More Weird Theater Behavior

[wexy]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 8:46pm

Couldn't find the other thread. Saw Three Penny at Studio 54 last night. Right before the curtain goes up, I turned around. A man and woman were holding up a couple of xrays and studying a skull series.

"Looks like a subdural hematoma," I said. The man looked a little sheepish and said "We're radiologists."

[wexy]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 9:23pm

Do you guys often see people reading x rays at shows?

Posted: 5/5/06 at 9:24pm

Okay that's pretty odd, I'm not gonna lie. It's funny though.

[LaVieHilary]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 9:48pm

Well, this was at a ballet but I remember there was this ancient looking man and he had a cane and everything but he had this incredibly huge booming "Woooohhoooo ENCORE ENCORE!" and he wouldnt shut up.

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 10:49pm

I don't think I can beat X-rays, but when I saw Les Mis about a month ago, the people behind me came in late, took off their shoes and put their feet on our chairs. GROSS!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 10:52pm

when i saw the lion king, there were people sitting behind us in full african tribal outfits... and i think they had a kazoo. they were mkaing noise on it through the whole show.

[guitargeek0624]

Posted: 5/5/06 at 11:17pm

X-rays? That's a first.

I saw a show at my school earlier tonight, and there were some teenyboppers in the row in front of me. Literally, 8 of them in a row were playing with their cell phones the entire time.

[boxers7]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 2:58am

At Sweeney a few weeks ago I saw a first. Before the show started, and the second Act One ended, the man pulls out his laptop. I couldn't see what he was doing on it, but he waited to the last possible second to put it away.

[Becky2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:27am

X-rays officially get my vote for oddest theater behavior...

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:46am

wexy, for some reason, that totally freaks me out.....the idea that possibly my doctor is looking at my x-rays at a Broadway show, lol

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:56am

The guy with the laptop could have been press.
I was at a show last year and this will beat all of you:
This family came and removed about 6 bags of food.
Smelly food. The smells, made me sick.
And they kept passing the food to each other. One of them dropped a piece of deep fried chicken in my lap and didn't even apologize.
It was really funny. Updated On: 5/6/06 at 09:56 AM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 10:07am

here's perhaps a silly question. In all of these circumstances, why did one of you NOT say anything? I have told cellphone users, people eating chili dogs during Little Women, and the "beotch" singing along with RENT to all STOP, or I would get an usher........it worked everytime.

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 10:09am

I did talk to them when they dropped fried chicken in my lap.
I didn't want to make a scene. It was disgusting though.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 10:15am

ah.......ok. The two women at Little Women, I asked if they thought they were at a football game, and told them to put their chilidogs UNDER their seat as I did NOT want to smell chili through the second half.

I just could not believe it......but then I am finding that the San Diego Civic Theater is VERY lax in it's policies.

We're going to see Joseph next month there, and I purposely got Loge Box (operalike) seats so I'd have no idiots around me......

[mint0621]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 10:41am

Wow. I love that x-ray story. That is just too funny.

I wonder if that breaches patient confidentiality though...did you see a patient name on the x-rays? HIPAA is strict!

At least those radiologists are dedicated to their profession!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 11:02am

Someone posted last year about the people in front of them. They were late and when the usher tried to make them wait they argued and kept getting louder. He finally sat them just to shut them up. As soon as they sat down, they started rattling paper Burger King bags. They passed Whoppers to everyone in the party and poured all the fries into one bag and passed it back and forth throughout the first act. Then in the second act they pulled out candy in individual wrappers. Class act.

[YessicaB]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 1:11pm

More funny than rude: When I saw Sweeney last Tuesday, 4 friends thought the show started at 8pm and ended up being one hour late (but waited till intermission to ask people around them what they missed)...

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 1:34pm

When I went on a trip to Hollywood with my drama teacher and all of the drama kids who could afford it, people were playing with their cell phones when we saw Bark! and a ComedySportz improv show.

Honestly, if there were just going on the trip to get away from their parents and goof off, why don't they just get their money back? It seemed like it wasn't worth it to them.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 1:35pm

HAHAHA.

But, somehow. It fits the show.

(Actually, it would have probably been a lot funnier if it happened before IN MY LIFE.) Updated On: 5/6/06 at 01:35 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 2:28pm

HMMM ... I smell a medical style prank, only cos it is REALLY not easy to get xrays outta the dept or hospital, skull films are rarely done now except on fractures (tho a CT scan is not out of the question) subdermal hematomas are pretty easy to read. Why would you need to consult a colleague and @ a theatre and finally- most of that stuff is now on computer. Only makes it weirder!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 4:52pm

Well, what I find wierd is that the radiologists brought the X-rays all the way to the theater. Elphaba- do you live in San Diego? The Civic is nicknamed the barn. The ushers are kind of ridiculus, they yelled at me for taking an extra program, but not for the lady having Mcdonalds french fries next to me. Enjoy Joseph, my sister is in the childrens dream coat choir, I will be there a couple of times for that.

[wexy]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 5:06pm

They had a little carrying thing. I was the one who said "subdural hematoma?" And then I told them that I was with Social Security Disability.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 5:15pm

When I saw Riverdance at Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, I heard this disturbing moaning noises in the back... I didn't dare to turn my head to see what was going on...

On a similar note, I did see a kid masturbating next to his gf when I was watching Harry Potter 4.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 5:22pm

Wow, um Cooolkid, I really don't know what to say to tat.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 5:22pm

Mucho.... someone had to say it. But honestly, during Harry Potter? At least wait for a movie with adults in it!