Standing ovations during a show

I know standing ovations after a show have become the norm now but I was curious to know, has anyone witnessed a standing ovation during a show? I've read about people standing after "No Time At All" in the current Pippin revival as well as during Grey Gardens when Little Edie entered at the start of Act 2.

The only time I've ever witnessed one in person was during the UK tour of Hairspray after Sandra Marvin sang I Know Where I've Been.

Both times I saw the 08 Gypsy there was a standing ovation after Rose's Turn.

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When HELLO DOLLY! was last revived on Broadway, the Immortal Carol received a standing ovation the moment she stepped off the trolley for "I Put My Hand In", another one at the end of the parade, another one when she appeared at the top of the stairs at the Harmonia Gardens, another one at the end of the "Hello, Dolly!" number and a last one at curtain calls. She deserved every one of them.

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2011; Jesus Christ Superstar in Vienna. There was a standing ovation in the middle of the piece after Drew Sarich's Gethsemane.

There was A standing ovation after brotherhood of man on the last night of the recent how to succeed revival

All through the last performance on Broadway of Memphis and after "Seize The Day" of the first performance of Newsies. Other than that, never. I saw Pippin in July and no one stood up for Ms. Martin. I personally think it's kind of strange.

This is a little bit of a different situation, but when I went to a reading of 8 (the play about Prop 8 ), the original plaintiffs, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, were there. When they were introduced in a speech before the show, there was a standing ovation for them.

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The most awkward standing ovation is for an Act I Finale, I think. I saw the OBC of WICKED and Defying Gravity got a standing ovation. In the row in front of me, a woman was trying to exit her row to use the bathroom. She was blocked in until the ovation subsided. She kept yelling "Excuse me. EXCUSE ME!" to the teen next to her who was too enraptured in the moment to notice.

AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY also got standing ovations after EACH of its three acts.

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The three times I saw August:Osage County on Broadway, I never saw a standing ovation at the end of Acts I or II. I did see an elderly man in front of me passing out and his family gently slapping his face and putting water bottles on the back of his neck to get him to stop moaning.

When I saw Willemijn on Broadway in WICKED, "Defying Gravity" got a standing ovation from a majority of the house.
Actually, most of the times I've seen the show that happens. Mostly on the road though.

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I've seen it at operas, but never during musicals or plays, except possibly before intermission.

Not to be a troll, but when I saw Pippin on a Saturday night after it had opened, "No Time At All" was not given a standing O.

"I also have a friend who was at a performance of the Lincoln Cemter revival of South Pacific where the Orchestra received a standing ovation after the overture."

I would have LOVED to be there for that one.

I know Billy Porter got a standing ovation after the song "Hold Me in Your Heart" at Kinky Boots the week after he won the Tony Award. I am thinking it was the first show on Tues night after the Tony's but I am not 100% positive of the date.

I FINALLY saw Book of Mormon the other night for the first time. It was a weird audience and though they were loud, they were sort of cheap on the applause. There is Matt Doyle singing his little heart out for "I Believe" and the audience bursts into really enthusiastic and loud applause that lasted about 2 seconds..and then stopped. And at the end of the show, no one stood up at all - until the very end when finally some brave soul in the second row stood up and the rest of the audience eventually followed suit but the actors were practically off the stage already. Go figure.. I was kinda shocked. People stand up for just about anything..