Broadway for Dummies- Page 3

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/12/04 at 11:39pm

>>once i'm on b'way chapter 9 will have at least one applicant
yay! straight guys to obsess over!

[StarStageGurl]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:04pm

" i learned that early on- i was the only straight guy in my high school plays - ye the only one without a girlfriend...oh the irony"

Oh dear, hahahaha. That's sooo funny. What were those guys doing with girlfriends?

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:39pm

They should absolutly have that chapter on getting to the theatre on time! When i went to see Wicked, during Popular and big group of people were just coming into the row in front of me. This made everyone in that row to get up to let them in so i was standing up to see Cheno do the funny stuff on her bed. The lunges and her facial expressions.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:46pm

You know, how could you come into a show in the middle of a song in the middle of a show? It's stupid...you waste all that money on a ticket and you miss a big chunk of what is going on. If I were one of those people who came in late, I know I would have a huge feeling of regret inside of me for missing that much of the show.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:50pm

Don't file your nails during a performance! (Had that happen in the second row, no less, while seeing "A Raisin in the Sun". needless to say, I made her stop!

[Mamie]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:58pm

We have a late seating policy at my theatre (in DC) that we stick to religiously. Once the lights are down and the cast comes on the stage, absolutely no one is seated until the late seating break. This can be 10 minutes into the show or (as in our last production, Cyrano) 45 minutes into the show! The late seating breaks are tied into a change in scenery or a time when all the principals have left the stage.

[StrStruckDreamr9]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:11pm

MAke sure that the standing ovation you are giving is warranted.

[Jussoc]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:58pm

Chapter X: How to Deal with Ushers who keep badgering you if they can help you find your seat!

Chapter Y: What to do with excess Playbills.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 4:30pm

Mamie, they used to do that in the Broadway houses too. Now people just wander in and out at will.

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 04:30 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 4:37pm

Chapter Z: The difference between "stunt casting" and casting legitiamte stage performers who just happen to be known to the "general public" for their sitcom roles.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 5:34pm

'Chapter Y: What to do with excess Playbills.'

i sell mine. is that illegal?

[TheatreMom2]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 6:08pm

Chapter 320...Those Who Should Probably Just Stay Home.....all kids who can't sit still and keep their mouths shut, those who are hard of hearing and keep having to ask "what did she say?" (sorry) those who can't tell time...hmmm, 8:00 means 8:00, not 8:10, those with BIG Hair (Tame it down there littl' lady...I'd like to see the show in addition to hearing it, those who are sick (please stop your hacking),those who think I enjoy having you kick the back of my chair (for $100.00 a ticket I'll kick my own chair, thanks)The list could go on and on.....

[starlyricist]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 6:22pm

Chapter 323 - 2003 to 2004, the Season That Was (AKA: Wicked didn't win best musical, get over it)

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 06:22 PM

[Elphaba984]

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:28pm

chapter 300something...

how to deal with the little kid behind you saying "mom when's it gonna start" every 5 secs.

[Lesbian4Broadway]

Posted: 8/16/04 at 10:43pm

Chapter Whatever: Gypsies are not an Ethnic Group

Glossary: Andrew Lloyd Weber - Although his "works" were produced in London's West End and on Broadway these are in no way to be confused with Broadway or The Musical as we know it.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/16/04 at 10:49pm

chapter 356-a thread about this book

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 8/17/04 at 12:00am

--chapter 30: 100 reasons why there should be a kids section far from wherever i'm sitting --

amen to that. they really should have soundproof booths or something like that for the little kids. id actually be willing to donate money to theatres to help this happen. that is how much i detest small children, i am willing to give up some of my money to get them away from me

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:31am

chapter 100056784: why this book is so long

[shira467]

Posted: 8/17/04 at 4:12am

I think it should just be produced in volumes. There should be

Broadway 101: The Rules
Broadway 201: The Actors
Broadway 301: The Composers/Writers
Broadway 401: The History of Theater
Broadway 501: Intensive Sondheim Workshop
Broadway 601: The Final Exam. If you can pass 601, you have graduated. Questions include: "Phantom" was written by....." and "Idina Menzel began her career in what history-making show?"