Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 87

LOL, I have no idea who Paula Dean is.

---

Thanks for the tip (GOOGLE, you say?), but my point was actually that in my world, Patti and Mandy are the celebrities and Paula Dean is an American cook, restaurateur, and Emmy Award-winning television personality whom I have never heard of.

---

At RENT Tour in San Diego..
I'm sitting in the theatre and this lady and her friend sit next to me and the first thing that she says is, "Is there anyone good in this show???"

During Intermission:

Lady #1- "Wasn't this show on Broadway?"
Lady #2- "No, I think it was on off-Broadway for about five years, and then once the movie came out they moved it to Broadway"

It was hilarious!!

---

Oy, so many stories to be told. Here's some recent ones that I can recall.

At a Cleveland performance of the Jesus Christ Superstar tour, the woman behind me decided not only to sing along terribly, but to narrate the show. Incorrectly.
"But he doesn't take the money! Wait, yes he does! No...he doesn't." (He does.) "OH, YES HE DOES!"
"And now she sings 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'!" (Mary exits.) "...." (A few minutes later.) "Oh, NOW she sings it!"
All of the above occurred very loudly.

Coming from the same woman, in regards to Ted Neeley, who was playing Jesus. "He's 65? Wow! I mean, I know he was 63 when I saw him two years ago, but..."

And some others:

At Spring Awakening:
My friend reads the program and sees the listing for one of the swings. Having seen the show before, she believed that the character was playing the swing on which certain things take place during the act one finale.

At my school talent show:
Me: Oh, she's singing Defying Gravity!
My friend: Is that the one about finding your grail?

Today in choir, after my teacher has played Brand New You to us from his computer.
Me: So, are you thinking about doing Brand New You for Showchoir next year?
Him: Well, the co-director sent it to me...what musical is it from again?
Me: 13.
Him: Isn't that the one that Antonio Banderas was in?
Me: ...no. That was Nine.

Updated On: 4/6/09 at 01:31 PM

after next to normal...
"that was just like seeing spamalot!"

Yesterday, I was playing some songs from my brand new iPod in the car with my mom. Since she loves Wicked, I started playing a version of "Tonight" from West Side Story sung by Kristin Chenoweth and Hugh Panaro, and I said, "Hey mom, can you guess who this singer is?"

She squinted for a minute, then said, "... Is it that lady who told everyone to stop taking pictures?"

I thought it was cute. Not just that she mistook Kristin Chenoweth for Patti LuPone, but also that she identifies Patti LuPone as "That lady who told everyone to stop taking pictures."

---

Updated On: 4/18/09 at 05:01 PM

About 30 minutes into DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS, a woman behind me turned to her husband and said: "This isn't a comedy!"

HAHAHAHA! I wish I would have thought to respond to them by saying something like that! Brilliant, just plain brilliant!

---

This one happened to me yesterday as I was standing at TKTS.

Two older, upper-east-side-fabulous women were discussing the red steps.

"I just don't get it. I mean, where do they go? Someone could just fall off the other side."

---

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 09:19 AM

My grandparents had just seen Wicked when the tour stopped in Fort Myers, FL. They know how much I love Broadway shows, especially Wicked, so Granny started telling me about the show when she came up to visit. It went something like this:

Granny: So, I saw Wicked in Florida and it had the original Broadway cast playing the two girls.
(My dad later explained that they were not the original "two girls")

(Later) Granny: Oh, Meg, you're singing "Popular" for the talent show?
Me: Yep.
Granny: That's the one the blonde girl sings, right? Glinda? Or GA-linda as they say.
Me: (fake laugh as Granny really laughs) Yeah.
Granny: And she sings it to the green girl. What was her name?
Me: Elphaba.
Granny: Yeah, I think that's it. What was it? Felaba?
Me: Elphaba.
Granny: Okay.

---

Sweeney Todd tour:

Girl: Well maybe there's a band bellow the stage and the cast just pretends they're playing instruments.

---

Several weeks ago when I was in the drama bookshop I was paying for a book at the register, and this guy on his cell phone outside screams into the phone "I don't see a book store". It was one of those great NY moments. When the cashier and I heard that we both just broke out in laughter.

---