Follies last night- Page 3

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/1/11 at 7:12pm

Agreed, but I stated that to prove a point that the myth older people are all stylishly dressed doyennes is just that--a myth.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 10/1/11 at 7:16pm

This is not a special occasion.

Isn't it? Many of us spend a lot of time looking forward to the show. Don't most people in the theatre only see a couple shows a year? Many people accompany a show with dinner at a nice restaurant. Dressing nicely to the theatre shows respect, making it a more formal and exciting event.

[binau]

Posted: 10/1/11 at 7:18pm

I think buying full price tickets to the SCOTTSBORO BOYS or not talking through the FOLLIES overture shows respect, not wearing a collared shirt. I guess you're right though, for some it is a 'special event', and it certainly is important for me too. So I guess I'd argue that it doesn't matter what you look like because the action is taking place on the stage....

The worst is when I see children or early teenagers, whose parents have 'dressed them up'. I find that uncomfortable.

Updated On: 10/1/11 at 07:18 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 12:37am

oops Updated On: 10/2/11 at 12:37 AM

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 12:38am

qolbinau, sorry to respectfully disagree with you. My partner and I find every chance we have to see a Broadway show is a special occasion, and worthy of dressing accordingly (ties and jackets if we feel like it). To look at pictures of theatergoers back in the 60's and 70's is to be reminded of just what a formal occasion attending the theater really was, even though ticket prices back then were still well within reach for the common man. (I still treasure my orchestra ticket to A Chorus Line that cost $15.)

And regarding those kids trussed up in their party dresses to attend weekend matinees? Sure there are more tasteful and less tasteful ways to outfit a child, but at least their parents are conveying to them the blessed specialness of the afternoon they're about to spend. Let them remember their first Broadway shows the way all of us on the BWW boards do, as the magical start of a lifelong love affair.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 1:22pm

As one who also remembers the 60s, I'd like to point out we dressed up to get on airplanes as well as to go to the theater. Given the discomfort of air travel nowadays, please don't make me wear a sports coat!

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 3:56pm

oh Gaveston, please tell me you're not the type clamoring onto the plane in your stained sweat suit. My image of you would be crushed for all time. Paul and I actually DO wear sports jackets to get on the plane-- breast pocket is THE best place to carry boarding pass and passport. but of course we digress...

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 6:57pm

Charles, I live in Palm Springs. "Black tie" here means Hawaiian shirt rather than a sleeveless "wife beater".

If I wore a sportcoat to the airport, I'd be detained by security. They'd think I was concealing a bomb.
Updated On: 10/2/11 at 06:57 PM

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 7:54pm

Now now, I know for a fact that Blame it On Midnight expects pressed slacks and glitter shirts from their patrons.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 10/2/11 at 8:19pm

No wonder I've only been there once! I hate to have to put on my "big boy" pants.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 10/3/11 at 11:31am

"It's amazing that geriatrics are so celebrated on stage in Follies and so excoriated in the audience."

It's not amazing. It's Wildean.