Rock of Ages Preshow Announcement — Page 2

I think it is more about the jackasses who wear their bluetooth even when they aren't talking on the phone. I am all for not getting brain cancer but I also think people who walk around with that thing in their ear look like cheeseballs.

Also, Music Snob, I think you are pushing a boulder up a mountain taking issue with people criticizing others on an internet message board. That is all this message board consists of!! If that IS a real beef of yours (the criticizing of others) I assume you will be a busy man going from thread to thread fighting this injustice like a modern day Don Quixote. Good luck!

I hear you. But hey, I have a natural distrust of blonde men. I also think anyone who drives a Hummer is a douche. Sometimes a good generalization just feels right. :)

" Just a rough guess on my part, but I suspect those who find this announcement "crude and disgusting" probably wouldn't like the show either -- and if they're smart they won't go, but enjoy Mary Poppins instead.

I love it when the announcement sets the tone of the show. My favorite was still at a production of Do I Hear A Waltz at Pasadena Playhouse when the entire announcement was in Italian. But you could still pick out the English "cell phone", "candy wrappers", etc. " - Patah

Couldn't agree with you more Patah.. I'm smart enough to go to Mary Poppins instead! I'm all for an announcement setting the tone... and if that is the tone of ROA I am def. not interested.

I saw ROA at Broadway in the Park and have honestly seen better at theme parks... I know there were a few understudies but still, didn't impress me much.

However... if you've been and like it great! I'm not telling you not to enjoy it.

LB preshow announcement?

As per a 2 year old NY Post article:

"Hey guys! Could I have a sec? This won't take long. So, OK. The show's about to start, and it would be totally helpful if you turn off cellphones, Sidekicks - You get it. Oh, and ditto for the no-go on cameras or video - if anything shows up on Youtube, I am coming after you and I am so not kidding right now. Oh, and this performance is conducted by James Sampliner, who is totally hot in a Josh Groban write-you-a-song sort of way."

Rock of Ages of course.


There is something about the promotional performances for Rock of Ages that somehow loses a lot of what makes the show so much fun. I can't explain it. The cast is always on their A game when I'm at the theater, but outside everything is a miss. Their Tony performance was great. Bryant Park, The View, Conan, and a few other appearances, however, range from not good to downright dreadful.

I feel like it's impossible to really appreciate ROA without seeing the actual show.

Applause to PiraguaGuy2- well said.

But whether the announcement is funny, in another language or the same one we hear at most theaters/ events- I just wish people would listen.

The cell phones ringing & wrapper noise is so annoying.
& I do remember Pyromania being sung the day of the ROA firedrill.

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