Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members- Page 38

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 12:51am

No, don't worry about it. Like I said, if I didn't know the story, it might have appeared weird to me, too. Christine DID love it, and showed everyone (I was there when she gave it to her). And she knows Christine, and they've kept in touch via emails. So it wasn't some random...crazy stalker fan thing.
:)

ETA: As per the crying, I didn't see anyone crying at the stagedoor (though it was really crowded, so it's possible that was the case). But most of the actors were openly weeping during the show, and the curtain call (there's video evidence of this floating around). So to say the actors were "relieved" and "happy to move on", while the fans were hysterically sobbing is a gross misrepresentation of what went on that night. Updated On: 9/14/06 at 12:51 AM

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 6:25am

broadwaychica, i think Michael's Ken doll was in the backstage broadway.com video...sounds cool!

so, any more hilariousness to share?

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 3:11pm

Actually, Michael's Ken doll was given to him by someone else. I think he said it was a...Secret Santa gift from a stagehand, or something.

A sort of hilarious story about Sweeney's closing night. I was in the second row , which was full of BWW people, and a lot of fans of the show (and one VERY obnoxious "fan", which we talked about on another thread). There was an older couple seated next to me, and they were visibly surprised at how everyone was waving at each other, and talking about the show, etc. So they asked what was going on, and a man who was seated behind us says:

"This is the closing show"
"Closing? What?"
"Yeah, this is the very last performance of this show. That's why all the hardcore fans are here"
"OH NO! We bought these tickets on a whim, cause we heard the show was good! So it's the LAST show? Are they going to change anything? Will we be able to understand it?"

[Julian2]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 7:04pm

God, thats good.

[Julian2]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 9:23pm

Ok, I finally have one!

I was watching the Celebrity Forbes 50 on E! or something. And it came to Andrew Lloyd Webber (in the 40's some where). And my 12-year-old sister just stares at the screen and goes, "I thought he was dead."

Updated On: 9/16/06 at 09:23 PM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 9:36pm

This thread is the most hilarious thing I have ever encountered in my lifetime.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 9:51pm

Not really overheard by a tourist but my dad told a friend of his at work about us seeing Jersey Boys. The guy actually asked if Frankie Valli was any good in the show. My dad told me and I was like, "Um, yeah, Frankie Valli's great. And they managed to bring Nick Massi back from the dead."

God, I'm sorry, but people can be so dumb! Seriously!

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 10:28pm

I was on the train going to Jamica to transfer into Queens and there was this group of men on the train talking about how one of them just saw the Drowsy Chaperone with their wife, then another man told him he had seen it also :

Man #1: Was that man supposed to be called "The Man In The Rocking Chair?" Or they just didn't have time to name him?

Man #2: That's a good question! I think they didn't have time to name him.

Man #2: And i'm also guessing they didn't have time to name "The Drowsy Chaperone" either. They named it after the show!

No comment.

[Mythus]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 11:17pm

I saw Cinderella at NSMT a week ago today. For the change from Cinderella's regular clothes to her blue dress - well, Cinderella left the stage to get the pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, I believe, and when she came back it was a double. Of course, you don't realize this when it happens, because no one's expecting there to be a double. The double lip syncs along with Cinderella's two or three lines, and then her godmother tells her to go stand "over there" and spin around. The double does so, and the platform she stands on lowers into the stage. Just as her head is out of view, the regular, not-a-double Cinderella rises from the platform in the center of the stage, in her blue dress.

It was simple, but effective. And apparently too effective, because at intermission, the lady in front of us turned around and asked us very curiously and seriously, "How did Cinderella change that fast?"

ETA: Oh, and another from the same night:

Portia (the not-so-bright sister): She doesn't sound very intellectual!
Man behind us: (laughs) (pause) What does that mean?
Woman behind us: Smart.
Man behind us: Oh. Updated On: 9/15/06 at 11:17 PM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:59am

Me: How do you like it so far?
Him: I expect the stage to be bigger…
Me: Bigger how?
Him: Well deeper, it looks like they would fall off.
Me: Ahh, well you see that is called a curtain and it will rise at the beginning of act one reveling the rest of the set.
Him: *blushes and hides behind his program*

I kinda had that experience when I saw Peter Pan in Boston. I was a kid. I saw the curtain and thought, "This is it?" Then the curtain rose and I thought, "Oh."

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:22am

My Aunt after Lestat: "I just kept waiting to hear Elton John songs and they never came!"

That's how I personally felt about the score. I was expecting Aida, all I got was a scarier version of Little Women.

[ReNtHeAd04]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 5:43pm

i overheard this between a senior couple last night at spelling bee.

man: we should really see spamalot
me: definetely see it- it's very good
woman: no i want to see monty python
man: oh yeah..wait. isnt that the same thing
woman: no no no.. its monty python and spamalot. two completely different shows..

i couldn't help but chuckle :)

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 8:07pm

I was on the train and heading into the city to see THE SINGING NUN. On the train were two hetero couples. They were nicely dressed and obviously were celebrating the birthday of one of the guys. They'd brought a bottle of champagne aboard and were enjoying themselves. They were going to have lunch and see AVENUE Q. One of the gals read a synopsis of AVENUE Q to the others so they would understand what the show was about. (For Heavens sake, this wasn't IL TROVATORE. What need was there for a synopsis?). Anyhow, when the dramatic reading of the plot was over, the other gal asked each one what their favorite shows were. The usual answers popped up: POTO, LES MIS, etc. Then one of the guys said (and I love this!): "Who cares? So long as it's on BROADWAY. There's no rubble on BROADWAY."

I think that man should be strapped into a seat and be forced to watch THOU SHALT NOT or IN MY LIFE. He's got to learn a thing or two!

[Benjamin Barker2]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 8:24pm

The following conversation takes place at a performance of the Pillowman.

Old Lady: Excuse me, do you know what this play is about?
Woman sitting next to her: Its about a storyteller who writes stories about children being tortured.
Pause.
Old Lady: Isn't it supposed to be a comedy?

Then, as I left the theater after the show...

Other Old Lady: There's theater of the absurd and theater of the sick. And that was theater of the sick!

[Julian2]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 4:04pm

BUMp

[ILoveWicked330]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 5:21pm

My friend at The Wedding Singer

*When Glen buys Julia a cd player*
My friend: Why is he buying her a cd player? Nobody uses those anymore...

not realizing the show was set in 1985...

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 9/19/06 at 7:43pm

At Spelling Bee the other day:
(two women behind me after the show)
Woman 1: Look at this (points to piece of paper in playbill that tells you what understudies performed) that girl in the overalls (Olive) was an understudy.
Woman 2: Really? I never would have guessed. She was very good.
Woman 1: Yeah there's two of her. She switched during the show.
Woman 2: Are you sure?? I thought that . . .
Woman 1: Yes, I am sure.

lol. the understudy was on the whole time. :)

[feinstein9]

Posted: 9/19/06 at 11:45pm

bway baby, those people are a little dense. jessica snow wilson and kate wetherhead look/sound nothing alike! at all! btw has anyone seen jsw yet, or is this her first night? i think they should've let kate be the official olive and not just the understudy... she's so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute. anyway, i'm sure there are a lot of halarious stories from spelling bee, as there have to be a lot of people who don't "get" it.

[sarbear2]

Posted: 9/20/06 at 9:55pm

During intermission of The History Boys--

Loud, obnoxious, older woman: (about Mrs. Lintott) Isn't Allison Janney great in this? I had no idea she could do such a realistic British accent!
My friend: Um, that's Frances de la Tour, not Allison Janney-
Loud, obnoxious, older woman: Of course it's her! She took time off from The West Wing to do the show!

Keep in mind that this was last Friday's performance.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 9/20/06 at 10:55pm

Wow, there is kind of a slight resemblance between Allison Janney and Frances de la Tour, now that you mention it. But that woman is still a douchebag.

[algy]

Posted: 9/21/06 at 3:43pm

On the tube after Wicked in London last night:

Middle aged lady: Weren't the paralells to the Wizard of Oz clever.

Her Friend: I know! It was so clever!

[MandaGurl]

Posted: 9/21/06 at 7:12pm

When I first saw the Wedding Singer back in April, there were these two idiots in back of me who every time Kevin Cahoon did something onstage would yell out: OMG I LOVE HIM...and then they were chatting about how great he was in the movie...he is such a good actor..bla bla bla..he was in bride of chucky right???...yeah I was dying with laughter besides being annoyed.

-Amanda*

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 9/21/06 at 9:01pm

^ Haha!

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

Posted: 9/22/06 at 2:29am

at RENT....


woman: what happened to Angel
girl: that's not his name is name is ANO
woman: then why does everyone call him angel?
girl: because its a nick name. You know like everyone called Idina Elphaba

woman; that doesn't make any sense

10 minutes later...


woman: so really, what happened to Angel. he didn't die, I don't think he did
girl: No my, geez, he didn't die!! He went to the Alphabet City
woman: so where does the shwo take place?
girl: In New York! Jesus, aren't you watching!!



I WAS DYING!!!!!!!!!

[actor]

Posted: 9/22/06 at 8:51am

I went to see Aida (the opera) when I was in Italy. The people behind me had the following conversation before the show.

Man: Who wrote this again?

Woman: I think it was Elton John.

Grandmother: Isn't he gay?

Child: Ew!

Woman: There's nothing wrong with that.

Man: Kathy (speaks to wife), I don't want you to be a bad influence on our child.