Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 14

pop_elph.... Where the heck did they get that from?

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pardon me while I bang my head on the keyboard...
QWERT QWERT QWERT.
There that feels better.

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During The Light in the Piazza

Woman: "I'm hungry, do they have a concession stand here?"
Other woman: "No, but I brought some snacks"
(As she brings out a bag of food)

Taken from one of my friends.

Teen:I wonder what "Hairspray" is about?
Mother: I think its a sequel to "Hair".

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I've got a few more I just thought of...

When I saw Wicked back in February 2005, the people in front of me were discussing JLT and swore she could not be Glinda because she wasn't blonde. They found Megan Hilty's headshot (back when she was the stand-by) and were convinced she was Glinda. I was sort of annoyed and wanted to lean in and correct them but I left well enough alone.

A non-theatre person asked me which shows were nominated for the Tonys this season, and when I told her, she asked, "No Phantom? Why not?" (I guess this is a kind of common mistake amongst non-theatre people.)

This one still makes me nuts, and this was exactly two years ago. During the intermission of The Boy From Oz, a friend of mine turned to my other friend and said, "Don't you think it's funny they wrote this story where Dorothy was Liza Minnelli's mother and then Liza married a gay guy?"

I was mortified.

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I have a couple.

I used to be fairly aware of the broadway world, or so I thought until I came here and was thrown into a world of composers and performers. In March my roommate and I went to see our school's production of "Into the Woods", which I knew nothing about. We almost left the theatre after the end of the first act because we thought it was over. Sadly, we weren't the only ones, and ushers were standing at the doors telling us it wasn't over. We both turned red and went back to our seats.

When the Rent tour came to Toronto in May there were some overzealous highschool kids sitting behind us. They had I Luv Rent painted on their faces and clothes. They were really loud and obnoxious and one guy in particular was really irritating me. He was explaining to all his friends where everything was going to be staged in a know-it-all manner. I eventually tuned him out and later overheard "What?? You mean it's not the same as the movie?" This kid who was so in love with Rent didn't even realize that they were two separate things and he knew nothing about the show. I just burst out laughing.

^^I personally cannot understand how people can't understand the concept of the Tony's when it is the same exact concept as the Academy Awards! Tonys: new year, new shows; Oscars: new year, new movies (both have their shows/movies needed to be open before the 'season' or consideration time limit is up) Do these people also think that Titanic is gonna be up for awards in the Oscars next year?! It's not exactly rocket science...

Updated On: 6/28/06 at 07:36 PM

These are so funny

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At the TKTS line yesterday:

WOMAN: If you can't get six seats together, just buy four. They'll let the kids in if we say they'll sit on our laps.

At Doubt yesterday:

2 Girls (about 13?) sit down at the other end of our row and ask the older couple next to them:

Do you know what this play is about? We just randomly bought tickets at TKTS.

at "sweeney" last night...

a middle aged couple with really strong (and VERY loud) long island accents:

man - okay, so patti lupone - how old do you think she is now?

woman - oh, she HAS to be in her late 60's...wasn't she 16 when she starred in that spanish show?


i just quietly giggled to myself...

no good musical theatre anecdotes, but will a movie based on a musical work?

I was one of 9 people, all under 25, watching the movie "Rent". A group of teenagers behind me were talking the whole time. By the time the second song came on this guy goes "they're singing AGAIN?!" and you can imagine he wasn't cool with Angel and Collins' kiss. It was all I could do to keep from saying "seriously, what did you think you were watching?"

I did however ask him to be quiet when they wouldn't stop coughing. To which he continued to fake cough for the next five minutes.

/end rant

Ashley, those stories never get old! I don't think I ever thought like that, but then again, I do have a Broadway actor in the family!

(I'm so proud!)

Why do you get mad? They can't help their ignorance.