Do you ever leave a show during intermission? — Page 3

Not really considering her acting is GOD AWFUL.

NEVER. Shows cost a LOT of money, I'm getting my money's worth or be damned! Also, it's well noted on here that certain shows/plays don't really pick up until the second act. Very few of them, but enough. I just wouldn't want to mssis anything. Plus it's super rude to the performers. :3

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munkustrap178-Was Tyler Maynard in BBB at Encores when you left?

It's weird actually to think about how many people really walk out in the middle of a show. I have season tickets to our regional theatre and you wouldn't believe how many people you see leaving during intermission, espeically during shows which I think are absolutley fabulous. I was in Grease at this theatre last week, and during the last few numbers you could see several people getting up to leave. Understandable since driving out of there is impossible after the shows, but I thought it was horrible!

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Yes, I too have left a handful of times at intermission for shows that were just too unbearable.

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gustof i totally agree with you. I personally would never leave a performance. although i can be critical, i do not think it is fair to the performers. I know if i was doing a show i would not want someone to leave durring my performance. I totally also get there like 15-20 min early to examine every aspect possible of the show. I especially would not leave bway...if you are paying $100 for a ticket that is a complete waste...but thats my opinion.

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Never have, never will.

I've never walked out of a show during intermission. And I pray to God I never will. If I had to sit through In My Life, I would just leave during the show. I wouldn't give a damn about the intermission. I would just get the f**k out of there.

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i think that it is so rude to leave a performance. THe actors are trying, even if they do suck, so at least let them TRY to entertain you.

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i think that it is so rude to leave a performance. THe actors are trying, even if they do suck, so at least let them TRY to entertain you.

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lets just say this:
If YOU personally (I'm talking to everyone here) were starring in a show and thought you were damn good and were giving it you're all, how would YOU feel if everyone left during intermission?

just a thought

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see to me it's not soo much that you owe it to the performers to stay. Sure, they will feel bad but that's the business and though I would never do it, I don't look down at those who leave at intermission (leaving in the middle of a performance is a WHOLE nother story) but they could do it for many reasons as have been mentioned above (family emergency etc.)For me what is rude to the performers are those who leave during the curtain call. I get soo pissed when I see people leave early!! But that's another thread. I guess leaving half way to me it's more...your review/trashing the show loses a lot of validity as you didn't see the whole peice. I think it's fair to say it was so bad I left but I just don't think it's fair to judge a peice w/o seeing the whole thing. But again, that's just me and as someone said before: for those of us that choose to stay, we get better seats sometimes!

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Updated On: 8/2/06 at 08:16 PM

My mom had a seizure while we were sitting front row during One Short Day at Wicked in October (in Dallas), so we had to leave during intermission. Kind of upsetting, seeing how we paid 225 dollars a piece for them. :-/

Somebody stole my camera during the chaos. How messed up is that? I had had it for less than a week--and I had a picture with Stephanie J. Block that I had just gotten about 2 hours before the show on there.

My mom wanted to leave RENT last summer at intermission--but I made her stay :-P

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