Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 66

ErinDillyFan-Now that's funny.

(I have heard someone answer during a show and say they were at a Broadway show. Made me want to say "Then, what the hell are you doing on the phone?!")

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Hee- The next time some dumbass walks by asking "what are y'all waiting in line for?" while I'm on the rush line front of the Palace, in front of the two foot high pink letters that spell out Legally Blonde, I am so doing this:


Lady: What are you all waiting for?
26th guy in line for iPhone: The new Harry Potter book.
27th guy in line: Shrek 4.
28th guy in line: Free crack. [Lady walks away.]

--AT&T store, Union Square
Overheard in NY: Cheap Sex! Cupcakes! The Guillotine!

My friend and I went to see the Spamalot tour when it was in Dallas. During the finale, she leans over and asks, "Kate! Is that Kristin Chenoweth dancing in the back of the group?"

Yes, because Kristin would be in the ensemble on tour when she could be in NY doing Young Frankinstein or in LA filming a movie.

*headondesk*

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Okay, I'm not big on these (since I think it's mostly just a buncha stuck up new yorkers who think they know everything posting comments that really aren't that big of mistakes in the first place), but I do remember a semi funny/sad moment during the intermission of Company...

I was in line for the bathroom and 2 mid twenties frat-guy types walked past me...

1st Guy: So are we like GOING YET?
2nd Guy: DUDE, It's not THAT bad!

On my way into LB today, a family was like "In the last HARRY POTTER" Snape killed Dumbledore, but I don't think he did. I think the author was trying to work everyone up just to **** with us."

"Who's the new Sutton Foster in this?"

- my mother, referring to "The Drowsy Chaperone"

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ok so this one is an "Overheard on tv" I guess, but it cracked me up...

So I'm watching a Law & Order rerun, and the cops are looking at the credit card statement of their suspect (a tourist who has only been in NYC for a week), and it goes something like "United Airlines, TKTS, The Met, Grimaldi's..." and so I was all "wait a sec- you can't use a credit card at the TKTS booth!"

I know there's no way for someone to know everything Broadway or whatever, but for L&O, a show that so prides itself on being set in and filming in NYC, I was just laughing at TKTS appearing on the perp's credit card statement.

This is from Spring Awakening a while back...

An old couple was sitting behind me reading their playbill and I hear..."Look at the cast they are such babies. Oh this must be a nice wholesome teen show. What are all those people doing sitting on stage? Oh, they are all in the show dear."

The couple didn't come back after intermission.

Yay, I finally have one!!

When I came back from a recent trip to NYC I saw The Color Purple w/ La Fantasia, and my mother's friend was talking to me about it and she goes:

"Now Fantasia plays the role that Jennifer Hudson did, right?"

Me: "....Yeah"

Her: "Aww, wish I could've caught her. She was supposed to be really great"

I just didn't have the energy to correct her.

From overheardinnewyork.com:

Tourist: We're going to the opera tonight!
Waitress: Wonderful! Which opera are you going to see?
Tourist: Phantom!
Waitress, after stunned silence: ... You're gonna love it!

--Del Frisco's, 6th Ave

At the box office for "110 in the Shade": "Is Andrea McDaniel on tonight?"

Waiting in line for RENT rush tickets in Sarasota (we were all camped out on the sidewalk), a woman asked us: "Are you all in the cast?" We told her yes.

Mine isn't as funny as some other's, but here we go:

Me: I read in the playbill one of the main characters goes to NYU.
Former Roomie: Yeah, that's cool. It's a good job if you're in school. You only have to work, like twice a week.

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Intermission at Mary Poppins:

Woman: Dad, how are you enjoying the show?
Old Man: WHAT?
Woman: HOW - ARE - YOU ENJOYING- THE SHOOOW?!
Old Man: I didn't understand what the HELL is going on, and what I did understand I DIDN'T LIKE!

The look on their poor woman's face. I'm sure it wasn't as bad as the poor POOR woman whose "friends" went to Macy's after Act 1. My heart bleeds.

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Not a tourist comment, but this was relayed through my mom who went to see Chicago last Xmas.

This happened during Roxie's solo (foxy Roxie Hart).

During one of her talking breaks the actress looks out into the audience and she see's a kid.

Roxie: Oh! Hello...
Kid: Hi!
Roxie: How old are you?
Kid: 9.
Roxie: Nine? And they let you IN? Wow...


Edited to ad last story.

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Updated On: 8/13/07 at 02:43 PM

Not a tourist comment but Broadway related:

I was having dinner last night and a guest said that she was invited to see the new movie "Hairspray" but she didn't want to go because a long time ago she saw the John Waters' movie "Pink Flamingos" and thought "Hairspray" would be disgusting like that movie was. I assured her it wasn't!

Updated On: 8/19/07 at 11:54 AM