Popcorn at "Hairspray"?! WTF? — Page 3

"Oh stop whining, its popcorn. Honestly. BIG deal, im pretty sure there are bigger issues in the world thatn popcorn at Hairspray.".

Of course there are. They are on the off topic board so go there if you want to talk about that stuff.

This is about theatre and popcorn or other food munching does not belong inside a Broadway house. Period. If you want to munch, stay home or go to a movie. Surely you can go 2 hours without stuffing your face.

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Updated On: 6/10/06 at 05:39 PM

As a graduate of Ithaca College, it makes me very sad to hear that the Hangar is doing this.

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"Oops, I guess this is off topic".

Not if he walks through the audience hawking refeshments :)

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Avenue Q at Vegas were selling Popcorn, sodas, candies, and hot dogs.

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Who cares? It's free! :)

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I got yelled at by a mother and I'm pretty sure I made an eleven year old cry over this. I was seeing Sweeney Todd's saturday evening performance and there was a family next to me. The eleven year old, her mother, and her father. The girl had walked in with a bag of lays potatoe chips and I thought I was going to cry...luckily, the father took those away from her. Then at intermission she got a water bottle. Does everyone know that thing people do when they suck on the water bottle and it crunches up and then uncrunches? Well she was doing that. Her dad told her to stop, she did, for like ten minutes, she did it again. He told her to stop then her mother told her father to stop chastising her for being a kid. She did it again. I couldn't help it anymore, I reached over and grabbed the water bottle and said "okay, stop." she looked like she was going to cry...after the show her mother told me "You have no right to discipline someone elses child like that. It's incredibly rude, and shows a lack of respect for anyone but yourself." I just told her, "You have no right to ruin a show I paid good money to see. Neglecting to teach your children etiquette is incredibly rude and shows a lack of respect for everyone, including yourself." then I left.


Sorry rambling....it's just ****in' ridiculous. And cell phone use drives me nuts. Whats so goddamned important that it can't wait two hours? If there's something truly that important in your life that you can't wait two hours, YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN A THEATRE IN THE FIRST PLACE, or anywhere you might have to wait two hours for that matter.

About the dress, the only time I really care is when people look ultra trashy. Jeans...I wore jeans to both matinees I saw, granted I wore a nice-ish top both times, put my face on, and kinda-sorta- did my hair. I wouldn't really wear jeans to an evening performance though. I don't know why. It's just respectful I guess.

Wow, what a mother. Maybe you should have told the father since he at least tried to make ber stop. gee, some people...

Also, I agree with you about dressing up at night. It seems different than a mat. show.

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AlexandraDecker, what you did IS incredibly rude. No matter how frustraited you are, you never have the right to discipline someone else's child. If anything, alert the House Manager.

It's been my experience that ushers, head ushers and house managers don't give a damn about maintaining order in the audience. The patrons have to do it themselves.

You all sound like little children whining over something as little as popcorn.

Was it during the show, or during the intermission? If it was during the show, I change my tune and give you 100% credit for taking the initative. If it was during the intermission, I still say to have gotten the HM.

Ooooh. Good job, then. I'm sure Patti LuPone would have done the same thing.

I thought bitchslapping may have caused too much of a commotion...but I considered it...for quite some time.