FAREWELL SWEENEY TODD! — Page 11

and enthusiasm like that should be tamed but encouraged at the same time.

That's a completely paradoxical statement.

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I don't really think the sobbing was the issue, though. I thought she was going to accidentally get stabbed with Mano's bow during Pirelli's. He was pointing at the guy in front of her, and she like, stuck her face over his shoulder. She was bouncing and practically not even sitting down for most of the show, leaning over almost onto the people in front of her. Feel what you want, but it's not a rock concert. Somewhere the line has to be drawn.

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Updated On: 9/4/06 at 11:42 PM

I don't know that the 7 years olds didn't like or appreciate the show anymore so than her but I'm assuming that they didn't. I could be wrong. And yes, that was a paradoxical statement. Let me attempt to rephrase.. I think what I meant was that someone like her should not lose her enthusiasm for the show but should learn to control it.

Honestly, all that I know is that she was very sweet at the stage door. I don't know what she was like in the theatre so I can't judge. Who knows, we might even be talking about completely different people, haha.

Updated On: 9/4/06 at 11:48 PM

i never said anyone was saying she wasn't a sweet person. I'm starting to feel like everything I say is wrong right now. No hard feelings to anyone.

That is very innapropriate, that she behaved that way.

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The key to the behavior is that you can not act in a way that distracts those around you.
Yes, she was young, and yes she has every right to be excited but her excitement was distracting to others and that is beyond any level of appropriate behavior.

When you act in a way that takes away from the experience for others, you have crossed the line.

Each of us is entitled to react in our own way, while I still think there was a bit too much of an attempt to make the evening "about me" from many in the audience, instead of about the talented actors and the event created on the stage. That said the only place that I feel it is inappropriate is when it becomes a distraction to others, and that is the issue here.

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Yeah. I know I for one was crying. The loss of this show affects me personally as it has changed me in that it helped me to get my priorities on order, in term of theatre. But it's changed lots of people, and for me to make it any harder for all of them to enjoy the show for one last time owuldn't be fair to anyone.

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i'll take a look at mano's page and tell you if i recognize her.

Honestly, i cried too, but kept it to a minimum. I think the only selfish act i committed was wanted to see the actors and telling them how much i appreciated them even when there was already tons of people there.

Exactly Emcee.

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but the thing is, she wasn't a child. she looked at least 15 to me.
...well i guess if you consider that a child...

*I* don't consider that a child. No way.

If I had been sitting behind her....oh man. I was five seats down from her and that was enough for me.

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ohhh, i was sitting about 3 rows behind her and she was making me nuts! sondheim was sitting right behind me (yes, i could have DIED) and so maybe that was one of the reasons she kept turning around. it was reasonably annoying, because i noticed her before the show started and then of course the entire way through the show.

aspiringactress - i completley agree with you as far as this show helping me set some priorities. i know it sounds bazaar, but i totally hear you.

and the earlier comment about how michael was just watching patti through one of the songs - i noticed that several times, and those were the moments that broke me down to tears. for anyone who's ever been part of a cast that's become very close and is very much in love with their work, the realization that it's over makes those last connections SO sincere and so sad. and i know i've said it before, but i love their chemistry and you can tell how deeply they respect and care about each other both personally and professionally.