Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 26

Ashley, listen to your friend and see Kiss Me, Kate. Although it's (as you said) not running anymore, you can watch the DVD of the London production (the same as the Broadway revival) with Brent Barrett and Rachel York. It's the best show ever!!!

"Richard O'Brien (see my seemless link there?!) used to get huuuuuuuuuge boos at the end of Chitty in the West End - he was just so good at the role. I think in the UK it was kind of like panto - the baddie always gets booed, right to the bitter end - it's a sign that you've done it right! "

The first time I saw Chitty in London, I was startled when the boos and hisses started when the Child Catcher made his first appearance. On subsequent visits, however, I joined in enthusiastically. By the time most of the original cast left the show in March of 2003, even the spies were getting boos and hisses!

I saw three Child Catchers in London, and they were all good -- Richard O'Brien, though was the absolute best of the three!

Not sure if this counts, but I was standing in line at TKTS in Leicester Square behind two American ladies. When they reached the booth, they enquired about a play that was on at the Haymarket (can't remember what it was) and they asked if it was a comedy. The guy in the box office said, 'Yes, but the comedy is so subtle you probably wouldn't realise it was a comedy.' I thought that was marvellous.

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at Tarzan, after the show had ended, a bunch of people swarmed the orchestra pit because wow, theres actual people in there. I was waiting for BG2 to bring me my wheelchair so I could leave. When he did, I said excuse me to the woman who basically had her butt in my face so I could get up and she turned around, looked at my wheelchair and said "oh, youre one of those high maintenance people." Erm, WHAT?!

I forgot about this one. This was spoken by a friend's mother who is the epitome of New York Jewish woman (now living in the Mid-west).

"So we saw this musical CATS, and its about a bunch of people who dress up like kitty cats and they sing and they dance, and, well, thats not the story. The story is these cats get together once a year to pick a kitty to go to kitty heaven. So they pick this old cat who used to be a whore. At the end she sings this big song, and they blow her through the roof."

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COOOOLkid, your post made me remember something.

It's not a hilarious comment, but it's an "I used to believe" thing.

I used to think Les Miserables's music was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber up until last year.

*cringes*

I would just like to say how offended I am about some of these comments that degrade people who do not know theatre as well as most of you seem to know.

It has been most recent that I learned the ways of Broadway and realize that there are peopel who do not know as much as I do about certain shows and people who are in the shows.

I sometimes find myself mistaking other actors with other people.

I know what most shows are about or research shows I do not know about before I go see them, but I do not degreade people for going to see a show they are not sure they will like, or know nothing about.

I think some of you guys have your noses so far up your (uh huh) that you think just because you know everything, you can make fun of someone who doesn't know as much as you.

Anyways, I do think a lot of these instances are hilarius and I've enjoyed reading most of them. But some of them I have personal expereince with for myself and think you guys need to think back to when you did not know as much as you do now.

Am I right at all or does this not make sense?

I just got home from the final Les Mis tour show.

After it was over, the middle aged man next to me turned to his wife and said:

"Well, it wasn't Mamma Mia!"

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*bump*

I stole this from Overheard in New York and thought it was funny.

Little girl, holding Phantom Of The Opera playbill: Mommy, were those two people married?

Mother: What two people?

Little girl: Those two people who kissed.

Mother: No. Those were actors. They were just acting in a play.

Little girl: But then outside, I saw them hug.

Mother: I think they were just saying, "Good job." That's how they say, "Good job."

Little girl: Well, I saw them kiss so they better have been married!

WhenURScrap, I dont think it's a matter of making fun of people who don't know everything there is to know about the theatre, but more of making fun of people who talk and act like they absolutely know what they are talking about even when they have no idea.

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This thread kept me busy for the past few hours at work, so I had to contribute a few of my own.

After I saw Spamalot for the first time and I was waiting by the stage door for autographs, this annoying guy next to me decided to jabber on and on to David Hyde Pierece while he was signing. Seriously, this guy wouldn't stop talking, and he thought he was being clever when he was actually being insulting. I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was something like this (insert grunts and "uh huh"s from David periodically):
"Hey! You did great! But not as funny as that show, Frasier. You were the funniest thing on that show."
David: "No, we all know the dog was the funniest part."

He said some other stuff about how Tim Curry and Hank Azaria were better, but unfortunately I don't remember it all.

And then there were some from last year, with my poor theater-ignorant friend. He loves Law & Order, especially Jesse L. Martin, and he knew that I'm obsessed with RENT. When the movie was out, he kept telling me that I had to see it with him because he wanted to see Jesse sing. Then we had the following (approximate) conversation:
Him: Is it still playing in New York?
Me: Yeah.
Him: When does it play?
Me: Broadway shows play all year, six days and eight performances a week, until they close for good.
Him: Great! I should come visit you and we can go see Jesse in RENT.

Then, after we finally saw the movie together, in the first half hour or so:
Him: Wait, Jesse's friends with these guys????
Me: Yeah, what did you think?
Him: I thought the movie would be about a bunch of gay artists and drug addicts and Jesse goes all Law & Order on them and arrests them.
Me: ...

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I have just about the same experience with a good friend that thought the same thing about Jesse L. Martin,Rent,and Law and Order as Yero My Hero's friend.

Updated On: 7/24/06 at 04:00 PM