Annoying Show Followings- Page 3

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:15pm

Aaron Tveit's Tumblr tag is a hot mess, and the reactions of some of his fans about the whole 54 Below ticket snafu was really inappropriate, over-the-top, and ridiculous. They were surprisingly well-behaved at the actual concert (at least the night I went) but some of them really are nuts.

Pretty much every performer and show has some really intense fans, though. It's just some of the fanbases are louder and more voracious than others.

[hanschens]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:27pm

Extra story about the tumblr fans of Aaron Tveit (I stay as far away from there as I can)

A girl on tumblr (I can't remember her URL) tracked down Aaron's parents address and called them.

And then there was an incident last week where an extract of an audiobook that Aaron narrated was making the rounds. This extract in particular was a rape scene and let's just say the reactions of the fangirls weren't appropriate given the context of the extract.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:41pm

The only people who annoy me are the ones who forego living their own life in lieu of becoming an obsessive fan.

I've encountered these fans at RENT, N2N, Spring Awakening, and now they are emerging at Kinky Boots and Pippin. People who attach themselves so closely to the shows as it makes them feel alive, but they are clearly not taking care of themselves.

The RENT fans are still rabid. They recently ruined an Adam/Anthony concert for me.

Ripley has weaned off social media. FB nearly killed her with the obsessive fans.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:44pm

I definitely remember reading about the girl who found Aaron's parents in the phone book. UGH!

One of my favorite social media interactions happened a week after Matt Doyle tweeted the infamous shower photo. Some people were asking stuff like, "No shower photo this week, Matt? Haha" and he said that if they wanted to see his butt, go find one of the bootlegs of him in Spring Awakening.

[RENT_is_Wicked2]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:52pm

Wicked fan girls are pretty bad. I've encountered Idina Menzel fans at productions of Wicked and one time I heard someone behind me say "Did you read who's playing Elphaba? She's going to suck because she's nothing like Idina".

[OperaBwayLover]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 6:12pm

'The ONE thing that does annoy me (or, at least, confuse and moderately irritate me) is people (adults, not teenagers) who talk about how much they LOVE musicals but who really only know a tiny handful of shows (the usual suspects: "Phantom," "Les Mis," "Wicked," etc.) Ask them about anything older than 40 years (other than a few Rodgers & Hammerstein shows and whatever their high school put on), and you're likely to get blank stares.'

It's not just you. One of my (now) closest friends used to be like that. We had a conversation one time about musical theatre when we were just getting to know each other, and he had no clue who Ethel Merman was. I nearly punched him. Thankfully, he has since gotten older and wiser.

[FlowerChild67]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 8:47pm

Oh gosh, Hanschens. I'd been off Tumblr for a couple of weeks, I wasn't aware of that. Was the book Perfect? If so, I know what part of the book it would be...(it's my favorite young adult book ever). He rapes her, then stalks her, then texts around pictures of her having sex with her girlfriend,which he only obtained by tracking her down, and looking through a bedroom window. He's a freak who ruined the girl's life. Don't think they really want to be her? (which I'm guessing is what they were saying?) Jesus.

Also, OperaBroadwayLover, I haven't experienced that with Spring Awakening fans at all. Have all the psycho ones disappeared? And "timeless classic?" Ummm, the musical had been around for less than a year at the time, you can hardly call it a classic or timeless... And somehow I doubt they'd actually read the Wedekind play... I'm actually quite interested to hear what your reasons for not liking the show were? I'm a huge fan of the show, and I definitely have some,so I'm sure they're quite justified.

[justoldbill]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 9:48pm

Having been a major FOLLIES freak in my distant past, I can understand a lot of this. I tried to keep up with activities and events involving original cast members throughout the years. One of my happiest memories was spending a wonderful evening chatting with Dorothy Collins about the show following her club act some years later. When I recently saw Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory doing WHEN EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE, all I could do was beam at my remaining contemporaries and ask, "Aren't we LUCKY?"
Needless to say, few other shows ever touched me this way.