Rupert Everett's comment about Broadway theatregoers

[robinycus2]

Posted: 7/12/10 at 9:36pm

"I've only been in this one play recently and no one in the audience was under 85. But these old people were on the edge of their seats. Broadway audiences, which are basically old people, are just electric. They really understand theatre." RUPERT EVERETT loved the mature fans who came to see him perform in BLITHE SPIRIT with ANGELA LANSBURY.
http://www.hollywood.com/news/The_things_they_say/7002603

Huh?


Updated On: 7/12/10 at 09:36 PM

[JP2]

Posted: 7/12/10 at 9:56pm

Has he never seen any other show?

When I saw La Cage it was nothing but old biddies. Obviously not the same audience as The Lion King (children and parents), American Idiot (young people), or Rock of Ages (drunk women from Jersey).

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/12/10 at 9:58pm

JP2 - WHAT is that photo??

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:12pm

>>>"no one in the audience was under 85."<<<

He lies through his teeth! I saw the play and I was a mere 61 at the time!

Rupert, don't make sweeping generalizations unless you can back them up!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:32pm

Well in his defense Dolly, maybe he just thought you looked 85.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:46pm

drunk women from Jersey

Uh...no

[JP2]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:16pm

"JP2 - WHAT is that photo??"

Wesley Taylor as Franz in Rock of Ages.
:)

[Katurian2]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 4:15pm

Exaggeration to make a point? Broadway audiences do tend to be much older except for the shows that are out of the norm like AI, Hair, RENT, Disney shows, etc. Espcially plays- I'm 20 and I feel like the baby in the room every time I see something without music.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 4:17pm

Am I the only one that was expecting a catty, condescending remark from him? Considering his penchant for those.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 4:59pm

Haha, Kad, I was just getting ready to roll my eyes too and then was very surprised it wasn't a catty, condescending remark after all.
He's right about BLITHE SPIRIT though, I was about 23 when I saw it and felt like a fetus, especially since I went to a matinee. However, he's clearly generalizing, there's definitely plays and especially musicals with a younger audience...well, sometimes.

[Almira]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 5:18pm

25 years ago (when I was just became a teen) I thought "damn.. no one but old people go to the theatre.. when they die out theatre is over.

10 Years later.. I thought damn.. these plays and shows I'm seeing are mostly attended by blue-haired ol' bitties. When they die theatre is over.

10 more years later I thought, the people I saw 20 years ago must be dead by now.hmmm... but theatre is still alive. Guess they just keep making old people.

Looks like theatre is habit that can be acquired late in life. We should have a tradition of exposing it to your youth through our education system. But we don't.

I'm guessing within the general public there is a broader desire to explore theatre but until your children have grown up and moved on you don't have a lot of disposable income.

I like to think I'll one day be that 90 year old with the oxygen tank making sure I don't miss the latest hit show.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 5:19pm

Does anyone remember the BroadwayBeat video that was posted on here back when Blithe Spirit opened? The interviewer kept asking him questions, such as "Can you describe your character?" and he was like, "Blah blah blah, I can't."

It was amusing.