Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members- Page 92

[HollyGolightly2]

Hilarious Comments...#2275

Posted: 8/15/09 at 5:33am

This isn't stupid, but I thought it was funny. Two weeks ago at Phantom, the show had just ended, the audience members were milling about, and I overheard some guy talking about Don Juan Triumphant:

"Dude! If I was gonna write an opera for a girl, that's the one I'd write. It was all about sex!!"

[dramamama611]

Hilarious Comments...#2276

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:17pm

"I'm so excited to see Shakespeare in the park!"


Mind you....we were sitting waiting for The Bacchae to begin.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[kchenofan]

Hilarious Comments...#2277

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:30pm

"So taking kchenofan's logic into consideration we should think that everyone from New York is a rude jerk? Or everyone from the south south is a hick? Or everyone from California is a hippie?"

Hey, hey, hey! Don't shoot! I'm telling you this from a Jersey girl's perspective. I'll help clear things up. In the world, there is a top 5% and a bottom 95%. The top 5% is made up of kind, intelligent, hardworking people. The bottom 95% is a mixture of morons, jerks, know-it-alls, and all of the other bad qualities in the world. And might I add that BWW is filled with (mostly) people from the top 5%.

kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.

[SNAFU]

Hilarious Comments...#2278

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:31pm

suck up!

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

[kchenofan]

Hilarious Comments...#2279

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:32pm

That's my job.

kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Hilarious Comments...#2280

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:47pm

Kchenofan, I can't stop reading your signature over and over again. It breaks my brain, but I love it.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[kchenofan]

Hilarious Comments...#2281

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:02pm

I'm glad I could entertain you-- that's what I'm here for.

kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Hilarious Comments...#2282

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:17pm

All I have to say is...If you think people from Jersey are stupid, move to Tennessee.

ETA: CRAP! Typos!

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

Updated On: 8/15/09 at 02:17 PM

[Select a Member Name]

Hilarious Comments...#2283

Posted: 8/15/09 at 3:11pm

I saw the August: Osage County tour last night. There were two elderly couples to my right who were talking very loudly.

-This is a comedy, right?
-Yes.
-Oh good. I only like comedies.

Then at intermission my dad said "So we're at half-time right?"

"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim

[kchenofan]

Hilarious Comments...#2284

Posted: 8/15/09 at 4:23pm

My dad says halftime occasionally, too. He also doesn't understand why I get offended when he says "soundtrack".

kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.

[kchenofan]

Hilarious Comments...#2284

Posted: 8/15/09 at 4:23pm

Double post.

kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.

Updated On: 8/15/09 at 04:23 PM

[AwesomeDanny]

Hilarious Comments...#2286

Posted: 8/15/09 at 5:21pm

I don't know anybody who calls the intermission halftime, but I'm the only person in my family who says cast album instead of soundtrack. It's such a big pet peeve.

[legally_popular]

Hilarious Comments...#2287

Posted: 8/15/09 at 8:20pm

I'm like the opposite... I call half-time in sports games intermission. I used to be a big sports fan and play basketball, but now I'm not. It takes me an hour to tell a story about one of my bball games because I keep saying intermission instead of half-time, Act 1 or Act 2 instead of the first or second half, etc. I had trouble thinking of the right terms, lol.

Calling a cast recording a "soundtrack" is a big pet peeve of mine too, but everyone I know does it. They're not theater fans so they don't know better, oh well.

[Jon]

Hilarious Comments...#2288

Posted: 8/16/09 at 10:56am

Actually, hockey games have two "intermissions". Since the game is divided into three periods, there is no "halftime".

[RachelO]

Hilarious Comments...#2289

Posted: 8/20/09 at 2:36pm

Last night, at Chicago:
Roxie is finishing up Funny Honey, and woman next to me suddenly shrieks "She's singing He Loves Me So!" and starts cracking up as if it's the most hysterical thing she's ever heard.
...I have absolutely no idea.

[KimmySwimmy]

Hilarious Comments...#2290

Posted: 8/20/09 at 3:00pm

Last night at In the Heights there were two guys sitting in front of me and during intermission one turns to the other and said "She should just go to Berkeley....it's probably cheaper!" haha.

[beingalive123]

Hilarious Comments...#2291

Posted: 8/21/09 at 2:46am

this isn't really a tourist comment, but after i went to wicked i told my friends i didn't like it very much, and i said for starters, the first thing i didn't like about it was its subpar score, my friend responded by saying, "are you kidding me, the score to wicked was amazing, it was almost as good as phantom". i was hurt a little inside.

[Craww]

Hilarious Comments...#2292

Posted: 8/21/09 at 4:23am

You non-conformist you. Clearly your friend's gauche populist preferences are a gaffe beyond measure, and you should by justly lauded for your superior taste.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Hilarious Comments...#2293

Posted: 8/21/09 at 5:28am

I don't care what people say, I like Phantom's score. Yeah, it's repetitive, but so's Sweeney Todd. I think the real flaws of Phantom are mostly in the book/plot adaptation/lyrics/characterization rather than the music, but that's just me!

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[boyfromoz2]

Hilarious Comments...#2294

Posted: 8/21/09 at 6:37am

Schmerg - wouldn't it just be easier to say that Phantom's score is the only good thing about the show?

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Hilarious Comments...#2295

Posted: 8/21/09 at 6:55am

Well, I think the sets and special effects and choreography are pretty good-- and when good actors/singers play the leads, they're another plus!

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[dramamama611]

Hilarious Comments...#2296

Posted: 8/21/09 at 8:56am

^Isn't that always the case? (about good actors in a show?)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Yero my Hero]

Hilarious Comments...#2297

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:04am

But the sets, choreography, special effects, and good actors aren't inherent to the show. Those are good things about the Broadway PRODUCTION of Phantom, not the musical itself.

Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent

"He's a tramp, but I love him."

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Hilarious Comments...#2298

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:45am

True. I just didn't want anyone getting all up in arms and saying, "But [insert actor who played a role in Phantom] is so talented! How can you say the music is the only thing that's good about Phantom!" But I think we all know by now that I always end up saying something pretty dumb whenever I try to explain something I said earlier...

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[HollyGolightly2]

Hilarious Comments...#2299

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:55am

I wouldn't say the only good thing about Phantom is the music, but it's the best thing (yes, I am a shameless fan... Not an obsessive 'phan', though.). The story does have quite a few flaws (I had no idea what the crap was going on the first time I saw it), and after reading the original book and the prequel/rewrite by Susan Kay, the musical feels really dull. There's a ton of awesome stuff ALW decided not to include.

Updated On: 8/21/09 at 11:55 AM