Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members — Page 98

(At Hairspray on Broadway)

I was in line, waiting to get into the theatre. Behind me was a young boy (12 or 13) and his mother. He looked at the pictures of Marissa Perry and George Wendt and said: "Oh, man! This is the national tour! I don't want to see it anymore." To which his mother replied: "I paid two-hundred dollars for these tickets. We're seeing it."

Updated On: 7/29/10 at 05:33 PM

"I wanna see cats, I wanna see cats!!" Boy in 2009

A woman at the Wicked Box-Office

W-"Yeah I need 27 tickets for tonight's performance... "
B-"Ma'am we only have lottery seats...(she explains them to the woman)"
W-"I'd rather just buy them full price..."

^That's a wonderful one, angelplays.

I can't count how many times I've heard old women at the n2n stage door telling Louis Hobson that he's "too young to be a doctor."

A colleague once had to explain to someone that Sinatra died several years ago, so no, he will not being performing in 'Come Fly Away'.

A older gentleman to me after being told he wasn't able to get Addams Family tickets: "Oh, that's too bad. I really want to see Nathan Lane. I'M NOT GAY!" he said suddenly getting defensive for no particular reason, "I just...like his work."

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Last week, in front of the Longacre

Man (pointing to the La Cage marquee:) Denzel Washington used to be in that, you know...

A woman once ask for a refund for Les Mis because they had cut the helicoptor scene...

July 22nd @ NEXT TO NORMAL

During intermission I go up to Tom Kitt (who was taking notes in the audience) and got his autograph. I left to go to the bathroom when I returned the women next to me said "A women went to get an autograph from that man, but didn't know who he was...who is he?"

On the same day...

Walking to the show with my sister:

Sister: What show are you watching?
Me: Next to Normal
Sister: Didn't you watch that already? (Which I did)
Me: Yeah
Sister: That's the one with the Spanish people, right? (referring to IN THE HEIGHTS)

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At Chris Jackson's last show of ITH

Boy (about preteen) to his mom: I really hope we get the same Benny as last time! I think his name was like Christopher Jackson.

That one made me laugh, but after the same kid, just seconds later, watched a video clip of LMM on a screen, he turns to see LMM live and goes "What the hell!! It's really you!"

Updated On: 11/25/10 at 06:17 PM

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Outside of Wicked in London
Woman: 'Well that certianly was NOT The Wizard Of Oz'

At a local theatre production two women were talking about something which I didn't catch then one said
' That's about as useful as an all black production of Hairspray'.

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I'm slowly working my way through this lovely thread, but in the meantime, I thought I'd add my own story.

Two late-middle-age couples from somewhere in the vicinity of NYC, but not within the five boroughs (they were very chatty; I gleaned one couple had a daughter in school in Manhattan, so they'd been visiting a lot) sat behind me at TIME STANDS STILL. I don't know how or why they came to be in possession of their tickets, but they had *no idea* about *anything* relating to the play.

One of the husband spent the 10 minutes before curtain quizzing his friends about what they thought it would be about. Most of them assumed it was a light comedy, for some reason. But my favorite comment was, "Well, the title -- TIME STANDS STILL. Hmm. I suppose that could refer to a lot of things."

At intermission, after a lengthy post-applause pause, one of the wives said, "Well... this is awfully cheery." They all got a big kick out of that.

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In the lounge area at the Booth before a performance of Next to Normal:

Man dragged to the show by his wife who had no idea what it was about: "I think it's a comedy."

He was also explaining how musicals = comedies and more serious dramas could not be musicals.

like the product as in cosmetic product wtf ???