Broadway Attire Advice — Page 2

The truth is that most of the people who go to shows are tourists and not all of them have time to go back to their rooms and change before going to a show after they've been sightseeing all day. I would think it would be more "insulting" to the actors if these people just stayed away entirely rather than wearing comfortable clothes to their show.

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People dress every which way for Broadway these days - matinees and evening shows included. Weekends and weekdays...makes no matter.

Wear what you are comfortable wearing. Suits and ties are not required but some people do wear them. I've seen everything from jeans to shorts and loud print shirts. Preferably no tank tops, bare midriffs, etc. :)

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If I am paying $100 for a meal, you can bet that I wouldn't show up looking sloppy. I try to dress for the theatre. And like someone on this post said, dressed doesn't have to mean uncomfortable. Whenever I see someone dressed to the nines at a show I always wonder who they are. I never look at them and feel like they over-dressed. I understand that it is not always possible to dress up. I work on Broadway, and often, when I am watching a show during previews, I have been there since 8 in the morning. Still I always TRY to bring a sports jacket with me, even if I am throwing it over paint clothes. I am concious, despite working there all day, how I will appear to an audience- most of whom have paid a lot for thier seats. Obviously, sometimes, you don't know that you will be seeing a show that night, or you can't get back to your hotel, (or Brooklyn) to change- but a night at the theatre is special- so why not treat it like a special occaision. If you would dress for dinner, or to go out on a Saturday- why should the theatre be different?

Unless you're going downtown.

Then just wear black.

Updated On: 10/4/04 at 09:31 PM

I don't get to go to see Broadway shows often -- maybe about 5 shows when I travel to NYC generally once a year. So I treat it like a special event - usually with a nice pre-theatre dinner before the show. I therefore tend to dress up for the theatre ( and the dinner). When I go to a matinee, I also dress neatly for the event even if it is not as dressy as an evening performance. For the closing performance of THE BOY FROM OZ ( where I was lucky to be seated on second row center), I was glad I did dress very nicely even if my face, hair, and silk suit was full of confetti afterwards.

I also think it's a nice gesture to the cast to dress well when you watch their live performance.

But, to each his own

So... what would be okay for a matinee of Forbidden Broadway?

Rent Matinees are usually very casual, but night shows are usually a bit more dressy, but I felt over dressed wearing a long jean skirt and a blouse.

Rent is VERY Lax.

As for the cast. Prepare yourself. They'll blow you away.

Let us know how Brooklyn went!

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he cannot be as bad as someone I heard this week, it was when Jeremy was in the tour cast and Mark's US went on.

I literally


thought


he


was


singing



and


talk


ing

like


this

is that not annoying just to read it
imigine sitting through a whole show like that
ewwwww
now the guy is on some kid show at 7 AM in the morning

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Afternoon shows are very casual. Jeans are appropriate. For evening shows I usually wear a skirt that isn't too dressy, a non-dressy dress, or nice jeans or dress pants. I wish people still got really dressed up for shows. It would be so much fun!

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wearing clothes would be some good advise.