Overheard New York

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Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:17pm

A Broadway-related Overheard NYC was posted today:



Tourist #1: Ha! Look at her, she's trying to look just like Bernadette Peters.
Tourist #2: That is Bernadette Peters and she heard you. Can we go now?

--51st & 5th


Overheard by: A tourist who's not clueless.

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"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:18pm

Hahaha.

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:49pm

I love that site. There are a couple Broadway-related ones from a while ago that I saved:

Spinster #1: Really reminds you of your first love, doesn't it?
Spinster #2: Yeah, that and segregation.
--Hairspray matinee

Tourist lady #1: Sweeney Todd...I heard that's a spoof on a cooking show.
Tourist lady #2: Oh, is it about Julia Child?
Tourist lady #1: I think so.
--49th between Broadway & 8th

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:57pm

Is Overheard NY a website?

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Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:57pm

I love these.

I remember hearing one a while back that you might have heard before.

In a theatre during the show announcement after they say "please turn off your cell phones"

Tourist #1 - Why do we have to turn off our cell phones?

Tourist #2 - I don't know, maybe it interferes with the sound equipment.

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:00pm

I thought this one was great:

Chick #1: Is that George W. Bush?
Chick #2: Really? Where?
Chick #1: Oh no, wait. It's Mayor Bloomberg.
Chick #2: I was gonna say, that would be a step up for him!

--Nederlander Theatre, W41st


Can you picture George W. Bush at RENT?

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:03pm

There was an entire long thread on this, let's not make another.

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:26pm

kec, yes, it's a web site: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com.

Updated On: 6/26/06 at 01:26 PM

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:27pm

There was an entire long thread on this, let's not make another.

OK sure.

Anyway- this one is also one of my faves:

Teen boy: What does off-off-Broadway mean? I know Broadway means that you bought the tickets in person and off-Broadway means you bought them online, but what is off-off-Broadway?

--4 train

kec: yes, it's a website-
http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/
Some of them are lame, but there's some good stuff in there.

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:40pm

"There was an entire long thread on this, let's not make another."


says a self proclaimed wickedgeek.

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:48pm

If I wasn't lazy I would try to find the one that was about Avenue Q.

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Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:05pm

The avenue q one I remember had to do with a couple seeing the understudy for Gary Coleman and after the show they were like
"Im upset I didn't get to see Gary Coleman"
"I know, and to think his understudy was a woman"

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:09pm

My favorite Avenue Q one:

Woman: You know, maybe if I actually had a sense of humor I would have enjoyed it more.

--Golden Theater, West 45th Street

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Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:36pm

haha- these are great!

Anakela, I can picture George Bush at RENT, and it's such a funny image I feel off my chair laughing at something that would never happen.

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"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

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Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:43pm

Actually, my funniest overheard took place in L.A., standing in line outside the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences...the woman ahead of me was about as New York-accented as you can get and she was talking with a friend of the virtues of New York City. But I had to suppress a laugh when she said, "Noo Yawk cul-cha, there's nothin' like it." "cul-cha" being "culture," lol.

Updated On: 6/26/06 at 02:43 PM

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re: Overheard New York

Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:44pm

lol- I love accents

Here's another one:

Tall Asian teen: That was really funny.

Shorter white teen: Yeah, I'm sorry I keep calling you a f***ing Asian.

--Coming out of Avenue Q

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"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

Updated On: 6/26/06 at 02:44 PM