Closing Performance of a Musical
Closing Performance of a Musical
henriquefho
Chorus Member Joined: 10/3/14
#1Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 6:36am
Have you guys seen the audience singing like this in the final performance of a musical?
I think it's really impressing.
#2Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 10:21am
I now know what I'd be put in jail for... God help anyone who pulls this crap anywhere near me.
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ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#3Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 10:30am
5:10. Ms. Ruiz reacts to the singalong.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#4Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 10:41am
LYLS3637 said: "I now know what I'd be put in jail for... God help anyone who pulls this crap anywhere near me."
LOL same. Mind-numbingly frustrating.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#5Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 11:19am
ggersten said: "5:10. Ms. Ruiz reacts to the singalong.
"
I didn't see a reaction?
I believe this was the actress' last performance, not the closing performance, btw.
Where is this?
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#6Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 11:46am
GreasedLightning said: "ggersten said: "5:10. Ms. Ruiz reacts to the singalong.
"
I didn't see a reaction?
I believe this was the actress' last performance, not the closing performance, btw.
Where is this? "
I see Ms. Ruiz start to smile and she even stops singing for a couple of seconds and just lets the audience sing - like it was a concert. Oops. It wasn't 5:10, but a few second before that. Try at 5:01 and she stops around 5:07.
#7Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 1:15pm
Yuck. Seems like the audience is wondering how to make the event about them being there and not the actor or show taking its final bow.
Closing performances are typically heightened experiences, but at the end of the day, I still would want to see the performers do the show.
#8Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 1:29pm
Apparently this is common in the Brazilian theatre. At least that's what I'm being told on Facebook. I said how rude and obnoxious this was and then I was ambushed by a crowd of Brazilian asking how it was rude. I guess I should take off Brazil a country I want to visit.
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GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#9Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 1:36pm
Is this Brazil? Because that would make sense. Their fan bases for almost all entertainment fields are rabid.
Cubas2
Swing Joined: 11/19/16
#10Closing Performance of a Musical
Posted: 12/19/16 at 1:51pm
This is the closing night of the musical, not only the Myra's last night. And to be honest, I thought this was actually pretty nice. They didn't sing during the whole show (just the last part of Defying) and pretty much everyone there had already seen the show before.
By the way, Myra Ruiz (Elphaba) posted on Instagra later that night the audience singing along to her song was "one of, if not the, most beautiful moments of my life" and thanked the fans for that.
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