Are Broadway performers talked about by their fans?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:14pm

Just curious.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:15pm

Are they ever.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:17pm

I'd have to say no. Not really. Who looks at the performers? All we care about are the wonderful sets behind them.

Updated On: 8/29/06 at 09:17 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:24pm

And the curtains.

Especially if the show has them and they are at times closed.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:26pm

I actually have a cousin who saw a Broadway show (yes, true story, although I can't tell you her name), and she said that she noticed one of her favorite performers during the show and talked about the guy afterwards with her friends. So I'd say yes...I don't know how often it happens, though.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:29pm

Yeah, right. *scoffs*

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:31pm

I have to agree about the curtains. That's the real reason I pay good money to see a show. The curtains.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:31pm

Wait. Broadway performers? What are those. I've never heard of one... should I get one? Are they a good investment?

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:32pm

I like watching the set pieces magically glide around the stage.

God, that's hot.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:33pm

No! Of course not. What's wrong with you people?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:33pm

The one bad thing about enjoying the set pieces is that there are often actors standing in front of them and they obscure my view.

Don't you agree?

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:34pm

Absolutely. And what's with all that talking/singing between scene changes? Honestly!?!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:34pm

Wait - are the performers those people running around and talking over the music? Yeah, I talk about them- hell, I talk TO them - I tell them to shut the hell up so we can hear the damn orchestra already.

And to MOVE AWAY FROM THE SCENERY!! Damn.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:36pm

Drowsy has some curtains.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:36pm

I am also intrigued by the quaint usherettes and their charming accents. Where do they come from, I wonder?

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:37pm

I hear Brooklyn. Wherever the hell that is.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:38pm

BROOKLYN is on tour with Melba Moore.

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:39pm

No crap? And they all come from that one show?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:41pm

Yup. Melba Moore works at the Belasco and her brother Les S. Moore works at the Music Box. Yup.

Updated On: 8/29/06 at 09:41 PM

[Katurian2]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:49pm

Actors standing in front of the sets is where the term "blocking" originated. Every view is partially obstructed with "them" on the stage.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:52pm

You learn something new every day.

How did the term "follow spot" come to be?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:53pm

We should probably write a petition and get them to move. Stand BEHIND the sets. Not in front. And to shut their mouths while we're listening to the orchestra.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:54pm

lmao- Actors are really just a big stain on the stage. Hence "Follow Spot."

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:54pm

I thought Spot was a dog.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:57pm

haha- But dogs are so cute! I don't think they could block the scenery nearly as effective.