Has anyone been to a Broadway Rave?

[mitchern]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 11:00am

https://broadwayrave.com/

I can't figure out if this would be a blast or a nightmare, so I'm hoping someone's had first hand experience! 

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 1:16pm

I went to one in Oklahoma City a couple years ago. It was advertised as, well, a rave, so I was expecting it to be remixes, but it's just the songs. There were often times where they played songs with dialogue in the middle that just made the space feel awkward. The rave portion were lights that didn't fit with the songs at all. 

Showtunes I remember them playing are "Footloose" from the stage version Footloose, "Hello" from Book of Mormon, a couple "Wicked" songs, quite a few Disney songs. Mostly people just stood around swaying and singing along to the songs. This was at a 16+ venue. 

I honestly wish I had thought of the idea, it's low-effort and seems like a lot of people were enjoying it. It could just be a lot better. 

[veronicamae]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 1:38pm

Haven't been, but saw Eden showed up at the last one and sang a bunch of Wicked and Lempicka songs.

Got the vibe that it's a bit like a very focused Con - cosplay and superfans. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 2:28pm

I say this is as someone who listens to Showtunes at multiple times a day, Broadway Rave sounds corny as hell and their promo makes me cringe. Just call it a listening party.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 2:52pm

I did really enjoy the two that I went to, though these were earlier on and I think the first one was better when it was in a smaller venue before they got bigger.  They do just play the songs with no remixes, but for me/my friends it was the ultimate fun time of having the experience of dancing in a club-like atmosphere where you know the words to all the songs, and as theater people, it's the songs we actually wanted to listen to that weren't really played in public.  We didn't really dress up at all but some people came in cosplay, and they'd let people get on the stage with a mic and sing along, and it was overall a very supportive atmosphere.  In a way I'd say it's kind of if you took the sing along vibe at Marie's Crisis and put them in a dark room with club lighting and a more Gen Z/younger millennial age group (we had a lot of songs from shows like Beetlejuice/Mean Girls/Wicked/Hamilton, but it might depend on the crowd at your location)

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 3:07pm

I just love bustin’ out all over in June to June Is Bustin’ Out All Over. 

[Papi2013]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 4:14pm

Bunch of fat f-g hags screaming showtunes.  No thanks.  Same vibe as Maries Crisis on a Monday night.