Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members- Page 89

[NGeorgiaBwayFan]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 8:59pm

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.

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

[snowskittle]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 9:21pm

Overheard during a Wicked intermission.

From a child -- "she's not really that scarry"

[DaNciNgFairy291]

Posted: 7/9/09 at 10:40pm

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

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 9:11am

This happened when I was about thirteen.

Me: (Pointing to a poster advertising a production of La Cage aux Folles) What's that about?

Mom: I'm not really sure. I know it's very controversial. I think it's about lesbians who are trapped in a birdcage.

I seriously thought that was what the show was about until last year.

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 9:59am

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."

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 10:13am

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

I heard someone call it "Into the Heights" once as Priscilla Lopez was walking by. Made me giggle.

[legally_popular]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:26am

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

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 1:23pm

Not really a comment, but I love when I'm waiting in line to rush a show (particularly when I've rushed SOUTH PACIFIC) and I can hear the old ladies at the box office window spewing out all these random dates to the worker and saying "I need somewhere where I can actually see the show. And it needs to be a comfortable seat. And I need an aisle in case my husband needs to leave. And I'm having surgery on these dates, so I can't see it then. What seats are available?" And the box office people always remain so calm.

If I were them, I would shoot those women.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 2:05pm

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.

[timesquare01]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 4:17pm

My school did a production of On The Town. A week after the production closed, my director received a letter from a woman complaining that our show "had the audacity to perform a play that so blatantly promoted promiscuity." She then went on to say that she was embarrassed to sit through the whole thing and wished she would have left at intermission.


...


stupidity.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 5:01pm

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

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 5:12pm

There was an email the other day from a group at a retirement home telling us (at Rock of Ages) that the residents would be willing to pay $10 a ticket.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 5:15pm

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."

[claudioislove]

Posted: 7/10/09 at 5:56pm

not necessarily an exchange, but my mom will tell you that she and my dad went to Rent without having any idea what it was about, and were both completely shocked.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 12:29am

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!

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 12:40am

I keep telling you, there's more to life than Broadway.

Says who?

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:06am

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.

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

[legally_popular]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:32am

^Aw, I love when that sort of thing happens.

And your mention of the Tonys reminds me of something my aunt said.

We were on our way home from the Tony Awards and discussing everything that happened during the show, the winners, etc. I told my aunt that the actress who co-hosted the pre-awards was my favorite actress (Laura Benanti) and asked my aunt what she thought of Laura.

The only thing my aunt said was, "Oh, she looks exactly like Demi Moore!"

[Jessielynne]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 2:29am

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.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 8:56am

"I keep telling you, there's more to life than Broadway."

Says who?

Well, the West End's nothing to sneeze at. Even some regional theatres come up trumps every now and then. There's this little company in the midlands who I think are going to make it big any day now.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 8:11pm

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.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 8:17pm

(Like many of the people here at BWW?)

[Voulez-Vous]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 8:21pm

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.

[MCfan2]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 9:19pm

This thread has given me an idea: When my friends and I go to New York for "A Steady Rain," I'll tell them we have to make loud, goofy observations in public all weekend and see if we can get into this thread.

When you hear someone stage-whispering, "I heard it's based on the James Bond movies!" as the curtain's going up, that'll be me.

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 7/11/09 at 10:45pm

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!