Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 73

My 23 year old niece went to see XANADU last night and overheard 2 girls after the show say:

"...I wish other shows wrote songs like this. They sound like they could be on the radio or something. They sound so 80's."

Oy!

UPDATE: misquoted my niece.

Updated On: 2/24/08 at 11:28 AM

"Broadway is so classy"

While listening to THE LITTLE MERMAID's recording in the dorm last night:

KID: "So are they gonna remake the movie with the new songs then?"

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The girl sitting behind me was flipping through her Playbill, and saw Lin-Manuel Miranda (Usnavi; Music and Lyrics; Original Concept)

"He was in 'Music & Lyrics!'"

Last night at Gypsy's intermission there were about 8 people arguing over who played Herbie in the movie. This one woman said "Jack Lemmon" and this other guy said "I don't think so" and she emphatically said it was him. After a few more minutes of arguing I couldn't take it anymore and said "Karl Malden". The one guy came up to me and said "Thank you, I knew it wasn't Jack Lemmon", but the other woman said "Who asked you? Why don't you just go see Young Frankenstein?" (Whatever that meant.)

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 04:38 PM

Has Patti seriously kicked a playbill? I would too. But, is that true?

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Oh really, Did she say anything?

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My mother told me a story that when she saw Show Boat revival in 1995, the woman behind her kept saying how she thought Rebecca Luker could pass as her identitical twin (and apparently, they were fairly similar looking) and proceeded to say that until an usher told her that they be true, but Rebecca is far less obnoxious and told her to be quiet because she was being disruptive.

Last evening I'd gone up to Cafe Eurpoa across from the Broadway (less crowded than the one on 43rd). I was walking back down towards the Marquis and had crossed over to the west side of the street. As I walked by the Broadway, there were people peering in the lobby and reading the signs about The Color Purple. One of them stopped me and asked if I lived here. When I nodded, she said "Oh! Then you can help us! Where is this playing now?"

I asked, "The Color Purple?" and she nodded. I said "I think they have a tour out right now, but it's not playing in New York."

She shook her head and said "But this says it played its last performance at the Broadway Theater... So what theater is it at now?"

I explained again that the show had closed in New York, but there was a national tour out, so it might come close to wherever they lived.

She looked at me, very confused. I tried to smile sympathetically and just said "I'm sorry. It's closed." and headed on down the street when she turned back to read the sign again.

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When I went to see White Christmas in Cardiff...there was an old dear behind me singing along! It amused me more than annoyed me :)

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