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[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 3:48pm

Immediately after a performance of Thou Shalt Not as I was exiting the theatre, a young woman exclaimed to her flamboyant male companion, "BEST. SHOW. EVER!"

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 4:09pm

When I saw the 2001 revival of FOLLIES at the Belasco, a woman behind me exclaimed, "Well, you'd think that at these prices, they'd fix up the theatre!"

The theatre had deliberately been made to look as though it were crumbling, etc. Appropriate for the show.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 4:30pm

I wasn't one of those.

Are you actually Latino, Carlos? I'm not sure what the custom was in that community.

But I was born in 1954. When I started showering with my PE class in 1966, there was one boy out of 40 who wasn't circumcized. He was quite the object of curiosity.

I haven't been single since the mid-1970s, but when I was sleeping around, the ratio was about the same.

I should have added that the pendulum has begun to swing back now that evidence suggests proper hygiene achieves the same health benefits as circumcision. Neither of my grandsons is circumcized, but their father grew up in Russia, where it wasn't a common practice.

[Patash]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 4:35pm

"Second silliest thing I've heard "Latecomers will not be seated".

That's the best thing ever said in a theatre.

>>>>>>>>>>

Well it WOULD be the best thing if they actually did it, but rarely do they.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 4:53pm

I forget which musical I was at, but during intermission I overheard 2 teenage boys sitting in front of me discussing how they hate when friends say they're going to a play even though it's a musical. They both agreed that people should learn the correct terminology when discussing theatre. Then one turned to the other and said, "I can't wait for the soundtrack to be released on this show." to which his friend replied "me too!".

[The Glenbuck Laird]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 5:20pm

"I think she is into me!"- My 79 year old dad while chatting it up with one of the Kit Kat Club girls while at a stage side table at Cabaret before the show started.

He he. Ha ha. Good work, made my day that

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 5:24pm

I have nothing to contribute - I just wanted to fix the spelling error. ^

It was nice to see the thread take a turn into a circumcision history lesson, though, that was um...educational.

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 12:42am

There was one time where I was sitting in the boxes for the recent Hair revival. There were two teenage (maybe late teenage early 20's) girls who were sitting in front of me. Fully dressed in hippie/60's garb.They were talking about sixties pop culture etc and were very accurate about it. But, when the line "it's not for lack of bread, like the Grateful Dead" was sung, they turned to one another and asked "who's the Grateful Dead."

So much for claiming to know everything about 60s pop culture.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 9:03am

When I saw the 2011 revival of Follies, I had 2 older couples sitting next to me and discussing during intermission how they liked the 2007 City Center concert better because it was the abridged version. One woman also thought the ghosts should have done more and be more glamorous.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 9:09am

I sat in front of a man who snored the entire way through the first act of iHo and then at intermission made a phone call wherein he enthusiastically proclaimed it the best new play running in New York City.

[JRybka]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 9:14am

When there was a knock on the door during a version of Anne Frank and someone from behind me who was so annoyed with the whole version said quite loudly... "She's upstairs"

[Patash]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 9:36am

Good try at an old joke, JRybka.

Here's a whole Snopes article about that very thing (although it was actually supposed to be "She's in the attic" which is funnier. It even shows the joke used in a Golden Girls episode.


She's in the attic

[verdigris]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 10:43am

During Wicked intermission:

"What has this got to do with The Wizard of Oz?"

[Dawn Davenport]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 11:03am

Do movie theatres count?

Because the first thing that popped into my head when I read this question was when I was at a movie theatre to watch the film version of "Sweeney Todd" and I heard some dumbbell sitting behind me say before the movie started "I wonder if Danny Elfman did the score to this movie?"

I couldn't face palm hard enough......

[James2]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 12:38pm

After seeing "Honeymoon in Vegas" yesterday, I'm inclined to mention The Garden of Disappointed Mothers.

[Marway44]

Posted: 12/18/14 at 1:21pm

At the end of "Phantom" someone once said, "it's so sad the Phantom died".

[jemjeb2]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 10:54am

"It must be true - I read it on the BWW board."

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:00am

"I forget which musical I was at, but during intermission I overheard 2 teenage boys sitting in front of me discussing how they hate when friends say they're going to a play even though it's a musical. They both agreed that people should learn the correct terminology when discussing theatre. Then one turned to the other and said, "I can't wait for the soundtrack to be released on this show." to which his friend replied "me too!". "

A musical IS a play. It also has music in it. To say you are going to a play when going to a musical is correct. To say you are going to a musical is simply more specific.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:14am

Good try at an old joke, JRybka.

Here's a whole Snopes article about that very thing (although it was actually supposed to be "She's in the attic" which is funnier. It even shows the joke used in a Golden Girls episode.

Patash, I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of The Golden Girls!

[Pootie2]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:27am

"A musical IS a play. It also has music in it. To say you are going to a play when going to a musical is correct. To say you are going to a musical is simply more specific."

I think that's the irony. And then there's the part where they call it a soundtrack instead of cast recording...

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:33am

At Side Show last week the group sitting around me couldn't stop complaining about how small they thought the seats and aisles were. They were all convinced the seats were small because the theatre was recently remodeled and more seats were installed. I resisted bursting their disgruntled bubble.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:46am

"I think that's the irony. And then there's the part where they call it a soundtrack instead of cast recording..."

I confess I never thought of that, but I still think the "soundtrack" remark that was meant to be the silly one. I don't think Boobs was talking about the musical/play part. Many, many intelligent people don't think of musicals as plays.

Funny either way.





Updated On: 12/19/14 at 11:46 AM

[Pootie2]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 1:06pm

^You're probably right about the punchline. I interpreted the joke both ways, I guess.

[Patash]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 1:30pm

I have a friend who always used to say "do you want to see a play with or without music". I always thought that sounded nicer somehow than "do you want to see a play or a musical".

[MFPltd]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 4:26pm

I rarely post but the comment about "Thou Shalt Not" was too compelling to not respond. I still hear "TugBoat" in my darkest moments!