Broadway Facebook Fan Groups (Fandom/Obsession)

Yeah. Stay away from those.

I’m a big fan of Beetlejuice and joined that Facebook group to get updates and almost immediately regretted it. The amount of aggression after the Tonys was sickening. Most of them are acting like their one true purpose in life was ripped from them and they just keep bashing all the other shows. Even before the Tonys, the level of obsession was scary. Definitely not true theatre fans.

I’ve heard the Mean Girls group acts the same way.

Ouch.

Updated On: 6/19/19 at 02:32 PM

Pose2 said: "I glanced at it this morning, and they were like threatening the ATW and many said to boycott Hadestown and all this other crap. It's weird when people get violent about....theater."

Yeah. The official Facebook pages are one thing. The people commenting are upset, of course. Reasonable. And then you go to the Facebook fan group and it’s like a frickin’ cult.

Yeah, they really are harmless. I’ve just never seen fandom to that level and I had to remove myself before it completely ruined the show for me.

There’s about 50 memes posted every day, <<edited by BWW staff>>, and a week later, there’s still Tony Award bashing. It was laughable at first and now it’s just sad.

Updated On: 6/20/19 at 12:20 AM

The Anastasia Facebook fan group page is full of toxic, holier than thou people. They kicked me out because I told them recording the curtain call was bad, accused me of “doxxing” (huh?): admitted to trolling me, and are absolutely awful, apparently they even got the nice security guard kicked out of the group. Beware the Anastasia fam group wrath.

magictodo123 said: "The Anastasia Facebook fan group page is full of toxic, holier than thou people. They kicked me out because I told them recording the curtain call was bad, accused me of “doxxing” (huh?): admitted to trolling me, and are absolutely awful, apparently they even got the nice security guard kicked out of the group. Beware the Anastasia fam group wrath."

Wow. So it’s not just Beetlejuice. Are they mostly teenagers? Haha

ChildofEarth said: "What’s so funny is that I’m in a Hadestown group and anyone who even laments any of the show’s Tony losses immediately gets shut down for being petty.

I’m (still) quite annoyed by Amber’s loss and people are very good at remaining civil while discussing.

Methinks it has to do with age."

If you don't mind me asking, what's the Facebook group? I would love to discuss Hadestown in a fan community, provided there was *some* level of sanity and civility.

taylortrensch said: "Kitsune said: If you don't mind me asking, what's the Facebook group? I would love to discuss Hadestown in a fan community, provided there was *some* level of sanity and civility."

just search "hadestown fan club" and it will pop up (:"

Thank you so much!

The absolute worst, in my opinion, is the All Things Broadway group. It's a constant cycle of repeated memes, people going "omg I have an audition in two days what should I sing???" and just really bad behavior from the guy who runs the whole thing (who is treated like he's a king (plot twist: he's not)). The Anastasia one was rough when the allegations came out about the racism backstage. The Great Comet and Hadestown groups are really good (some hit or miss posters, but what're you gonna do - at least the admins and mods run things pretty smoothly there) and the Beetlejuice one is... well, it's a lot.

cdf1983 said: " and the Beetlejuice one is... well, it's a lot."

Having finally caught the show this past weekend I think that’s the best way to sum up my thoughts about it in general

The Beetlejuice group is getting out of hand. They were just posting photos from Sophia's Instagram stating that she is in Spain, and they were all freaking out if she would be back for the next show or if she would be missing it. Her own mother had to comment to tell everyone she just went for two days. Hope they could all sleep after that.