Overheard Today In Shubert Alley

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"

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The amount of ignorant Americans never ceases to amaze me.

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

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

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.

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!

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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."

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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 :)

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

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

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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.

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