Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 79

Alright I have a few from a recent trip to NY
At Wicked waiting in my seat during intermission:
A couple (man and woman) sitting behind me, the woman is flipping through her playbill and comes across an add for Ambien CR:
Woman: OMG I was on this, wow read all the side effects, doing things while you are not fully awake and not realizing you have done them later. Wow like driving a car, eating and sex!
Woman to her husband: Have we had sex while i was on ambien
Man: No i dont think so
Woman: oh good cause I probably wouldn't remember

I nearly died of laughter right there

Oh same man as previous story:
Man: I hear they are making this into a movie and Reese Whiterspoon is going to be in it
Me: I hope not, I mean i like her and all but no
Man: oh would you rather (flips through playbill) Kendra Kasseneboom (or something along those lines, completely murdered her name) played her?
Me: (trying not to laugh) As long as it is someone who can sing very well.
*I know she has a different name but it was still funny!


My mom after stage door at Wicked last summer
Lindsay K. Northern comes out
Mom to me: that was Elphaba's sister wasn't it
Which in turn got people around me thinking it was Cristy Candler
Me: No mom that wasnt she was an ensemble member
Mom to Lindsay: Great job, you were excellent as Glinda's sister

Oh and one last thing, I am from the East Coast of Canada, so we dont get a lot of Broadway exposure, so when i told people i was going to NY to see shows and naming the shows and the theatres my friends were like "what there are different theatres" they thought it was just like a movie and when a new show came along it would just go in that theatre or they would just change nightly. Oh boy...

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Yesterday at the A Chorus Line tour:

woman: Yeah I've seen Cats twice....
...and it was two times too many!!


I was thinking "You're not alone!"
At the same show:

woman 1: oh look! My Fair Lady came here!
woman 2: I saw that.
woman 1: Was it good?
woman 2: No. It had too much talking! And no dance numbers!!!!!!

It is very rare that someone on these sites is from Canada let alone the east coast!! haha
Nice to meet you too heathurrr

**Sorry for the threadjack!!

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This thread never ceases to make me laugh *lol*

Thank you all for sharing!!!

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I was online for "13" on Monday, and was sitting under the Golden marquis. Well a group of Greek tourists were switching buses and a little boy thought we were all homeless.

at in the heights this weekend... and older couple in their 50's were right next to us. the man was telling his wife that the show takes place in the bronx.

Woman: are you sure?
Man: Honey, I lived here for many years, I know new york.
Woman: i trust you, just doesnt sound right.

Man taps my shoulder: excuse me, do you live here?
Me: Yes
Man: Where does this show take place?
Me: Washington Heights
Man: the one in the bronx right?
Me: No, its in manhattan
Man: have you lived here long?
Me laughing inside but starting to get irritated: just a few months
Man: well i lived here for many years once and i am positive this is supposed to be the bronx.
Me really irritated: its not, but ok.
Man whispers something to his wife

*show starts*

Nina sings to Benny "i used to think the bronx was a place in the sky..."

Man nudges me really hard: i told you!
His wife nods proudly that her husband "was right" and i "was wrong".

i guess they werent writing it down when usnavi said "go to northern manhattan and maintain... get off at 181st..."

thank god he didnt test them later

Updated On: 8/28/08 at 10:29 AM

once at gypsy (back in may), an older couple sitting behind me start to look at their playbills, and the husband says..."oh i didn't know patti lupone was in this show". her name and face is plastered all over the theatre. haha.

Rather random one but to anyone that knows the Apollo Victoria in London well will find it funny.

Women 1 : Oh this theatres quite small isn't it
Women 2 : Yeah you think it'd be in a big theatre.

This is the theatre Wicked is playing at and its one of the biggest theatre in the West end and bigger than any Broadway Theatre.

I saw Rent a couple of months ago. I was seeing it with my gay ex-boyfriend, and as we hadn't seen each other in a few years, we caught up over some drinks before the show. For some reason the alcohol affected me more than it usually does... so when he asked me if I knew of anyone in the cast, I said "Oh yeah, well Adam Chase is pretty cool." Mixing up Adam Pascal and Will Chase. I knew it didn't sound right. Later I realized what I'd said, and all I could think was "Omg, someone probably heard me and I'm gonna be on that tourist thread on BWW!"

I think I've discussed this before in "Rude behavior" threads, but on Easter Sunday, a woman in the audience at Curtains started shrieking at me because she had bought a ticket at TKTS for "The thirteenth row, in the center!" I said, "First of all, ma'am, I can't help you, as I'm an usher. Secondly, you bought the ticket at TKTS, so our box office can't help you. Thirdly, you're in row N, seat 102, which leaves you in the thirteenth row of the center section, since there's no row I." She still wanted to talk to the manager.

From Overheard in New York:

Almost No One Pickles Children These Days

Mom: Honey, what's the matter?

Girl: Am I going to turn green for being a bad girl too?

Mom: Honey, I was just kidding about that!



--Gershwin Theater

Overheard by: Rogue

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Most of these crazy comments seem to be at Gypsy!