Strange Audience Members at City Center

Okay, we've talked at great length about how magnificent the production of GYPSY is, but have said nothing about the bizarre assortment of people in the theater last night.

The woman next to me ate sliced pineapple all through the first act. She took out a hero sandwich during intermission and during the second act she consumed a whole box of fresh strawberries.

There were dozens of women who looked as though the were dressed for a road company of FIDDLER--really, are babushkas in style these days? Most of these women were also wearing long, dark skirts.

A few years ago I had the misfortune of sitting next to a lady who smelled of a hard boiled agg whiile watching an Encores! production. Maybe it was her sister who sat beside me last night.

Why does the City Center attract such people? They are abviously theater-goers, but why must they consume whole meals during performances?

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Updated On: 7/10/07 at 02:13 PM

Pineapple woman is pretty damn lucky La Lupone didn't see her...

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Pineapple Lady never offered me any, either. (It really smelled good!)

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Double post

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Updated On: 7/10/07 at 02:23 PM

I was surprised enough that LuPone didn't emasculate that jackass whose cell phone rang for a good 30 seconds or more just before "Rose's Turn."

The lady on my right loudly shushed a whispering couple during the overture. I thought "good for her," until she started singing along with "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and later talked through the entr'acte.

And the person she came with didn't even know "Gypsy" was a musical until the orchestra was revealed.

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 02:30 PM

Mr Roxy felt the same way.

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And it's not about Hungarians! Who knew?

And it's not about Hungarians! Who knew?

No...it's about my momma...

The original title was "Gypsy, Tramps and Thieves.

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Ok at the invited dress, there was an old man in front of me. He was very sweaty, about 80 years old, and wearing a wife beater and short short jogging shorts. He had his electronic hearing device turned WAY up so I could hear it too and every once in a while, he got up and did some.. exercises. On the stairs.

I have never seen anything like that in my entire life. It's true about the crowds there.

There was also a woman behind me who was telling her friend that "June comes back in act II, she comes back and apologizes, I've seen this before"

........ that wasn't weird as much as funny though.

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"Ok at the invited dress, there was an old man in front of me. He was very sweaty, about 80 years old, and wearing a wife beater and short short jogging shorts. He had his electronic hearing device turned WAY up so I could hear it too and every once in a while, he got up and did some.. exercises. On the stairs."

That was Arthur Laurents. He was forced into letting LuPone do Gypsy, so he's going to make sure it's a horrible experience all around. It's sort of a Bette/Joan scenario.

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Two words for you all:

Senior. Citizens.

Make fun now. You're all be bringing eyedroppers to the theater next.

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PalJoey....he wasn't old