Semi - Uncomfortable Broadway Moments- Page 2

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 4:26pm

Going to see "Frankie and Johnny..." with my very conservative parents-in-law.

[robbiej]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 4:30pm

I think one of the most uncomfortable moments was taking my dear friend (who happens to be black) to see Love! Valour! Compassion! for his graduation present. We loved the production, but in one line (Anthony Heald: 'Dress him up and in 20 years, he'll be just another n*gger to scare the sh*t out of us.') there was a palpable energy both in the theatre and between my friend and I.

Just let me know that no matter what, I'll just never completely 'get it'.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 5:00pm

GreenGirl- the line in question would be "who do ya have to f*ck to get a break in this town"

[Derek]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 5:27pm

It wasnt uncomfortable really, just embarassing. I went to see the phantom of the opera (movie) with my mom. when the overture started (u know how it starts, REALLY load) my mom screamed. It was funny i guess

[UptownGirl]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 5:46pm

Sitting next to my friend's uber-conservative mom during Rent.

[suzycat]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 7:01pm

sitting between my parents for avenue q's puppet sex. that was fun...

also, re: davd larsen's choreography in "don't worry baby". it was the same this summer when I saw it at Vassar. I thought that it was so funny - but I assumed they'd change it for Broadway. Now I've come to love it because it is so rediculous and such an uncool move for such a "cool" character to be doing. Embrace it.

[MatureDignity]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 7:36pm

Heh, I have many. I can't take my relatives anywhere:

During LSOH, right before "Suddenly Seymour" - my aunt and I are in the front row, right where Seymour and Audrey sit before "Suddenly Seymour," and my aunt says, "I can see her real hair!!" Later on, "She's wearing a thong!" (about one of the urchins) Awful.

I saw RENT with my dad when I was twelve. He was so confused. "Is Norbert in the dress?" Not to mention the tension during "Contact"

Seeing La Cage with my slightly uncultured little brother was a bit erm, different.

Saw Taboo with my little sister - her first Broadway show. When Raúl came out in the "sack of lemons" costume, my sister loudly whispered, "OMG. You can SEE where his PENIS is."

There was a whole crowd of Jewish guys in the row in front of me at The Producers. "Springtime for Hitler" was very awkward.

Every second of the Starlight Express tour was uncomfortable.

There were so many times during The Normal Heart where I was so overwhelmed I just wanted to run out of the theatre.

I think this is the longest post I've made.

[cturtle]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 9:11pm

exiting the house after seeing LA CAGE and hearing a man in the lobby say "did they have to kiss?!" made me VERY uncomfortable ... and very MAD.

[liotte]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 11:39pm

Definitely seeing Ave Q with my Grandma... the puppet sex wasn't as bad as the line "grab your dick and double click for porn, porn, porn", as well as some other notable lyrics.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:20am

So far I haven't had any awkward theatre moments. I have definately been shocked a few times, but nothing that was uncomfortable. The closest thing I could think of was the scene in The Normal Heart where Ned is getting a physical from Dr. Emma Brookner. Oh wait, no. Definately the scene in Ned's apartment where he comes home and sees Felix eating the junk food and throws the milk on the ground in a frightened temper. Not Broadway, but I did the best I could!

[RENT-head1]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:22am

It didn't happen in the theater...but I was listening to my RENT soundtrack in the car and my grandmother was with me. Halfway through "I'll Cover You" (my favorite song in the show by the way) she looks and me and asks "Is that 2 GUYS singing?" Try explaining that one to Grandma lol

Nic

[wildcat]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:51am

Sometimes our parents and grandparents are more hip than we give them credit for. (Those that haven't had hip replacements..)

[midtowngym]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:15am

my mother peeling an orange in the middle of Bebe's dancing in Chicago. When i shot her a dirty look, she replied QUITE LOUD "I PAID FOR THIS SEAT AND I CAN DO WHAT I WANT."

[midtowngym]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:15am

my mother peeling an orange in the middle of Bebe's dancing in Chicago. When i shot her a dirty look, she replied QUITE LOUD "I PAID FOR THIS SEAT AND I CAN DO WHAT I WANT."

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:58am

Definately the scene in Ned's apartment where he comes home and sees Felix eating the junk food and throws the milk on the ground in a frightened temper. Not Broadway, but I did the best I could!

Speaking of that moment from THE NORMAL HEART, when I went to see it Raul threw down the milk carton at an angle, and splashed a person sitting in the front row. It took me out of the moment a bit, because I had just sat in that seat during the first act (it was free and the ushers moved us down, but then the people who had the tickets for those seats came during intermission and we had to move -- I guess it was for the better!).

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:06am

Oh, eek. That WAS uncomfortable. I was actually quite afraid of Raúl, and I think that goes down as the single most intense moment I've ever seen in a theatre.

*cries* I hate that that play didn't get a fair goodbye.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:08am

When I saw that, it took all I could for me to keep from squeeling. I jumped so high out of my chair. It nearly scared the pee outta me.

[chickenlover]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:42am

oh my god, i took my little brother to see Grand Hotel and the part where Jane Krackowski pees on the couch totally made him cry and he threw his playbill at Jane, as we were sitting in the first row, and her wig fell off and she screamed and threw her pee soaked shoe at my brother and she hit him in the eye and now he's totally blind, in that eye and then Brent Barrett came out and was going to hand my brother a soda so that he would stop crying but he sliiped in the pee and his shoe came OFF and hit my brother in the crotch and he is unable to have any children. And then the whole orchestra platform fell over and my brother grabbed Jane's wig, that fell off when he threw his playbill at her and ran up the isle screaming.."You were the pink part of the train!" JaNE was left alone on stage, except for the crushed orchestra member and softly began to sing "Into the Groove.'

[wildcat]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 3:17am

Well, for goodness sake, don't take your little brother to London to see GUYS AND DOLLS because I hear Jane is having wig fittings as we speak.