Interesting message from Telecharge re A Steady Rain

I believe this was sent out for HAMLET too.

Yes, Hamlet too.

I agree nealb 1. According to an article I read about that incident, the woman said that she'd been looking forward to seeing the play. Seems to me if she had been looking forward to it that much she would have been in her seat on time.

People are so stupid. Everyone else in the theatre got there on time...... That's all it takes - 1 idiot to ruin it for everyone else.

I agree that the woman who in question was completely wrong. But you shouldn't paint with some wide strokes. Not every person who's late is an idiot or stupid. Sometimes things cannot be helped. I hate being late and I can think of twice when I was late and a third time when I made it by the skin of my teeth. Not because I didn't give myself enough time but because a train derailed or such an incident like that. I like at 5:30pm for an 8pm show once and got to my seat moments before the lights dimmed.

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I have seen similar messages on the site on telecharge for a given show itself, never have I seen one that was sent out via email.

It's funny. There was one time where I was part of the late seating crowd at a performance of Phantom. Just like Eris, it was due to a situation that was beyond my control and normally I would not show up late at all. But, regardless, I tried to do my best to see if I could be in SRO for respect of the other patrons who were there who got there on time. Never have I gotten so much lip from an usher for trying to do a good deed before.

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I've only been late to a show twice. Once was a train issue when I still lived in New Jersey.

The other was when I saw Cyrano -- I was sitting in my apartment, just home from a business trip and thinking I still had plenty of time to grab some dinner before the show when I suddenly realized it was a Tuesday, meaning the curtain was at 7. It was 6:42. I somehow managed to travel 120 blocks and get to the theater by about 7:05 and they sat me right away (I was on an aisle, so it was easy). There are always latecomers whenever I do the 7 p.m curtain shows, but that night, they were constantly streaming in for the next hour, so I was in good company at least.

I've only been late once, for "Brooklyn the Musical," the second time I saw it. It was awful, major train delay. Thankfully, we only missed 3 minutes or so.

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"So you'd be late to a production without the notification? Who's the idiot?"

There's a difference when you are late because of a delay and when you don't care if you are late, think the whole world revolves around you and are making a huge disturbance (as the lady apparently did).

This notification is more for the latter. People are still clueless about theater etiquette.

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People will still come in late no matter how many announcements are made. Ditto with using a cell phone or taking pictures. people will do what they want no matter what or who it bothers. It is called being selfish.

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I got that email when I booked a 7pm Speed-The-Plow.

Cut to 7:24, when the lights finally dimmed to start the show... people were still being seated.

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Sometimes people do leave a great deal of time in advance and still are late because of train issues. And I am not talking about people planning to leave one hour before curtain.

Once on my way to the city, my train was canceled 45 minutes into the ride because of heavy rains, and the tracks on the way to Grand Central were flooded. Not to mention I already completed half of the trip there. Because of the flooding, there was only one track open apparently. Issues like that can make you much later than you anticipate, even if you do leave earlier than you think you need to.

You cannot deny that you may run into circumstances beyond your control that may unfortunately cause you to arrive late. This thread is more focused on those who think the world revolves around them, have no concept of time and think they can show up when they want and be seated immediately at their request.

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Leave your house way earlier than you think you need to. If you're coming in from out of town on a train or bus, don't take one that is scheduled in an hour or less before curtain.

I once took a bus that left around 5.20 pm and was supposed to take 20 minutes. I barely made the 7.30 curtain.