Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?- Page 4
Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#75re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 2:35pm
*wipes off monitor*
Thanks a lot, beacon.
#76re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 2:58pm
Mister Matt- I KNEW we had something in common!!
another one:
I was in Florida...again....doing Kismet, I was the Caliph....In Act II, I start the show with Night of my Nights, I have on the baby blue costume with this silver sequine overcoat ( I looked like Norma Desmond on crack) anyhow, whenm the lights come up I hear " OH MY GOD That coat is GORGEOUS! I wonder where he got it!?" Same scene, different night: This old lady pokes one of the harem girls with a fork and says "Move over honey, I cant see the show!" The girl turns around and snarls at her....I AM the show!!! grrrr
Same show, different night....came offstage into the audience (Dinner theatre, you know!) and a women grabbed my arm and said "Your MUCH betta than Richard Kiley, I oughta know I saw the original!"
AH..The Chew and View, How I miss it!!
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#77re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 3:10pmhaha these are great
#78re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 3:11pmhaha these are great
#79re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 3:11pmI overheard this tourist lady say she thought rent was "hard to watch" because she was from east texas "and they just didn't have homosexuals and that type of behavior there."
#80re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 3:13pm
Funny..I live in Dallas...kinda in East Texas.
I know quite a bit of 'homosexuals' who live here.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#81re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 3:20pm
Yea I definitly CANNOT watch the Amazing Race...I would sob my eyes out...they terrify me and .."I hate when they run" to quote myself...i just think that no person should be that close and able to bite you at the knees at any second...ok I am scaring myself...Im thinking seeing Adrien in "THE VILLAGE" is less scary then the thought of midgets running....yuck!
#82re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:06pmOne of my favorite audience moments was during a preview of Sunday in the Park With George (the Broadway production). I was in the front row and an elderly couple was next to me. They sat in silence during the first act and when the lights came up for intermission , left , coats in hand. As they passed me, I overheard the lady say, "This was nothing like My Fair Lady". I burst into laughter, which only made them rush out faster. Updated On: 7/30/04 at 04:06 PM
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#83re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:09pm
"...."Yes, and her uncle is an actor and he's in this show and plays Chris. He's REALLLY good at acting because he is gay and doesn;t like girls and you can't even tell.".."
great! just great!
AIDA
There were about 4-5 older people behind me who were talking through "A Step to Far" - so loud that the woman next to me "shh"ed them. After Written in the Stars, when Amneris comes out one woman says "o0o The plot thickens" didnt try to be quite. It made me laugh despite my anger.
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
#84re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:09pmDont ya love Florida audiences!?
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#85re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:16pm
"*wipes off monitor*
Thanks a lot, beacon. "
Yeah, really...
This thread continues to be great. Many thanks to the person who started it!
#86re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:17pm
Bobby457....
I agree -- I had one experince at the Kravitz Center in Palm Beach -- it's not theater, but at a concert of a string orchestra -- my partner is a composer and had a piece on the program with a couple of the more famous "dead" composers (Bach and Mozart) -- his piece was first and it's a very Lyric and accessible piece -- after it was over I overhear the couple behind me:
Husband: "So, what did you think"
Wife: "We're old and they shouldn't make us listen to new music"
I just about wet myself!
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
#87re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:19pmThis one isn't that funny, but the first time I saw Assassins, the guy sitting at my table, but behind me was talking about how sick the show was the whole time. Finally, I and about five other people turned around and told him to shut up. He slammed his wine bottle down on someone else's table and stormed out. He was extremely flamboyant and everyone around the table got a good laugh.
"And it's mean and ugly..." NPH describing the world in 'Take me to the world' from Evening Primrose
#88re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:19pmOMG....How cute is that!?
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#89re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:21pmThe AIDA story reminded me (thanks :)) when Cheyenne was Radames and he takes off his shirt so Aida can scrub his back, there was an EXTREMELY loud "WOOOOOOOO!" in the audience. The rest of the audience started laughing for a few seconds and Deborah and Cheyenne looked amused.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#90re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 4:22pmAWWWWEEEEEE Chey CAN get that reaction outof people.....
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#91re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:11pmI dunno...In Miami the comments are all in Spanish....and loud...from latecomers.
#92re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:21pmThese stories aren't funny at all. WHERE'S THE COMIC GOLD OF YORE?!!?!
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#93re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:24pm
In the middle of a performance of Les Miserables, during "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" I heard two elderly women behind me have the following exchange:
1: Who is that guy?
2: I think thats Marry-us the one who got shot before
1: When did he become a monk?
2: I guess after he got shot.
1: Oh. Okay. That makes sense.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#94re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 6:45pm
Not sure if this qualifies, but heard at one of the BC/EFA GYPSY auctions of Hugh's tee-shirt and towel :
Bold lady from the mezz : How about a night with Hugh?
Mulheren: No
Bold Lady : Breakfast?
Mulheren : No
Bold Lady : An hour?
Mulheren : Not sure Hugh can last that long !
Expression on Hugh's face : Priceless 
Updated On: 7/30/04 at 06:45 PM
QueenMuppet
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
#95re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 7:40pm
Yes! When reading Mamie's story about the couple discussing BFO in the restaurant I remembered a similiar incident not too long ago.
I was in the line for the box office when I overheard two women:
1. I have to see Wicked.
2. Oh, me too, but don't you think they might be overdoing it with The Wizard of Oz?
1. What do you mean?
2. Well, first Wicked, now they are talking about opening The Wizard of Oz and don't forget about The Boy From Oz!!!! How many more stories do they want to make out of this movie!!!
1. Yeah, you are right.
I fainted.... almost.
QM
'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero
Updated On: 7/30/04 at 07:40 PM
broadwaybaby654
Featured Actor Joined: 6/21/04
#96re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 8:11pmI remembered another one...I saw the tour of Aida last summer and Mickey what's his name was Zoser. At intermission, I overheard two old ladys talking about how Mickey looked like a big monkey. I started laughing and they got freaked out and walked away.
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#97re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 8:12pm
...."Yes, and her uncle is an actor and he's in this show and plays Chris. He's REALLLY good at acting because he is gay and doesn;t like girls and you can't even tell."
Sweet baby jesus tell me you're not talking about Alan Gillespie!! PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS NOT ALAN GILLESPIE! I interviewed him for the Vancouver papers when Miss Saigon was here (which was around the same time it went to Seattle and Portland) and not so subtly macked on him for a good long while with no result. (He's a cutie.)
At the very least PLEASE TELL ME I DIDN'T TURN ALAN GILLESPIE GAY! PLEASE TELL ME I DIDN'T TURN ALAN GILLESPIE GAY!
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Updated On: 7/30/04 at 08:12 PM
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#98re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 8:20pmNot funny but true: every time I saw Wicked, besides opening night, people said it shouldve won the Tony. At least they have it right.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#99re: Have you ever overheard funny comments in the audience?
Posted: 7/30/04 at 8:34pm
Heres a classic:
Gypsy; last Christmas season
There was an old man with his wife next to me and they reeked of moth balls and Lysol...anyway...he turns to his wife during "Everythings Coming up Roses"'s intro (with the letter about June leaving) and he goes "BETTY...MY HEADPHONES ARENT WORKING!" (He was wearing the headphones that project the sound on the stage) and until "You Gotta Get A Gimmick", all I heard was him screaming to his wife and the static from the headphones. Then, during the finale of "Let Me Entertain You", he screams to his wife: "HEY BETTY! I KNOW HER!! SHES A STRIPPER!!" I was peeing in my pants... and meanwhile, he realizes the story line at the last second. It was painful
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