Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience? — Page 2

I think my favourite comment was one time when seeing Chicago, right after the Mary Sunshine reveal at the end of Act Two, the guy sat next to me turned to his wife and said "I don't get it, was that a man or a woman." And same show, different performance, the friend I was with overheard this exchange in the toilet:

Young Girl: Mummy, is this set in New York?
Her Mother: I don't know dear, let's look in the program when we get to our seats.

Dear LORD.

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At Avenue Q, a man behind me said. I thought Rod was going to end up with Trekkie Monster. I am disappointed.
I almost lost it!

Updated On: 7/30/04 at 07:52 AM

It was Sunset Blvd -- Norma just came out to sing Surrender to her chimp -- the paw falls....a few minutes later the real undertaker comes to take him away -- directly behind me an older woman says to her husband, in a thick Long Island accents...
"It's a monkey". My friends and I use that line now whenever something obvious has happened.

Not funny, but a good story, Octboer 2001, I had my long awaited night for the Producers -- 4th row dead center --the overture is about to start and I notice that directly behing me are four empty seats and two rows back another four empty seats. I start to get all indignant and huffy -- thinking "darn it, can't people have some basic courtesy and show up on time, hot tickets, impossible to get, balh, balh, blah..." THe lights come down and half way through the overture I hear the them coming in and some one in navigating to the seat sortof pushed down on my shoulders. I turn around to give them the evil eye and I am face to face with Bill and Hillary Clinton...I guess now I understand why they waited...immediatley after intermission, Bill leaned over and said he was sorry -- I got their autographs quickly before the rest of the audience ralized who was in the theater....

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At AIDA, at least TWICE when "Written in the Stars" starts:

"Ooooooh! THIS IS THAT ELTON JOHN SONG!!!!!"

Overheard just outside the theater at the musical of TITANIC

"Ok.. so who plays the Leo role?"

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My 2 favorites:

I went to see Avenue Q once a few months ago, and I heard two people in front of me, a husband and his wife. His wife had to absolutely repeat everything, and she seemed kind of reluctant to repeat anything that was extremely crude:

(End My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada)
Man: And I can't wait to eat her WHAT?

Woman: Never mind that, dear.
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And before that, during The Internet is for Porn-

Man: The internet is for WHAT?

Woman: For porn.

Man: No, no it isn't!

Woman: That's what he said.

They did that during the entire show- I completely lost it.

When I saw Wicked sometime in June this lady behind me started singing Defy Gravity. I really wanted her to SHUT UP! Then she kept commenting on every single scene. I hate people like that. When it was intermission she was like "this is my 3rd time seeing it" Then some of her friends from different seats came over and they were talking about other shows. Someone asked if any of them have seen The Lion King and asked if she liked it. She said it was "alright". I'm sorry but the Lion King is not just "alright" true it is almost word for word the movie but you can't say "alright" to something with those amazing sets and costumes.

OK I hope this won't offend anyone...
I have an absolute HORROR and FEAR of Midgets...I can't help it. I KNOW they are people. I know I am terrible but they scare me to such a point of fear...I could die.
WELLLLLLL I went to LA Boheme when it was on Broadway. In one scene my friend gave me our binoculars (we were all the way at the top) and he said "Oh my god you gotta see this look stage right all the way down stage" and I did as I was told .....MIDGET RIGHT THERE....RUNNING NO LESS...I hate when they run....welll I screamed "OH GOD...OH GOD" and I threw the binoculars....and YES...I hit someone....This taught my friend a lesson...find out if midgets are in the show before purchase of tickets is made.

I also had someone answer..YES ANSWER their cell phone during Rocky Horror...they were sitting behind me so I stood up took it out of their hand and shut it, and said "thank you"...they werent to fond of me, but like I care.

Also witnessed a fight between Sebastian Bach's wife and some female fans he had known a little too well outside the theatre...ahhh drama.

http://freakymartian.ihelix.net/millie/BrandonITurnedtheCorner.mp3

At that link, I was listening to Sutton Foster and Brandon Wardell sing "I Turned the Corner." If you listen towards the end, very closely, you can hear some lady say, "I don't like it." I wonder if Sutton and Brandon heard...

It was 2002 Broadway in Bryant Park.

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Updated On: 7/30/04 at 11:31 AM

Mister Matt, that is adorable :)

I overheard a convo between visitors - a father, mother, and son - in a restaurant just a couple of days ago. They were going to try and get tickets at TKTS and were discussing what shows they wanted to see. The mother asked if anyone knew anything about "The Boy From Oz"

Father - that's the Wizard of Oz one I think
Mother - is the Wizard the boy?
Son - no - he's a gay songwriter I think
M - the Wizard? Who is?
S - the boy
M - who is it?
S - some guy that everybody likes
F - oh yeah - I heard about that. It's got someone like Tom Cruise or one of those guys in it
S - no, it's someone else. I can't remember his name
F - (starts rattling off a lot of different actor's names - ending with Brad Pitt)
S - maybe that's who it is

The conversation ended here. I got up to leave and as I approached the door, I heard one more line:

M - I didn't know Brad Pitt was gay

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THE KING AND I tour in Dallas recently...

The King enters..."He has hair. He is supposed to be bald."

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Haa these are great!

My friend went to see Rent last year, he'd heard me raving about it for years. I asked him what he thought of it, and he said it was ok. "So the dude with the glasses and the guitar player used to date right?" I yelled no and he asked "So why were they all over eachother?" *sigh* Obviously he needed my guidance, should have gone with him.

Usually, I'm so self-involved I tend not to notice anyone else when I am seeing a show, so I've probably missed out on some great little incidents.

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