Do you ever leave a show during intermission? — Page 2

The only time I actually got up and left during a show was an off-broadway show called The Lunchtime Anxieties (or maybe Monologues). It was absolutely horrible. It was in a small theater on 42nd Street and half the audience had already left by the time I finally left. And the whole thing was only 90 minutes. I just couldn't sit through anymore. It was directed by Michael Rupert and I was a big fan of his from Falsettos. The only other times I wanted to leave was during both versions of The Real Thing. I saw the original and hated it. I saw the revival 20 years later wondering if age had changed me. It didn't. I hated it more the second time. There was also a Brian Friel show done right after Dancing with Lunasa that lasted a week. It was so awful, I skipped the end because I needed to use the men's room and really couldn't care less what happened. I almost walked out of LEstat but knew the second act was better.

I don't see what the cost of the ticket has to do with anything. The money's paid and you can't get it back whether you stay or not. You didn't pay to be tortured so, why go back for more punishment?

If you went to an expensive restaurant and the dish you were eating was terrible would you then order a second helping of it? Or would you get something else or just leave? With a bad play, I don't have the option of "ordering something else." There's only one play on the menu and it's bad. I'm stuck with a lousy dish that I've already paid for and can't get a refund for. So rather than getting more, I just leave.

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yeah cost of the ticket means not that much to me. I just feel wrong about leaving no matter how awful

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I had to leave TABOO after act one to go on a blind date....the date was fun but it never went anywhere and I still regret it to THIS day!

I left a college production of HAIR several years ago. But I really didn’t like the show itself. I might give the show a second chance now, because a lot of things about me have changed since then.

My option is that it’s better to leave during intermission than to sit through another act and project negative vibes through the theater. I try to keep a poker face or a polite smile, but I know that sometimes my body language gives away my true feelings, and I’m not always conscious of that. How awful for the actors and audience members around me to see that I’m clearly not enjoying myself.

But if your one of those people who is very good at controlling your body language, then go for it and sit through act two.

Never, but did consider doing so the first and only time I saw 'Rent' on BWay last summer. The musical just wasn't what I was expecting.

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Urinetown is a great show!

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Muscle, Meryl Streep would be so upset with you! :)

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So far -- only Hot Feet.

Both.

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"Zoneace, didn't you leave Bombay Dreams during intermission?"


No. The performances were good, and the songs were catchy so i stayed, espite not being too thrilled with the story.


and there was a community theatre production of Copacabana that I not known someone int he cast i would have left during. But that's cause the show is just BAD!

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I've never walked out of a show during intermission and never will. That's bad manners. To those who left LESTAT after intermission...you missed the best part of the show. The secons act is AWESOME. Allison Fischer was aboslutely amazing! The first act was boring, but the second was so much better!

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Never.

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