ON THE TOWN Doesn't Want You To Have To Wait 2 Hours To Eat- Page 3

[JayG 2]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 7:23am

So Americans fat butts now expand even further right before our eyes at the Lyric Theater. Good God can people in this country do anything without a mouthful of food dripping from their mouths?
To paraphrase a Lyric from BARNUM:
When you see the way folks misbehave
When they see a play and only rave
About the food that's sold
Thank God I'm old

[tazber]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 7:35am

^^
I'm glad you resisted the urge to make a sweeping generalization that only fat-butted Americans see Broadway shows.

[jetcap]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 8:30am

I really don't have a problem with this; I had a problem with that you're able to take food back to your seats and some of the foods they sell. If these two things are givens, then what makes the difference if they are sold in the lobby or at your seat?
You've got 1500 people in 15 minutes exiting their seats, lining up at 3 or so sale points and going back to their seats.
I would rather have the patron next to me get his tandori chicken delivered and eaten right away than have him climbing over me as the 2nd act begins and then munching away all the way thru to the end.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 1:02pm

I am so disgusted by this.

[brucebossa]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 1:10pm

I was there Saturday. I didn't see any menus at all. I think they may have stopped the menu part? Or at least it wasn't being used when i was there. There was a guy in the aisle selling something from one of those "old fashioned cigarette girl boxes" hung around his neck. But I didn't see what he was selling.

I heard no noise from food nor drink and no one near me had anything.

So even though I thought it would be very disturbing before I went, having heard this story and this "news," I didn't really notice anything at all except that guy standing in the aisle with his "neck cart."

So I vote in the column of "WHO CARES, DON"T LET THIS RUIN THE SHOW BEFORE YOU EVEN GO." Chillax, as they say on 181.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 2:12pm

"So I vote in the column of "WHO CARES, DON"T LET THIS RUIN THE SHOW BEFORE YOU EVEN GO." Chillax, as they say on 181."

BullSh*t! This is a sad precedent.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 3:46pm

When I want dinner theater, I'll go to Chanhassen!

[brucebossa]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:01pm

So there are varying opinions about this - I don't like the idea but I stated that I didn't notice any problems or noise and I voted that it didn't bother me. And I get a swear word thrown back at me. I know this is a large sandbox and people will throw sand... but REALLY it's my opinion based on my time at THAT theater and many years of seeing shows.

Anyway, it's NOT going to change. Yes, I WOULD LIKE IT ALL TO GO BACK TO 1960 MYSELF but it won't. But swear all you want to if it helps.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:11pm

That's not a swear word from Dame. It's only a swear word from Dame if she posts it in Spanish.

[brucebossa]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:19pm

PalJoey is my new friend. Thanks for not throwing the sand!

[DAME]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:24pm

But it CAN change. Everyone shelling out $$$ can make it change. Anyone remember the Tuna sandwich incident at Pippin? Where do you cross a line? Going to the theater is becoming like a domestic flight on United.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:30pm

Oh my God. People who complain about "swear words" are the most pathetic people in the world and the people who probably curse more than anyone else. They think that saying things like "swear all you want to" makes them appear better than everyone else but it just makes them appear even more pathetic.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:47pm

@Bruce I wasn't swearing at you. I was swearing at food in the theater. NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU. Some people are so F***ing sensitive.


And I LOVE some good swearing.

Updated On: 10/8/14 at 04:47 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:50pm

Such language, Dame! It just shows how classless you are, you f*cking whore.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 4:52pm

As opposed to a whore that doesn't f*ck?

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 6:23pm

Well that changed my mind about seeing this

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 6:34pm

^ Really? I understand being upset about the food thing, but to actually skip out on a show just because of it....seems a bit much. I get that it's the Principle of the matter but somehow I'm not going to let popcorn and soda ruin my time at a reportedly beautiful revival of an American classic.

And what was the Tuna sandwich incident at Pippin?

[DAME]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 7:29pm

Tuna

[Showface]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 7:33pm

^I was just about to ask if that were on the menu!

[fallingawake]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 7:34pm

I was at the show last saturday and had a seat in the balcony, and the menus were still there. Many but not all seats had one (maybe they don't replace them after each show if someone grabs one). My seat didn't have one, but the one next to me did, so I grabbed it after the show thinking it was so sort of promo. Surprised it was a menu. Definitely didn't notice anyone ordering anything preshow or at intermission

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 8:20pm

So basically so far, everyone that's actually experienced the concessions at On The Town haven't found it to be an issue.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 9:35pm

^ And everyone who hasn't is b*tching. I'm beginning to notice a pattern here...

[StephieElise]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 8:19am

Does the Broadway production of Rock of Ages not deliver drinks to the seats? Or was that something only the Australian production did? That was a lot of fun.

We've had food sold inside the theatre here for quite awhile now, mainly ice cream and soda (although that mightn't be at all theatres now that I think of it). It's not really a problem, given that people can buy food in the foyer anyway and bring it back to their seat. Or, even better, bring it from home (cheers guy at Les Mis who needed to consume a block of chocolate...at a matinee, when he was getting a free afternoon tea afterwards!). It just means that they're more likely to finish it before the show starts again.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 8:24am

People are upset because the producers seem to welcome creating an atmosphere more like a sports stadium then a theater...which only leads to poor behavior. The EASIER you make it for people to eat in their seats, the higher the chance of that eating to disturb other patrons.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 11:00am

People are acting like there have never been concessions in a theatre before. In essence, the only real difference is that they offer popcorn and pretzels, which are not a new thing. The West End has been doing ice cream for years and no one's sh*t a brick about it over there.