Any Rude Audience Encounters?- Page 2

[Matt_G]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:24pm

I have nothing to say

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:26pm

Oh Matt, I bet you have PLENTY you could say

[Matt_G]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:30pm

I'm still trying to make sense of my feelings from that story.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:31pm

you'll be thinking for a LONG time

[shesings]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:40pm

Ugh. I went to see The Lion King with my boyfriend and his family. Midway through the second act his 4 year old brother hurt his hand and started screaming and crying. Right in the middle of a beautifully emotional song. Anyway his mom just sat there and acted like he wasn't crying. We were sitting 2nd row center and all the actors were clearly staring at him. She just didn't take him out. I couldn't believe it. I'm always the girl who gets mad at the people who don't remove their crying children, and then here I was with one. I seriously sunk down in my seat so low.... I was ready to die.

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:46pm

"and we were both laughing and this guy in front of us with a mullet turned around and looked at us and told US to shut up. Like WE were the only ones talking! Which we weren't no one ever listens to her speeches. This guy was just rude! Who turns and tells a couple of kids to shut up!!??"

Someone clearly annoyed enough to say something.

I would've.

And I am not male, nor do I sport a mullet.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:49pm

"Right in the middle of a beautifully emotional song."

and you were at THE LION KING??? I'm confused...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:52pm

"Someone clearly annoyed enough to say something.

I would've."

Right. But the show had yet to start. The entire audience was talking as well, what good did it do to turn around and tell two people to shut up when 4,000 other people are talking just as loud? Hmmm... I said load. I knew you guys were gonna side with the mullet guy. Updated On: 7/9/04 at 09:52 PM

[shesings]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:52pm

Well it seemed really deep... in retrospect I can't remember what it was even, just that it was like the most innapropriate time to cry. Maybe it was the first act.... maybe it was endless night ....
But I did get pretty emotional at that show. I do think it's beautiful.

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:56pm

"The entire audience was talking as well, what good did it do to turn around and tell two people to shut up when 4,000 other people are talking just as load?"

Because you two were the closest (and the most obnoxious)? Trust me, shushing someone nearby does wonders for everyone else around you.

"I knew you guys were gonna side with the mullet guy."

I didn't know I counted as everyone, but thanks for the ego boost.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:04pm

Okay, how about a baby crying all through "Be Our Guest" and the usher making even more noise trying to get the woman to take the baby out of the theatre all the while flashing around her flashlight and dropping her playbills....

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:11pm

I was on the Hairspray message boards and someone mentioned something about people who just arrived at the show during the second act. What a waste of money!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:14pm

Well, I arrived at intermission for CHICAGO once. When I bought my ticket, the lady said "Okay, 8pm curtain" so I didn't think twice about it. I was running a little late that night also but I had standing room so it wasn't that big of a deal since I wouldn't be disturbing anyone. Anyways, I saw a bunch of people standing around when I got to the theatre so I just thought it was about to start. I was kinda confused when Act 2 started. Luckilly I had seen the show many many times before so I wasn't completely lost.

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:18pm

Musetta - you may count me in as one of the 'guys'

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:19pm

That's so sad. I would be so mad at that julky whore...

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:24pm

At least you didn't arrive after it started. One time I went to see the Urinetown tour. During intermession, I got up with my then boyfriend. When we came back, instead of going back in the row, we decided to go to the front row just to, well look, lol. See how the view was. So we go around and enter the row from the opposite side and the freakin old lady got pissed and mumbled to herself "well you could have gone through the other way." There were less people on the other side, and we had to climb over four people, but we happened to be closer to that side. Some people seriously need to mind their own business.

When I saw Phantom with school, the usher was a total ***** and made a big fuss about where we sat...our teacher handed us random tickets, but we all reserved a section. So the usher was moving people even after the show started. I was still in the wrong seat but luckily they didnt move me. And my teacher got angry at the usher because she made her move for no apparent reason, it was just chaos. I guess I see why, in case they sell, like two of the tickets in the section to people and they happen to be latecomers...so they don't move around people in the show. But those latecomers are at fault too, they should come on time! Sry...confusing you.

[basketcase]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:45pm

When I saw Rent one time there was a large group of highschoolers (or perhaps middle schoolers, kids these days are huge). Anyway, anytime that Collins and Angel or Maureen and Joanne kissed they would all yell "GROSS!". The maturity level was astounding, I've seen 8 year olds at the show behave better than that.

How about rude ushers? When I went to see Movin' Out I had seats in the orchestra about 5 rows back and to the side, so we were right next to the curtains that block off the side entrances. I guess that the ushers sit back there during the show, because at a really quiet part we hear them back there yelling to get the attention of someone else. They must have yelled for this "Joe" character 4 or 5 times before realizing that they were only separated from the audience by a piece of FABRIC.

Also, theatre audience pet peeve #1: Arm rest hogs. Nuff said.

[Qfan]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:04pm

a great one from me from "I am My own Wife".
It is just the beginning of the play about a minute after the background lights up obviously the audience ooed and ahhed since it didn't seem like it was there before(which brings a question was there a curtain there) BUT, there was this old man with the hearing thing in his ear and he screams out at the top of his lungs: "WOW THAT'S A SET!!!". Everyone looked back even Jefferson Mayes broke character for half a second and glared at the man then continued on a brilliant performance.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:03am

When I saw BOMBAY DREAMS (London Version), They were already about two songs in and all of a sudden this MASSIVE group of High School Aged students (99% girls) walked in laughing and talking very loudly, not screaming but you can understand almost every word. And when they were getting into their seats, they spent 10 minutes discussing who was going to sit next to who. I was ready to throw my london version of the Playbill, but then I realized if I did that, I probably wouldn't be able to get it back. But once they actually sat down they were quiet for the rest of the show.

[SuperSchubert]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:18am

At CATS the other night, I sat next to two soccer-mom-looking women that talked about the show throughout the performance. One of them would hum "Memory" every time the melody was heard in the score. UGH! I paid to hear JUDY McLANE sing the song, not a suburbanite. Oh, did I mention they both reeked of beer?

And, as usual, several audience members got up and left before the show was done. As soon as "Memory" was done, people were leaving in droves. Parking/heavy traffic is a concern at this outdoor theatre, and some people are rather antsy to get to their cars and beat the rush. It's a move both distracting to other patrons and grossly disrespectful to the actors onstage. My mom tried to explain that she understands my point, but she also said that those audience members paid their money and they can do what they want. I don't agree, but I can somewhat see what my mom was driving at... still, ugh!

-SuperSchubert Updated On: 7/10/04 at 12:18 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:35am

LOL, undiscovered, that made me laugh. Go Raul! And shame on Mr. Sleepy.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:38am

I'm oh-so predictable, aren't I? You say "Raul" and I jump.

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:41am

At Millie, right before Sutton left...

There were a bunch of girls around me who were there on a trip. Before the show, they realized they were sitting separate from each other, and one girl said to her friend, "Who am I going to roll my eyes at and make comments to during the show?????"

They were reading the Playbill before the show...when they got to Sutton's bio...

Girl: OH MY GAWD, look at what this CHICK wrote in her bio! She put she was on The Today Show and Regis and the Thanksgiving Parade, like she STARRED in them or something! Give me a break! She was just putting anything there to fill up the space! Wait, it says she "created" the role of Millie. What does that mean?

(apparently, the fact that the first line in Sutton's bio is "Tony-award winner" doesn't mean a thing to them.)

GIRL: OH MY GAWD! Whoopi Goldberg's name is in this! Do you think she's here?
OTHER GIRL: THAT WOULD ROCK!

When Leslie Uggams came out and everyone cheered, one girl called out to her friend TWO ROWS in front of us, "Who is she????" (Granted, I'm being honest, I was not familiar with Leslie before Millie, but I know better not to say, "Who is she?" out loud during a performance.)

During Gimme, Gimme, instead of, you know, listening to the song and stuff, they counted how many times Sutton's spit was visible.

Now, I am a huge Sutton fan but I know she's not a household name...I'm not expecting these girls to know who she is, etc...but the Playbill in front of you is telling you that this girl is playing Millie and the show is CALLED Millie, so she's obviously pretty freaking important.

I wanted to belt them.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:44am

Also, when I went to see RENT on tour a few months ago, there was this family that sat behind me and my gilfriend. I believe the two girls had already seen the show because they were talkinga about it before the show started, but obviously the mother had not, because the whole time she was saying stuff like, "Ok, so that guy's name is Mark? Who is that guy? Why did his girlfriend commit suicide?" I mean come on!!! She talked through parts that explained what was going on, so she missed the plot and characters.....and then asked what just happened. Also, the same woman complained to my girlfriend and me for like thirty minutes before the show because she spent almost over $200 on her tickets and "Those bastards" are sitting in the first few rows and only had to pay $6 for their tickets (For RENT if you get there early, you can get the first two rows for only $6, but only theatre people and mainly RENT fans know this). I was kept trying to explain that to her, but she was all about it being unfair that she didn't know about it. I was ready to strangle her with my newly bought RENT dogtags. She made me so mad.

Updated On: 7/10/04 at 12:44 AM

[SammyGal]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:47am

At Taboo once, these 2 people were in the front row and they got overly excited about George being on stage that they were screaming things back at the stage (which sometimes was allowed cause Taboo was like that) but they were standing up too and security had to yell at them. It was funny to watch their antics.