Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members- Page 25

Posted: 7/20/06 at 8:13pm

You don't need to join to read the site And yes as a matter of fact i did read this entire thread today from start to finish . Did i do something else wrong .

I shan't be bothering any of you again.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 8:37pm

I followed these boards for a few weeks without joining.
Updated On: 7/20/06 at 08:37 PM

Posted: 7/20/06 at 9:09pm

I guess they assumed Wickedday was American. Not many Europeans know what Broadway is. I was talking to my Irish cousins about Broadway once and they asked me, "What's that?"

It's not being rude. It's ignorance.

Okay, a new story:

This year, my high school did Fiddler on the Roof for our spring musical.

We got rave e-mails to my choral director's inbox and she posted them up on the door.

One of them was from our football coach. Moore is the last name of our Tevye.

"Amazing show, Karen! Those kids are extremely talented. You work wonders with them. Keep up the good work.

Coach Gilbert

p.s. Who taught Moore that butt-jiggle dance?"

I about pissed myself when I read that.

Football coaches...

[Tokyogirl119]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 12:40pm

This is actually incredibly embarassing.

I was seeing Wicked (in Chicago) with an after school group of mine.

When the actress playing Madame Morrible and the actor playing the Wizard came out, most of the group booed! Me and my sister practically hid in our seats.

To make matters worst, when they were trying to get us to donate for that charity thing (this was about a year ago), Ana Gatseyer even commented on it.

EDIT: Stupid typos.
Updated On: 7/21/06 at 12:40 PM

[mijofly19]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 12:44pm

Kevin Cahoon got booed after every performance of CHITTY. I've seen it after a few other shows too. Sometimes at shows where there weren't even any chlidren. People have to learn that the curtain call is the time to cheer for the actor, not boo the bad guy.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 12:45pm

At Wicked:

"Gee, Elphaba looks totally different in person than she does on stage"

To David Garrison:
"Lady: Who'd you play?
DG: The Wizard.
Lady: No you didn't. Who'd you play?
DG: The Wizard. That's my picture. See?"

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 12:48pm

mijofly19, they cheered for him at the final performance.

[mijofly19]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 12:51pm

That's good. I imagine they did for the opening too.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 1:20pm

Oh, if I were playing a villain in a show that kids/families go to, I'd be tickled pink to hear booing. Maybe a Morrible/Wizard boo isn't very appropriate, but I'd feel I'd done a completely ****ty job if I were playing the Childcatcher and *didn't* get boos at the end. ^_^

Maybe I've just done panto a few too many times. *shrugs*

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 2:29pm

My grandparents tell the story of how they took my dad to see Tosca (I think it was Tosca) when he was maybe six or seven years old. At the curtain call, when Tosca (or whichever lead actress it was who died during the opera) came out, he turned to his dad and said "Did they bring her back from the dead?"

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 2:33pm

That's a little inappropriate to boo Moribble and the Wizard.

[LyTeMyCanDyI]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 4:39pm

Not exactly Broadway, but I was recently in my school's production of Guys and Dolls. I played General Cartwright. My friend couldn't grasp why I couldn't have been one of the "strippers", as well. i explained to him that I was the head of the Mission and we didn't have the skills to make me look totally different. He also said it didn't matter, he left at intermission to go to a party and missed the strip scene anyway. I got ,mad that he left when I asked him to come see me and his response to that was, "I saw you...::singing totally the wrong notes:: "Follow, follow the flood." Now, the real thing is follow the fold. I just gave up and walked away.


Then the first time I saw Sweeney there was this whack job guy who was screaming at 7PM that we'd never be in our seats in time for the first act. Then at the stage door he asked every actor to go get some pie with him. He thought he was a riot. nobody else did.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 5:12pm

Gte pie with him? That's pretty creepy.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 10:27pm

bump

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 10:38pm

Oh, God, I forgot about the pie thing. I saw him, too. What a nut. Patti gave him the dirtiest look I've ever seen.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 7/21/06 at 11:42pm

"Oh, God, I forgot about the pie thing. I saw him, too. What a nut. Patti gave him the dirtiest look I've ever seen."

That's hilarious!

[LyTeMyCanDyI]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:33am

Yankeefan and I were about ready to kill him. He brought a book bag with him too. I think he had his own human pies in the bag in case someone took him up on his offer...odd man.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:40am

a tourist at Tarzan tonight at intermission:

Young Man: this is the second best show i've ever seen in my life
Adult: what was your first favorite show?
Young Man: Jekyll & Hyde!

LOLOLOL

[missyrose87]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 2:21am

Old lady to her husband as they were coming out of Wicked:
"This reminds me of that show we just saw, CATS."

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 7:45am

They are the worst pies in London....

[YessicaB]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:46am

Well this is more something i saw:

Yesterday my friend and I walked past where the Rocky Horror Picture Show is playing here in the west End and it was intermission... well about 40% of the theatre goers, including old, fat, etc people were dressed "in costume", meaning fishnets, make-up the whole nine yards... it was pretty amusing ...lol

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:03am

ick. I just don't get why people dress up in a costume to see a show... I thought I've seen enough people wearing an overcoat and a cap in Les Miserables...

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 1:35pm

Rocky Horror, as you konw, isn't your typical show. With it's cult following, I'd be surprised if there WEREN'T a bunch of people in costume.

And I would LOVE to hear boos as a villain, I imagine it'd actually be sort of the same high as a laugh.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 2:27pm

I thought of another one. This happened last year.

Friend: Have you ever been to New York?
Me: Many times:
Friend: Oh, next time you're there you should see Kiss Me, Kate.
Me: How? It's not playing anymore.
Friend: Yes it is. It's been playing on Broadway for 50 years.
Me: I can assure you that no show has played on Broadway for 50 years.
Friend: Really?
Me: Really.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 3:33pm

At Les Miserables tour last month:

Before show:
Woman 1: Oh, I'm so excited!
Woman 2: Oh, me too! I've been waiting to see this since it opened on Broadway 4 years ago! It's Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest musical.
Woman 1: Didn't he produce [sic] Cats and Phantom of Oprah? (that's what it sounded like) Oh, and I think he used to be casted as the Wizard on Broadway in Wicked.
Woman 2: Oh, I know! He does everything! I saw him as the wizard on when Wicked came here last year, and oh, he was wonderful!

During Prologue:
Woman 1: I can't believe it! That's Andrew Lloyd Webber right there! (pointing at Valjean [Randal Keith]) Oh, my, he has such a rich voice!
Woman 2: I heard there was no actor who could play the part to satisfy him, so he got the part for himself.
Woman 1: Really? He must be really self-conceited.

Right after One Day More!:
Woman 2: Wow, that was amazing!
Woman 1: I totally agree with you! I'm surprised there's no standing ovation.
Woman 2: Some people think it's rude to give a standing ovation in middle of the performance, so they do it at the end.
Woman 1: Oh, hey! Look! (points at Rent ad in Playbill) They're showing movie of Rent here!
Woman 2: Isn't this theatre a bit too big for movies?
Woman 1: Oh, never mind. It's a live show. It says "Live" on it.
Woman 2: Oh really? I loved Rent! That girl.. um... Kristen Chenoweth, I think, played a lesbian girl and it was really touching.
Woman 1: Oh, I've heard many great things about her!

I had to go to the bathroom, so I left the spot.

It amazes me how people just agree and tries to act like he/she knows as much as the other person...