#1
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:44pm
Have you ever seen it? I heard it happens but I have never been to a show where that has happened. Yesterday came the closest for me at Gypsy.
A Standing O in the middle of a show?
#2
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:48pm
there's usually a standing O after 'can't take my eyes off you' in jersey boys
#3
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:48pm
It happened to me once. At GYPSY. After Patti LuPone's "Rosie's Turn" at the first Broadway preview.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#4
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:49pm
Jennifer Holiday's AND I AM TELLING YOU....
#5
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:50pm
Tituss to a standing O in The Wiz in LaJolla after "Be a Lion" one time when I was at the show.....
#6
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:55pm
Believe it or not, when I saw the Les Mis revival around New Year's day, there was about six people in the mezz who had a standing ovation for Judy Kuhn after I Dreamed a Dream!
#7
Posted: 5/12/08 at 3:56pm
Patti has gotten one after "Rose's Turn" everytime I've seen the current production of GYPSY!.
Tonya Pinkins often received one following "Lott's Wife" in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
There are very famous stories of Jennifer Holiday's constant ovations following "And I Am Telling You..." in DREAMGIRLS.
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" in JERSEY BOYS often garners one.
Maria Friedman received one at a performance of THE WOMAN IN WHITE following "All For Laura".
Tonya Pinkins often received one following "Lott's Wife" in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
There are very famous stories of Jennifer Holiday's constant ovations following "And I Am Telling You..." in DREAMGIRLS.
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" in JERSEY BOYS often garners one.
Maria Friedman received one at a performance of THE WOMAN IN WHITE following "All For Laura".
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#8
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:00pm
"Patti has gotten one after 'Rose's Turn' everytime I've seen the current production of GYPSY!.
Tonya Pinkins often received one following 'Lott's Wife' in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
There are very famous stories of Jennifer Holiday's constant ovations following 'And I Am Telling You...' in DREAMGIRLS.
'Can't Take My Eyes Off of You' in JERSEY BOYS often garners one.
Maria Friedman received one at a performance of THE WOMAN IN WHITE following 'All For Laura'."
Not having seen LuPone in Gypsy (but having seen all the others), only Jennifer Holiday deserved a Standing Ovation.
Tonya Pinkins often received one following 'Lott's Wife' in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
There are very famous stories of Jennifer Holiday's constant ovations following 'And I Am Telling You...' in DREAMGIRLS.
'Can't Take My Eyes Off of You' in JERSEY BOYS often garners one.
Maria Friedman received one at a performance of THE WOMAN IN WHITE following 'All For Laura'."
Not having seen LuPone in Gypsy (but having seen all the others), only Jennifer Holiday deserved a Standing Ovation.
#9
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:01pm
LuPone in GYPSY at City Center was the only one I've witnessed.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#10
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:04pm
Yup. During the middle of Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You..." in DREAMGIRLS, I remember quite an amount of people started standing as the song was going thru its course. I remember my mom saying its the closest thing she'll ever get to being in a Baptist Church. 
A few people also stood at the end of Glenn Close's "As If We Never Said Goodbye" in SUNSET BLVD.
Also, during Ben Vereen's first run in FOSSE, he and Ann Reinking both got standing ovations after "Dancin' Dan (Me and My Shadows)" -- they even did a short encore, and as the first chords of The Manson Trio music (from PIPPIN) started and Ben was revealed center/upstage.
A few people also stood at the end of Glenn Close's "As If We Never Said Goodbye" in SUNSET BLVD.
Also, during Ben Vereen's first run in FOSSE, he and Ann Reinking both got standing ovations after "Dancin' Dan (Me and My Shadows)" -- they even did a short encore, and as the first chords of The Manson Trio music (from PIPPIN) started and Ben was revealed center/upstage.
#11
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:06pm
After "The Revolutionary Costume for Today" I believe people gave Christine Ebersole a standing ovation... at least right after she won the Tony.
#12
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:08pm
Early in the run of ALTAR BOYZ, some people stood after "Epiphany" sung by Tyler Maynard.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#13
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:09pm
Fantasia got one after "I'm Here" nightly in The Color Purple.
#14
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:14pm
Has LuPone been getting one after "Everything's Comin' Up Roses"?
When I did "Aida", there were regular standing O's after "The Gods Love Nubia" (BEFORE the lights came up, signalling intermission.)
When I did "Aida", there were regular standing O's after "The Gods Love Nubia" (BEFORE the lights came up, signalling intermission.)
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#15
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:16pm
I've seen one. After "Being Alive" at the first performance after last year's Tonys. Absolutely unforgettable.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 5/12/08 at 04:16 PM
#16
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:17pm
The curtain comes down literally as she holds the last note, so there's no time for the audience to offer one up.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#17
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:17pm
Only once.
It was after the "I Love a Piano" number in the show "Irving Berlin's White Christmas". Two or three rows in the front Orchestra stood after they finished the number, and the applause stopped the show for 2 or 3 minutes.
It was after the "I Love a Piano" number in the show "Irving Berlin's White Christmas". Two or three rows in the front Orchestra stood after they finished the number, and the applause stopped the show for 2 or 3 minutes.
"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."
#18
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:19pm
Actually, emcee, you've seen two. Mr Esparrrza also got a standing ovation after "Being Alive" at the final performance. You were probably too emotionally stirred to remember
#19
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:21pm
Oh my gosh, you're right! And yeah, that last half hour or so is a total blur.
There was another one about a week before the show closed, but I don't count it because it was like... partial at best. It seemed like people had basically heard about the 6/12 performance and tried to re-create it or something, but it didn't catch on.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
There was another one about a week before the show closed, but I don't count it because it was like... partial at best. It seemed like people had basically heard about the 6/12 performance and tried to re-create it or something, but it didn't catch on.
Updated On: 5/12/08 at 04:21 PM
#20
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:26pm
Not only was the audience on its feet during Holliday's "And I am Telling You . . .", some of us were actually standing on our seats. Many others had run down the aisles. I don't expect to experience craziness like that ever again.
The only other one I've ever seen was for Hugh Jackman after "Once Before I Go" in THE BOY FROM OZ - and the whole audience rose as one for him on that one.
The only other one I've ever seen was for Hugh Jackman after "Once Before I Go" in THE BOY FROM OZ - and the whole audience rose as one for him on that one.
#21
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:31pm
I've only seen it occur at WICKED after Defying Gravity and sometimes after No Good Deed
Other shows (like Phantom) some people try to start one but never catches on.
Other shows (like Phantom) some people try to start one but never catches on.
#22
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:32pm
There was one for Brian Stokes Mitchell after The Impossible Dream during the Man of La Mancha revival.
#23
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:35pm
Bernadette Peters got one for her ROSE'S TURN both times I saw her in GYPSY.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#24
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:36pm
Stubby Kaye after Sit Down Your Rocking The Boat. Guys and Dolls.
This was the London revival with Julia McKenzie...
This was the London revival with Julia McKenzie...
The great thing with human brains is they're fanless, nice and quiet although I'm sure mine whistles a bit sometimes.
#25
Posted: 5/12/08 at 4:44pm
In Jersey Boys after "can't take my eyes off of you" all most every night there is one
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