Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 7

"During the WICKED tour, after Fiyero said "It's just--you've been galinda-fied" then my friend next to me began to laugh hysterically "hahah! Thats not a real word!"


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

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Strove, striven, strived, striving, and strives are all words.

But that's not really the point of this thread, haha.

I don't have any stories, though... the ones I've read are hilarious.

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Updated On: 6/16/06 at 06:55 PM

Thank you, Wicked. You've taught me something. For that, I am sincerely grateful.

Oh, Jesus. Like the mother had any control.

SweetQ, you've posted some pretty funny stories. Thanks!

Mine too!

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don Miguel!

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HA HA!! This thread makes me happy!

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At "The Phantom of the Opera, Dec 6, 2003 matinee...the Blizzard of '03!

A group of 3 couples in front of me during intermission.

(2 of the couples stand up at the beginning of intermission and begin putting on their coat and scarves)

WOMAN 1: Where are you going?

WOMAN 2: We're going to Macy's...

(At this point my mouth dropped and I wanted to smack Woman 2 in the face)

WOMAN 1: (obviously devastated) MACY'S???!!!

WOMAN 2: Yup,...c'mone y'all.

(The first two couples leave)

(Women 1 sat there and started crying a little. I could tell in her voice when she spoke to her husband)

Women 1: They're going to Macy's...y'know, they don' apreciate nothing. I planned this trip a year ago! This really meant a lot to me. We risked our lives coming here to this great show...that's...what they did was just rude!

----------------It was one of the most heart breaking moments I've ever seen in a theatre in the house itself.

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Updated On: 6/16/06 at 08:58 PM

Macy's...of all things, too!

I have another one:

This was at "Wicked" back in february 2004 with Menzel and Chenoweth.

55ish WOMAN BEHIND ME: (looking through her souvenir program) Wow, how dot hey make the witch green like that?

HER COMPANION (also 55ish): (while looking at the picture) Ahh..must be a mask!

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Ah, this was back in 2000, when I was 13 and saw "Beauty and the Beast" with my school. I went with my band and choir, and the majority of the kids had obviously never been in a theater before - as they were generally rude and loud thoughout the show. But by the end of the show ... it was nuts.

It all started with Gaston's (Christopher Sieber, if I recall correctly) line that goes "Take whatever booty you can find". As soon as the word "booty" left his mouth ... the theater was rippling with a sea of laughter/OH MAH GAWDs

And then the first we see the Prince ... there was a huge chorus of "EWWWW, HE'S UGLY" from my group.

Pretty mortifying stuff.

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Oh! One I forgot....

At a performance of FOSSE a woman in front of me, with her fingers in her ears, yelled to her companion: "Oh my....it's way too loud....go in the back and tell them to turn it down!"

He didn't budge.

The most pathetic one I ever experienced happened at the Tonys just last week. I was in the restroom during a commercial break and these two middle-aged guys were standing at the urinals talking. Clearly they were friends who's wives had dragged them.

I'm paraphrasing
MAN 1: That History Boys or whatever it's called is winning a lot of awards.
MAN 2: I'm really surprised that Wicked isn't. That's the Wizard of Oz one. [Insert name of woman here] is always talking about that. I don't think they've even mentioned it.
MAN 1: Yeah, and Phantom of the Opera.

Wow. These are the types of people who you just can't waste your time correcting. Just enjoy their stupidity.

This was at The Lion KIng in March of 2005. There was this little kid in front of me who, at one point in the show when Rafiki is speaking a different language, said the following:

KID: I don't understand what he's saying, mommy.
MOM: It's not English, honey.

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