Overheard Today In Shubert Alley

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:02pm

One woman telling another she does not like musicals. The other asked her why & she said" I don't like it when they sing their dialogue"

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:06pm

Dear lord... well I guess I can add mine to the pot. I saw a show today and the lady next to me was having a conversation about the election of course and she stated "she isn't voting for Obama because he's a rotten Arab" WTF?? where do these people come from?

[donna_darko_23]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:08pm

The amount of ignorant Americans never ceases to amaze me.

There are also plenty of men that support Palin because she is "hot."

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:12pm

"I saw a show today and the lady next to me was having a conversation about the election of course and she stated "she isn't voting for Obama because he's a rotten Arab" WTF?? where do these people come from?"


Middle America. It's disgusting.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:21pm

But it's funny that the business and art form we love is vicariously run by these people.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:22pm

Updated On: 5/1/09 at 08:22 PM

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:25pm

There's ignorance all over America, in every state, not just "Middle America."



Yes I am aware. I was just being stereotypical. It was stupid, I do know that.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:28pm

Updated On: 5/1/09 at 08:28 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 9:34pm

I was waiting for a friend who I was meeting for dinner outside The Lyceum tonight and watched two tourists approach the closing notice posted on the door.

Tourist # 1: Oh look... the show that was playing here closed. How sad!

Tourist # 2: Well it must have been pretty bad. [title of show]? They couldn't even remember the name long enough to put it on the closing notice!

Tourist #1: What a shame. Now hurry up, honey. A TALE OF TWO CITIES starts in ten minutes!

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 9:41pm

Is this a thread to make fun of out of towners who aren't as savvy about theater as you think you are?

"is vicariously run by these people"

can you explain this phrase please?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 9:55pm

Many years ago I was at Tyne Daley's GYPSY when the overture started and the two matronly ladies beside me continued to chatter. I reminded them that the performance had begun and one of them responded, "No it hasn't. They're just playing music."

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 10:35pm

"Many years ago I was at Tyne Daley's GYPSY when the overture started and the two matronly ladies beside me continued to chatter. I reminded them that the performance had begun and one of them responded, "No it hasn't. They're just playing music."'


Personally the Overture is one of the best parts about Gypsy.

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 10:36pm

Gypsy's overture makes me cry like a baby. It's amazing. If I saw it again and someone was talking during it, I may slap them and you may read about it on here :)

[winston89]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 11:33pm

I remember being outside the stage door for Xanadu and there was this man who was pointing to all the theatres and acting like he knew what he was talking about. He pointed to the Majestic for example and said that that was the fifth theatre that Phantom has been in.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 11:40pm

Winston, did anyone ever tell you that you have the IQ of a pretzel?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 11:53pm

Dolly, that was mean but oh so funny.
I took one of my best friends to see IN THE HEIGHTS, and she told me that she knew for sure the actors weren't singing live and that the headshots of the cast members on the playbill were of completely different actors.
Another one of my best friends thought Broadway was a big theatre (not the Broadway Theatre but Broadway in general) until I explained to her what it was, this was about a year ago.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 11:57pm

Dolly, I've tried to tell Winston, but I think he has reading comprehension issues.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 12:05am

WannaBe, have I told you how much I love your "signature"?
Best.Quotes.Evah.

[winston89]

Posted: 10/20/08 at 12:13am

ray-andallthatjazz86, I remember striking up a conversation with a young girl waiting for the Wicked lotto to draw names. She was a flight attendant for El Al and was asking me if I knew Broadway shows really well and asked for suggestions of things to see if she lost. She told me that she had never been to Times Square before and she too thought that Broadway shows were in one major building.

I remember hearing at intermission of In The Heights that someone said that Cats and A Chorus Line are pretty much the same show. The characters come up tell their story and dance.

Say what you want when it comes to mocking me. I am the kind of person that could care less about what people think about them. I think for the people mocking me it says something negative about them by them doing so.