..brings on the glow..like sweet applause. You're thinking you're through. that nobody cares..then suddenly you hear it starting.

[Studmuffn520]

Posted: 4/29/07 at 5:22pm

i have never been in a shot YET. but i would think that would be the best feeling ever. i would love it

[skatergal99]

Posted: 5/3/07 at 9:32pm

I love it because it's a way of knowing that the audience enjoyed all the hard work you put into it. Plus I love the feeling I get..its like a high thats not at all dangerous and lasts longer than any drug related high can ever last. Maybe thats just from performing in general. Plus I agree with the others when they say its a way of thanking the audience for coming....AND showing the little kids in the audience that we were only pretending. Speaking of curtain call, Im working on a monologue that talks about it..thats funny.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 1:29pm

I care not so much about applause as I do about laughter. If I can really make the audience laugh, it makes me so proud of what I'm doing. Granted, a little applause isn't so bad either... but at the same time, applause leaves a lot of room for insecurity. "Did they clap a lot, or a little? Was it forced? Do they really like it, or are they just clapping because of obligation?" With laughter, it just comes out involuntarily, so you know whatever you're doing is working.

[lovelyspotlight]

Posted: 5/5/07 at 2:06pm

What about crying? I like to bring out a good cry just as much as a good laugh. I just want to have an effect on people, I guess. My goal in performing is to change peoples' lives...whether simply or drastically. I sound like such the "I want to be Miss America because..." but seriously, that's why I do it. That and I just love it, period. The applause is a minor bit.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 1:22am

Bump.

[ben4]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 10:44am

Wait till you get booed.

[AvenueQ]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 3:47pm

lol ben

[thesondhead]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 6:12pm

There are times when applause is less-than-apropos. I think it really shatters the mood after some songs in certain shows, but at curtain call? No way.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 10:18pm

I often don't. I hate taking bows. I feel all self-aware for some reason. I try to remember that bows are for the audience and not the actual actor (well at least that's how I try tot think of it).

[NCSAcat]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 10:40pm

I would like to believe that applause is completely for the audience. I just finished a month long running mini-tour of "West Side Story" as Riff, and to tell you the truth, some nights after the dream ballet I just wanted to shower, drive home, and go to sleep, but I never would actually do that because applause is the audience thanking you for a performance. It is about the audience being brought back from the world of the play to their world, and having some closure on the evening. Applause is hardly ever about the actual actor, at least not until you become a superstar, which is hardly what theatre is about.

Updated On: 8/20/07 at 10:40 PM

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 11:30pm

It depends on the production. If I feel the show was very good, then I'd love to come out to the cheering crowd. But if I think the show was crappy, then I feel guilty of getting those applause.

[dramadude2]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:16pm

This kind of goes into the question of weather you want to act or be an actor. You can like applause but is that the reason you do theatre?