Ambulances at POTO?- Page 3

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:36pm

ATC= the OTHER Broadway Board.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:38pm

For the sake of aesthetics and to stay in the mood, can we keep all reports of what happened tonight in this other thread, please:

PHANTOM PHESTIVITIES
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=882253

I mean seriously, do we really want a summary of tonight's amazing event in a thread with the first 40 posts about non-related ambulances?

Thanks!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:40pm

Gee, SQ, that's right. It wasn't anyone in the PHANTOM theater, so nothing to be upset about. It was only regular people in those ambulances.


WHEW.

[jo]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:42pm

Hey, you remembered when I joined the Broadway.com ( not BWW) board, Namo - that was almost three years ago when I talked about Chitty...I did say CHITTY would charm many people, but I didn't say it would happen for years and years. Sorry, if Broadway fans didn't give it the welcome it deserved, as it is a whimsical story intended for a certain niche.

Cheers!

Jo
Updated On: 1/9/06 at 10:42 PM

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:43pm

Ambulances are in front of theatres all the time. Medical emergencies are not at all uncommon. Angels in America had their show stopped many, many times for illnesses (and death, in a few cases) of audience members (as many of that show's audience were advanced AIDs patients).

Very frequently an audience member will need some sort of medical assistance and it doesn't disrupt the show at all. Seriously, people, calm down. This sort of thing is much more common than you think.

[BwayBallerina2]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:07pm

When I saw this title, I immediately had an image in my head of crazy phans trampling each other and whacking each other with Playbills...

[jimmirae]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:11pm

I can just imagine them already having thought of that with buttons to tag the deceased with that read:
"I DIED at the longest running show ever - PHANTOM!"

[Rebekah]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:29pm

Jimmirae!! Your in good form tonight!!!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 1/10/06 at 3:58am

Not to summarize the evening, just to address a couple of things mentioned in this thread.

First, in terms of when someone estimated the show would be over--it's always later at these things. The show usually starts a bit late, even later than 8 minutes after reported times, but it wasn't that long today...then again I think I got there at 6:30...but intermission...rich famous people do not like to be rushed! It was quite amusing, I knew this would happen, watching everyone in the lobby, watching them flash the lights and nobody move, watching people try to yell at them to return to their seats, nobody move, and finally when people were clearing out, passing the orchestra on my way up to mezz and hearing some people say...what do we do, how can we make them sit down? It was funny.

And Dollypop, in my people-watching, one of the faces I recognized was indeed Rob's. Sorry, didn't really notice his tux.