Finally! A Documentary About The WORST Kind Of Theater People! — Page 4

A few things since my last post:

- Fosse, I can only speak for my former theater, but the problem with Nicki wasn't poor communication between box office manager and house manager. The box office is more than happy to tell people no. They're behind glass and anybody arguing with the employee behind the window just looks crazy. Once she has a ticket, it's a very delicate situation for a house manager. She's already inside the building. Other paying customers are around. She's old. She has luggage. She has to do something obvious, loud, and terrible for the theater not to look like the bad guy. By the time others patrons want her gone, it's already too late. We couldn't deny her if she had a ticket at the door, regardless of who paid for it. Nor were we really equipped to ban people from entering. Only Broadway shows have security.

- Matiss, I realize you're young. Maybe you've had a job, maybe you haven't. Would you invite someone who knowingly causes problems to your business and let a crazy woman berate your paying customers while a camera crew films it? I think not. Also, I would go on camera, but I refuse to give one second of my time to talk about this woman for free in a venue other than this message board. You'd have to pay me. Like a lot of money. We're talking Hamilton ticket money. The premium seats. And even then I'm not sure I'd do it. Because that's how horrible she was to me and the people I worked with when I used to work front of house.

- This is the end of my giving this woman any more thought. I just can't. I'll leave the rest to you. My fingers will not type another word. :)

Uh-Oh!

While I have not (yet) encountered Nicki, I am familiar with the older baling guy with very thick glasses, who also always carries a large Duane Reade bag. I have had to stand with actor friends before while he keeps talking, and talking, and talking to them. He's obviously got some issues, and I feel bad for speaking about him, but he also makes performers feel really uncomfortable. I know that some performers warn venues, who in turn warn house staff about stalkers, and he isn't exactly that, but he's still a nightmare to deal with.

SNAFU said: "I have a stage manager friend who had her in almost Every performance of his recent Off-Broadway show. She will sit in her seat and unpack a large meal and eat during the show. You see her doing this in the trailer.

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The scene in the trailer where is eating is her on a bus, not in a theater.

I don't know her and it's possible that she does eat in the theater, and do worse things, but there is no scene of this in the trailer.

In any case, it doesn't seem like an interesting or worthwhile film.

Updated On: 2/21/16 at 05:33 PM

Oh, child...

I think I had a run in with this woman in the standing room line at Book of Mormon when it first opened. A few days after the Tony noms came out. We had all been standing there for 3 hours. Counted out the people and those that knew they we're getting tickets stayed. She showed up about 1/2 hour befor the ticket window opened and "befriended" the girl who was first in line. She was acting like she didn't know what we we're standing there for and then before we knew it she had talked the girl into getting 2 tickets. She pulled out cash and gave it to her. We went ballistic on her. The poor guy at the end of the line, afte standing there for just under 3 hours lost his ticket spot. We kept telling the girl what she was doing was not fair but she did it anyway. When I got to the window I told the box office guy and he said If someone had come inside and told them, they would have only sold one ticket to that first girl in line. He said they don't tolerate things like that.

Apparently this is still a thing:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Documentary-Tale-of-a-Theatre-Addict-ONE-TICKET-PLEASE-Sets-Premiere-Plus-Stills-Trailer-20170110

Well, it doesn't seem like they're presenting her as a saint. Though she's still getting into shows. I've seen her a handful of times during the year.

Wow! Kudos to the filmmaker for completely changing his angle on his documentary. It's quite obvious the feedback from the NY community after the first trailer was released months ago definitely enlightened him to his chosen subject and he reaccessed what his documentary was really about.

I thoroughly enjoyed this whole thread.

Those illustrations on the other side of the posted link are the purest kind of art!

The only smell coming off her is her sense of entitlement. But that lingers long after she has left the room.

Having experienced her over the years I really don't think I could watch the documentary. I am glad to see the slight narrative changes from the first trailer to the second.

Updated On: 1/11/17 at 09:33 AM