Have you ever been to a show where the audience actually booed?

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Have you ever been to a show where the audience actually booed?

Posted: 4/8/07 at 9:58pm

Anyone?? If so, what show and when did they boo?

I've been hearing from old video clips et al about a few experiences where audience members booed. Were you one of them!?

And have you ever felt the urge to boo during a show? If so, when?

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 9:59pm

PETER PAN. Captain Hook got boo'd on his entrance and later in Act III.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:02pm

I wanted to boo during Spamalot. I saw it the day before it won the Tony and Sara Ramirez was out. Her understudy was terrible and sang "Diva's Lament" in a totally wrong key for most of the song. One of the worst experiences I've ever had in a Broadway show.

O yes, and when I saw Beauty and the Beast ten years ago, Gaston was booed at his curtain call. Poor Marc Kudisch.

~Steven

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:02pm

I can't think of any personal experiences of booing, but I know that the Childcatcher would get booed regularly during Chitty.

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:06pm

Children's shows don't count! They always boo the villain.

I saw The Music Teacher off-Broadway last year, and people didn't so much boo as groan and talk back throughout several parts of that horrible production. I felt really bad for the cast, but the audience was angry at how bad the script and the staging were. It was a fabulously uncomfortable experience.

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:07pm

Thats right! I forgot he was booed!

I remember parents egging their kids on to boo him too...what the hell?

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:11pm

uhhh...CARRIE! People booed it like mad, but I was part of the group that gave the show a huge standing ovation! How could you not stand for Betty Buckley and Linzi Hateley's undeniably powerful performances?!

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:12pm

I think it's rather cute when they boo the villain in a children's show. It means that you've captivated the audience enough for them to have a reaction towards you. It's never meant as a personal attack at the performer, just the character. But no, I really did want to boo Sara Ramirez's understudy. You'd think she had enough practice with all of Sara's absences, right?

~Steven

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:27pm

Now I'll lay the guilt on:

Sara's standby recently passed away and a memorial was performed at the Shubert Theatre.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:29pm

Donal O'Flaherty got booed during PQ. That's the only one I can honestly think of. It wasn't bad though.

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#11

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:29pm

WickedGeek, I was just about to say the same thing.

But I saw SPAMALOT the first performance after the Tonys and Sara was out also. That show so did not do it for me. No booing though.

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#12

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:30pm

I have! Sherie Rene Scott takes over Idina Menzel in Rent...

"Moo with me!"

Audience:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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#13

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:30pm

Who? Rosena Hill?

***Audience booed Amber after her "Cooties" song in HAIRSPRAY dudring the national tour (b/c of the character)***

Updated On: 4/8/07 at 10:30 PM

#14

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:30pm

Wow, that is terrible.
But it doesn't make me regret how I felt about her performance.
How recent was this?

~Steven

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:31pm

Peter Pan and Titanic national tours. Ismay was booed for his bow. It was mostly kids though.

#16

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:32pm

Wow, I didn't know Scott played Maureen.

But, I don't know...okay yes its cute when kids boo but when parents are egging them on to do so it's a bit ridiculous. I mean, when the actors bow, the response they get should be for their performance not for how evil the part they played was. For me, if someone really convinces you that they're evil, you should APPLAUD them even louder, not boo. Especially if you're an adult.

#17

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:34pm

No, Darlene Wilson. She passed on March 2nd...

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#18

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:35pm

Sara was out the day after the Tonys? That is really an odd day to be absent.

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:35pm

Well, yes, all right, parents shouldn't egg their kids to boo at a curtain call. That is rather childish. But it is sometimes hard for the kids to differentiate between a performance by an actor and the character, especially if they are quite young and new to the theatre. Their parents have no excuse.

~Steven

#20

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:37pm

She was even sick at the Tonys. I think it's a miracle that she was able to belt it out the way she did there. Kudos to her.

~Steven

#21

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:41pm

People booed at THE WEDDING SINGER when I saw it in November.

#22

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:43pm

The entire audience booed at the first preview of Bring Back Birdie on January 26, 1981. After the song "filth" (which was sung by a kids rock band while sitting on toilets and flushing them), the curtain came down on Act 1 and the audience booed. "Filth" was cut after that performance. Unfortunately, I was not there (I wasn't even alive), but I wish I had been.

Updated On: 4/8/07 at 10:43 PM

#23

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:45pm

Agreed, MrMusic.

People were groaning during TWS when I saw it...

#24

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 10:50pm

WAT, you crack me up. You are the flop princess.

#25

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Posted: 4/8/07 at 11:28pm

"People booed at THE WEDDING SINGER when I saw it in November. "

Somehow I highly doubt this is true

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