Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 89

Maybe not "hilarious", but certainly a classic.

At the Jersey Boys tour stop in Atlanta, my husband and I were enjoying listening to the girl in the row in front of us giving an informative speech to everyone with her about the upcoming season. She had absolutely no clue about any of the shows, but was going ahead with her descriptions as if she did.

My fav part was when she told them about South Pacific. She said something about how eventhough South Pacific was an older show, it wasn't a classic like Oklahoma, it was, according to her, in fact a very modern show, and that was why she was looking forward to it. what????

I guess it was modern because it wasn't about cowboys... I don't know.

She also made some remark about how she wasn't sure what to think about In The Heights because she'd never heard of it.

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Updated On: 7/9/09 at 08:59 PM

It's more of an annoyance, but my grandma always refers to "In the Heights" and "Into the Heights." Drives me absolutely insane!

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I was in a production of Parade a few years back, and I never told my parents what it was about. So after the show, I walked into the lobby and my mom goes, "Well that was simply NOT about a parade."

Sometimes I slip and say "Into the Heights," but only because I love both In the Heights and Into the Woods so much and either one just rolls off my tongue, haha.


I have a story from back in December that I still remember. I was in line at the box office at Gypsy. A man at the window was buying tickets (I don't remember the conversation word for word, but...):

The orchestra was completely sold out for the performance he wanted to attend, so the B.O. dude told the man that he could sit in the mezzanine, but the man had one concern...
Man: "Will I be able to fit up there?"
B.O. dude: "Yes."
Man: "But aren?t the seats smaller?"
B.O. dude: "...Well I can put you on an aisle so you have more leg room..."
Man: "But are the seats in that section smaller?"
B.O. dude: "No."
Man: "They're the same size as the seats in the orchestra section?"
B.O. duge: "Yes."
Man: "Oh ok, I thought the mezzanine seats were smaller."

Updated On: 7/10/09 at 11:26 AM

I found this amusing. This is the text of the insert from the MTC inside the Playbills for "Accent on Youth."

Curtain calls only please. (PICTURE OF A CELL PHONE)

To better enjoy our time together, please turn of cell phones and other electronic devices(*) before the show.

Also, go ahead and unwrap your candies and cough drops too. They crinkle. It's distracting.










* anything that rings or beeps. Not only is it courteous, New York City law prohibits the use of cellular phones in this theatre.

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I LOVE getting hate mail about my HS productions. If you aren't ruffling a few feathers, someone isn't doing his job!

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I overheard an older woman at West Side Story tell her family that Josefina wasn't as good as Julie Andrews was in the movie. When her adult daughter tried to tell her Julie Andrews wasn't in the movie, the woman insisted she was with the resolute "I saw it when it was in theatres!"

Apparently they recast the movie for distribution.


More recently, this exchange that caused me to laugh aloud at the City Center box office.

Customer: "Is it stadium seating?"
Box Office: "No, it's theatrical seating."

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A few days ago, my friend and I were finishing up lunch at Junior's and I noticed that Blithe Spirit was starting to let out. Our conversation went something like this:

Me: "Sorry, but I didn't stage door when I saw Blithe Spirit. Would you mind if I just ran across the alley for a few minutes? I'd really like to try to meet Angela Lansbury."
Her: "Jesus, Christ, is she from Hair? No, you've already met her. I keep telling you, there's more to life than Broadway."

Lord, it was like the freaking trifecta!

1. Angela Lansbury has never, is not, and probably never will be in Hair.
2. I've never met her.
3. Even people who don't follow Broadway should know who she is!

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I forced one of my friends who isn't that into Broadway and has seen a couple of shows including Hair to watch this years Tonys. When Angela won, my friend texted me and said..I am so happy for her! She is huge in England (my friend is from England) I love her!!

I was so glad she knew who she was.

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Updated On: 7/11/09 at 01:06 AM

Overheard at Hairspray:

This was half-way through the show--two middle aged women whispering to one another regarding Edna:

"Is that a man?"
"I don't think so. It's just a very ugly woman."

I almost peed myself.

I sat in front of some 20-ish kids at a matinee of ALL MY SONS. There was one girl who kept going through the Playbill and telling her friends which plays she'd seen and which one she was going to see. Then, as if she just realized it, she blurted out, "Katie Holmes is in this show. She's amazing! Oh, and look, John Lithgow's in it too, This is an amazing cast! Okay, I'm really gonna like this show!"

I truly admire someone who can determine whether they'll like a show even before the performance begins.

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You mean like when you expect a movie to be good because of the all star cast? Yeah, it's not that inconceivable that someone would think like that.

At Toxic Avenger, a mom and her 9-11 year old son:

mom: wow! This theatre is way different than at Lion King!
Son: do you think it'll be as good?

Needless to say, both of their expressions were priceless during the first library scene!

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