Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members- Page 86

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:08am

"FUNNY? I'm not going to read all 85 pages looking for a gem and it seems like most of these posts are just an opportunity to laugh at someone's ignorance"

You are so right TBD2. What I find funny are these posters who are imagining that they are sophisticated and knowledgeable about theater.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:19am

While I was waiting for SPAMALOT to start, the two elderly women next to me were utterly confused by the Swedish Playbill. They talked about it for a couple minutes, trying to figure out what it was, if they were accidentally at the wrong show. One of them finally said, "Oh, I guess this is what played here before." I was trying so hard not to laugh.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:15pm

Awww, Yero! That made me smile.

The second time I saw the Spamalot tour, this big guy two or three rows in front of me said really loudly, "What the [censored] is this [censored]? I thought you said this was Monty Python!" But somehow, it's funnier when it's two sweet old ladies.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:09pm

At play practice tonight the accompanist made quite a faux paw. She asked about Hairspray

"Didn't the girl in the movie win a TONY for her role?"

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:20pm

faux paw

Priceless!

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:58pm

Ok, this was a long time ago, so i totally forget which show it was... but anyways, i think i was about third row in the orchestra. Somewhere in that area. During intermission a woman about 30 walks down the isle with a baby probably about 3 years old (whatever happened to only 4+ in the theater?) and she says to the conductor and I quote-

"Would you mind keeping the music down a bit? My child was trying to sleep during Act 1."

The conductor looked at her like she had three heads as she walked away with a distant "Thank you very much."

I was literally dying!
Updated On: 2/24/09 at 08:58 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:09pm

This comment was heard out ere on Long Island, but it belongs on this thread:

A woman who knows me fairly well asked, "What's this play, AUGUST SAUSAGE COUNTRY about? Geeze, I've heard of 'summer sausage' but I've never heard of 'August sausage". Did somebody make a mistake?"

[MadPhan]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 7:21am

At a local theatre, in the preshow announcement;
"If you must eat candy, please keep the wrapper on."
I think every single person in the audience was laughing.
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 07:21 AM

[cglaid]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:54pm

On Saturday night I was waiting at the stage door of Hedda Gabler. A boy in front of me was talking to his friend about Patrick Wilson. He said, and I quote, "Patrick Wilson used to say he was from Brooklyn. Ever since the success of Watchmen, he won't say where exactly in Brooklyn."

I wanted to say --- Yeah, that's because creeps like you are trying to figure out where he lives. Was he serious?

[Jon]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:43pm

"Ever since the success of Watchmen"???

The movie opened Friday night.

[cglaid]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:44pm

Yeah I know. The conversation was wrong on all levels. Maybe he meant with all the hype/success?? I don't know. But I rolled my eyes.

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:51pm

dumbasses at rent stagedoor in newark
"Maybe if we sing la vie boheme really really loudly, Adam will come out!"
just no.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:46pm

A woman and her sister sitting next to me last night at HAIR were commenting on it being a revival (though she didn't know the word):
Woman 1: "This has been on Broadway before?"
Woman 2: "Yeah, a little while ago."
Woman 1: "Oh, so it's probably like the same thing."
Woman 2: "Well, they probably tweak it a little here and there so it's modern."
Woman 1: "Like, look at WEST SIDE STORY. It's going to be awful I bet."
Woman 2: "We should see GUYS AND DOLLS though. I read about it in the NYTimes. They loved it!"
Woman 1: "Let's go tomorrow!"

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:46pm

This one is courtesy of my friend, who has heard many songs from Sweeney Todd but has never seen it: "Wait, so is Johanna Mrs. Lovett's first name?"

For anyone who just listened to the cast recording without knowing anything about the plot, it WOULD make a very interesting show if Johanna was Mrs. Lovett.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:47pm

(Los turistas after seeing a guy walking around with a "Tony and Tina's Wedding" sandwich board at the TKTS booth)

"Oh, a weddin' right in Times Square! Isn't that sweet?"

[lull89]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 4:49pm

Those people talking about Patrick Wilson were probably referencing this article: http://nymag.com/movies/profiles/54999/

Specifically the quote: "While Watchmen is by far the most heavily promoted movie Wilson’s done—and probably the reason he’s now reluctant to reveal the precise neighborhood of his Brooklyn home—his track record with big-budget studio films has been a case study in near misses with mainstream recognition."

[Steve2]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 4:34pm

Thought people might think this is funny:

I went to West Palm Beach last night to see Patti and Mandy in concert. When I checked in to the hotel the receptionist asked if I was there on business. I replied that I was there to see the concert at the Kravis center and told him who was appearing. He replied "Well I don't know who they are but Paula Dean is at the Home and Garden Show, you should see her while you are in town."

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 4:37pm

(man trying to get his wife moving to go to the theatre) "i need to read the playbill so i can see who was on Law and Order!"

Made me happy.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 4:50pm

"Ok, this was a long time ago, so i totally forget which show it was... but anyways, i think i was about third row in the orchestra. Somewhere in that area. During intermission a woman about 30 walks down the isle with a baby probably about 3 years old (whatever happened to only 4+ in the theater?) and she says to the conductor and I quote-

"Would you mind keeping the music down a bit? My child was trying to sleep during Act 1.""

I actually know someone who would actually do something like that.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 5:14pm

Haha really? I was laughing so hard... It was actually really funny how the conductor looked over at me when he heard me laughing. He had a total wtf? face on. After the show, I walked over and thanked him for a great show and then we had a quick laugh at the expense of the distant mommy... =)

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 5:26pm

That made me laugh out loud.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 5:31pm

You really have no idea how hard I was laughing! I'm surprised she didn't notice me!

[glitterandjazzhands]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:26pm

I was at that show! And during intermission these two older women were talking about Patti and how amazing she is and one of them goes "Oh I just love her! She just won the Tony for Grease!"

I was dying.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 8:05pm

At Sunset Boulevard in London a couple of weeks ago, two ladies right behind me, totally serious, talking about other shows they'd seen:

"Well, there was that one in Japan --"
"Miss Saigon?"
"Yes, that's it!"

OMG.

[Weez]

Posted: 3/26/09 at 8:08pm

See, this is why I listen to my iPod until the lights go down. I tried listening out for humorous quotes from West End theatre-goers, but I just ended up wanting to slap people. XD