Super Conservative Theatre Patrons — Page 2

"I admire your dedication in trolling this board and trying to make people feel like idiots for not agreeing with you."



Isn't that exactly what you've done with respect to the "pearl clutchers" you've derided in this thread?

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Make sure not to touch it, lest you be accused of clutching it.

By any chance did After Eight see the musical Fun Home? Curious.

I’m just constantly amazed at the things these people freak out over. And that they do zero research before attending. Any fun stories about pearl clutching theatre-goers?"

Well two older women sat next to me at "Spring Awakening" in Charlotte NC several years ago (I did not check if they were wearing pearls -lol) and to my surprise they loved the song "Totally F*****" so I guess you can never tell what peoples reaction is going to be at a show.

PThespian said: "I remember one night at Mamma Mia! this guy flipped out at me because he felt the number with everyone in their scuba/swimming outfits was totally inappropriate for his twelve year old daughter. He demanded his money back, which he did not get."

I actually don't believe this man was serious. I suspect he just loved Mamma Mia too much (he might even lip sync to all the songs in his swimming outfit in front of the mirror with a hairbrush when his wife is not home) and wanted to take his daughter to the show but then he realized that his budget was insufficient and he didn't want his wife to find out he visited the show again. The things people do for financial profit.....

This seems like a much more realistic scenario.

Updated On: 3/13/18 at 05:55 AM

In a community production of Little Women, an elderly couple took umbrage at Jo (played by my daughter) wearing pants as opposed to a dress during some Act I scenes.

adamgreer said: "Why would a cheating spouse offend that crowd? They have no problem with their President doing it."

Such "fun" stories.

Actually, I find nothing either "fun" or funny about people feeling offended, unhappy, angry, or shortchanged when they go to the theatre. I think that's bad both for them and for the theatre. Nor do I find it either "fun" or funny to mock their unhappiness.

But to add to the general mirth, I know someone who couldn't stand either the language or practically anything else in such critics' darlings as Hamilton, Fun Home, Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening, etc.

Isn't that a riot?

I saw the Les Miz tour in Salt Lake City in the early 2000s and I saw a few people turn to each other with big eyes when Gavroche said, "But what the hell."

Speaking about people who didn't know much about a show before seeing it, when I still lived in New Orleans, I caught the tour of Avenue Q and despite a disclaimer stating this show isn't for children, I saw what probably were season ticket holders who just see everything that comes to town bringing hoards of children to the show. Well, let's just say I don't think that puppet show was covering material that they had anticipated. There was a similar story back in 2004 when the Republican National Convention was in New York and I think the NY Daily News or even the Post did a story on Convention attendees seeing Avenue Q and being shocked at what they saw...though one woman felt "Everybody's a Little Bit Racist" was a good song and had a lot of truth to it.

Updated On: 3/13/18 at 10:29 AM

I was at Fiddler on the Roof and sitting on the very inside of an aisle that was all ultra-Orthodox Jewish. I needed them to stand up so I could get to my seat. I was wearing jeans. One mom shielded her son's eyes as I walked past.