Best Preshow Announcement

What is the funniest/most clever/quirkiest Pre-Show Announcement you've seen?

Waitress

The shows can be as clever and funny as they want, but those announcements don't work.

LizzieCurry said: "This is not a "there's already a thread!" reply, but instead, wanted to link to this oldie:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=971372

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Ha! And within THAT link there is an identical post redirecting people to an even earlier thread!

This board really needs a new format where questions like this (and stage doors, specific shows, rush, etc) can be posted. Or maybe make the "search" button more prominent.

I thought Present Laughter & Great Comet's announcements were pretty cute.

The best pre-show announcements are the ones that sound kind of mean, like at Phantom, where they say that flash photography is annoying to people around you. The ushers who walk around and tell small sections of the theater at a time are great too. The cutesy ones suggest that it's more of a suggestion than a rule to put phones away and it's totes NBD if you text and/record.

The She Loves Me announcement said something about not using anything that didn't exist in Budapest in whatever year it took place.



And Hamilton is funny of course. A good introduction to King George.

I thought the Great Comet one was great, and it also allowed people to actually see if you turned it off.

Phantom4ever said: "The best pre-show announcements are the ones that sound kind of mean, like at Phantom, where they say that flash photography is annoying to people around you."

I'm not sure I'd describe him as "mean", but the guy who does the Phantom announcement is certainly severe. I particularly like the way he phrases his last statement as if it comprises four distinct sentences: "Please do not take photographs at any time. In. This. Theatre."