Left PIPPIN at intermission. Lady behind me eating smelly Tuna sandwich .- Page 2

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/14 at 11:34pm

That's nice dear. But don't be pimping your thread over here.

[brdway411]

Posted: 6/26/14 at 11:49pm

Well it is bad theater behavior DEAR!!! LOL

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/26/14 at 11:50pm

"The disrespect among many Broadway patrons is the worst it has ever been."

Yes, not like the golden days when there was nothing but respect and perfect behavior. I'm talking like back in the day, like when RENT first opened.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 6/26/14 at 11:56pm

Certainly there must be a way for theaters to disengage phones when you arrive (paging IT) and make it known that eating will get you thrown out.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:00am

They sell freaking candy. And someone correct me if I am wrong... Wasn't the Music Box owned by Irving Berlin at some point and declared a landmark? I thought they had a strict no food or drink policy? I might be wrong and too tired to look it up.

Updated On: 6/27/14 at 12:00 AM

[haterobics]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:04am

"Certainly there must be a way for theaters to disengage phones when you arrive (paging IT)"

Doing it is illegal.

[brdway411]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:05am

Actually, the use of cell phones in the theater is illegal in NYC. Just no one enforces it.

[brdway411]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:10am

Playbill article on the subject
Cell Phones Banned in NY Theaters

[haterobics]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:25am

Hmm, I think Bloomberg nailed it...

"Bloomberg had said that the bill would be too difficult, if not impossible, to enforce."

[DAME]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:28am

But what about eating? What about people,that convert broadway shows into dinner theater?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:34am

You should have switched seats at Intermission with Shia LaBeouf.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:38am

You see, my phone was off during the show. I could have had it on and read all the twitter feeds and rush over to 54.

[brdway411]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 12:39am

Should be illegal too, but try enforcing it. It is getting to the point I don't even want to go to the theater anymore. So tired of going and you get people eating, texting, taking pictures, and talking. I am sick of it. It has gotten so bad. And the fact that the theaters are allowing it is unexceptable.

[larrystyles]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 1:13am

it sucks but when people pay $150 for a seat for two hours they feel they can do whatever they want to do with that seat. can't say I blame them.

[iabwayfan]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 4:21am

"Actually, the use of cell phones in the theater is illegal in NYC. Just no one enforces it."

I can't remember if it was at Beautiful or Bullets Over Broadway this past week, but an usher told someone in the mezzanine that she couldn't take a picture of the stage. She DID tell her that she was free to take pictures of each other, the walls, chandeliers, anything BUT the stage since it was copyrighted. I was in disbelief. I couldn't imagine an usher encouraging theatre photos.

Also, I had a question about the law on cell phone use. Does that count the people who turn on their phones during intermission? I've got no problem with that as long as they're not snapping photos and they get turned back off before the 2nd act starts.

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 6:45am

I sympathize with the food problem, as I've experienced it several times at the theatre. If only one could confine one's ingestion to peppermint drops!

At the off-Broadway presentation of Once, people were imbibing beer in the row ahead of me. The smell of it was overwhelming. Maybe I should have joined them, though, to help make the show onstage more bearable. Except that would have required a keg, and what's more, I don't drink the stuff anyway.

At a Fringe Festival show, the young fellow beside me opened up a bag of Planters peanuts and started popping them into his mouth. I had never before realized how horrible that smell could be.




Updated On: 6/27/14 at 06:45 AM

[DAME]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 9:33am

I don't think producers are doing enough to battle these problems. All they care is about money. And until customers do something about it and send a message it will all get worst.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 9:54am

I can't believe nowadays people are actually eating full meals at the theatre! its crazy!!!

I've seen this in Broadway and Off-Broadway shows for the last 20 years.

[matttaylorr021]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 9:54am

I hate rude audience members. Seriously, nothing worse. I took my boyfriend to see Wicked a few months ago. It was his first time seeing it. And the two guys behind us sang EVERY song. They weren't loud but they were loud enough for us to hear them. I kept looking back and giving them the death stare.

What really pissed me off was hearing their awful singing voices while they were crying during For Good.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 1:05pm

Mamma Mia offers free wifi too.

I did tell SHN in San Francisco that it was hypocritical of them to discourage photography in a theatre and yet on their website they auto populate Instagram photos with the #shnsf hashtag, many of which were taken during shows. They said it was a good point and they'd look into it, but I'm skeptical.

SHN also offers free wifi at all its theaters, though I think the during-show phone use there seems way less annoying than it is on New York.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 4:19pm

Very sad. They are sending such a mixed message. Shows you they don't care about art or culture. Just about money. Hopefully Lady Day and Hedwig tomorrow are more adult and theater savvy audience experiences.

[Showface]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 4:36pm

Wait a minute. Since when is someone allowed to eat in the theatre? At intermission I can understand, but during the performance?!? I can understand your frustration.


Edit: Okay, I just read the post saying that it has been allowed for the past 20 years, but still I find that very inappropriate. Updated On: 6/27/14 at 04:36 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 4:46pm

Didn't say it was allowed. Just that it happens. And the theatres have been selling snacks for about a decade or more that I can recall.

[veronicamae]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 5:34pm

lol yay another thread about terrible audience behavior and the dozens of suggestions to fix it, which will include, among other ideas, confiscating personal belongings and installing cell phone blockers.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/27/14 at 10:14pm

I have not read one real suggestion to fix it.