Most Uncomfortable Theatre Moments with your parents

Most recently, sitting through "My Junk" in Spring Awakening with my mom...on stage.

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I actually haven't seen anything with them like that. However, they did see me come and perform my 15 minute scene in college, and it was all about sex.

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I remember being 11 and listening to Les Mis with my family in the car and being uncomfortable when "Lovely Ladies" came on.

Other than that, not too much other than some of the more risque parts of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

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My mom and I went to see Spring Awakening together, which wasn't uncomfortable in general, but at the beginning of act two, she said very loudly, "Oh, God, they're doing it AGAIN!?"

Also, I was uncomfortable with how inferior it was to Grey Gardens, which we had seen the night before, but that's another thread entirely.

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I've made Mum take me to 'Rent' a couple of times, which was nice. Then I made her take me to 'La Cage Aux Folles' at the Menier Chocolate Factory, where I made her sit at a table at the very front with me, and we ended up being accosted by various cast members every now and then, including one of the Cagelles draping their skirt over Mum's head. Which was nice. XD

I was kinda embarrassed when I made her stagedoor 'Aida' with me, because I was a little sheepish about being an Adam Pascal fangirl. Then Micky Dolenz came out, and it was her turn to be a sheepish fangirl. Good times, good times. ^_^

I might have to take her to 'Spring Awakening' at the Lyric Hammersmith y'know. That could be quit amusing...

I think, to be embarrassed, I'd have to take my father to things. Mum's quite a good sport. Dad... is also an excellent sport, but is much more conservative.

Although I did make Dad take me to 'Henry V' because I was trying to get Forbes Masson's autograph for my sister, which I managed to do in the foyer of the theatre long before the show started, which meant every Chorus scene (and half the French ones), Dad would lean over and ask "is that your mate?". Which was actually more embarrassing than you'd think. At least he only fell asleep once, which is BLOODY good going for my dad during a three hour show!

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Updated On: 6/20/08 at 03:01 PM

I saw Spring Awakening with my mom and was a tad uncomfortable during the Act I finale but nothing too bad. However, a friend of mine is good friends with Alexandra Socha, the new Wendla in SA. When she understudied Lea Michele, her first time on as Wendla my friend went to see her with her mom. Her mother knew about her having to be nude and simulate sex on stage but my friend didn't. So when the scene came up he freaked out and got really nervous. During intermission he apologized and said he didn't know but Alex's mom told him she'd known about the scene. That calmed him down but he was still nervous once Act II started. Must've been awkward!!

Watching 'Contact' in Rent when I was 13 and watching Avenue Q, especially 'You Can Be As Loud As the Hell You Want(When You're Makin Love), when I was 14.

They want to see Spring Awakening with me when is comes to San Francisco in the fall. They don't know what SA is about or what it contains.

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Updated On: 6/20/08 at 03:12 PM

dramagirl...that has to be the most uncomfortable moment in parent/child history.

my parents are both kind of conservative, so when we saw "Legally Blonde" when she goes "OH oh oh oh oh" and pretends to orgasm in "SO much Better" It was pretty awkward

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We Just Had Sex Passing Strange

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I've never had any real bad moments. I mean, "The Strip" in Gypsy was a tad awkward but my aunt was cool with it so I was too. I told my other aunt, when we saw Avenue Q, that there was a graphic puppet sex scene and she was like, "Well, I think you're mature enough." And when it happened she started cracking up. At Rent, I don't think my dad knew what was going on during Contact, because if he did, he sure didn't have much of a reaction.

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Weez: I can count "I made Mum" or "I made her" umpteen times in that post. Just who is the parent here?

She's given up trying to control me. All she can do is make sure she's on board whenever I go see any really GOOD shows.

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Contact with my Mom and Father, two separate showings.

Spring Awakening was also quite awkward with my father. We both loved it, but there are still some scenes we never talk about........

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Never really experience of discomfort with the 'rents at the theatre. I wouldn't like to have known what was going through their minds though during 'Holding out for a hero' in Footloose...

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Updated On: 6/20/08 at 05:45 PM