Super Conservative Theatre Patrons — Page 4

Mildred Plotka said: "The Little Mermaid woman responded again. She claims they “take God’s name in vain” in The Little Mermaid”. Now I don’t know what her definition of taking god’s name in vain is, it could be OMG. In which case, yikes."

You should also ask her if she's bothered by the fact that Ariel gives up her voice to make a boy fall in love with her. I think she might be offended by the wrong part of that story haha!

Mildred Plotka said: "Ha! The mind boggles."

And then liberals are called snowflakes and accused of being too politically correct haha. It really does boggle the mind you are right.

Great Dame said: "Mildred Plotka said: "Ha! The mind boggles."

And then liberals are called snowflakes and accused of being too politically correct haha. It really does boggle the mind you are right."

This one Facebook poster called shows like Next to Normal and Fun Home “PC musicals” but was offended by both. I don’t get it.

I work in subscriber services and I can honestly say I've heard it all when it comes to some patrons opinions on things. I once had a woman come out of the first twenty-ish minutes of Cabaret shaking and in tears with her teenage daughter (embarrassed and trailing behind her) complaining that she was not aware that it was "this kind of a show" and "not right for my fourteen year old, we came because we love THE SONG (Cabaret)" and I once had a patron renewing her subscription who flat out said "I walked out of Color Purple once and I'll do it again".

I also watched many people walk out of Curious Incident and even had a group of women on their way out ask me how it ended.

It's kind of insane how much money people pay to see things and don't actually put forth the effort to read more into what they're seeing. It's also not like the subscription information is present or clear, because the brochures sent out give you information on each performance.

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ClumsyDude15 said: "I work in subscriber services and I can honestly say I've heard it all when it comes to some patrons opinions on things. I once had a woman come out of the first twenty-ish minutes of Cabaret shaking and in tears with her teenage daughter (embarrassed and trailing behind her) complaining that she was not aware that it was "this kind of a show" and "not right for my fourteen year old, we came because we love THE SONG (Cabaret)" andI once had a patron renewing her subscription who flat out said "I walked out of Color Purple once and I'll do it again".

I also watched many people walk out of Curious Incident and even had a group of women on their way out ask me how it ended.

It's kind of insane how much money people pay to see things and don't actually put forth the effort to read more into what they're seeing. It's also not like the subscription information is present or clear, because the brochures sent out give you information on each performance."

Many theaters also print age recommendations and even go beyond that with educator guides. Doesn’t seem to prevent people who clearly are going to have a problem with it. Our local production of Cabaret also had many upset patrons who, only knowing the title song, thought it was going to be a feel good romp of a musical. And it was a tame production compared to the Roundabout staging. I’ve also seen people freak out over the content in A Chorus Line, thinking it was going to be an evening of “One” songs. In this day and age there really is no excuse for people to not do research if they are sensitive to subject matter. But then they’d have nothing to complain about.

"I think with subscription theater many long term patrons just renew no matter what."

Which benefits the theatre company, no? So those patrons are actually helping the theatre company survive, and possibly thrive. And maybe said patrons are just glad to support their theatre, no matter what. I also have a feeling the theatre company is very glad to receive their money.

"Our theater also offers an early renewal discount before the season is announced."

And the patrons who take advantage of that are also helping bring money into the theatre's coffers.

"I would never subscribe to a season before knowing the shows they’re doing."

That's your choice. But those who do are actually helping the theatre more than you are.

Ironic.

Mildred Plotka said: "The Little Mermaid woman responded again. She claims they “take God’s name in vain” in The Little Mermaid”. Now I don’t know what her definition of taking god’s name in vain is, it could be OMG. In which case, yikes."

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the only god or divine-ish character in The Little Mermaid the mer-king?

Great Dame said: "This isn't a theatre example but it still makes me laugh. I was leaving a Madonna concert a few years ago and the people behind us on the stairs were complaining about how inappropriate and offensive it was... um, it's Madonna?!"

I wonder if those people hadn't paid attention to Madonna and her concerts in like the past 18 years. I found that to be true when she toured a city she hadn't been in since the Virgin Tour and people were expecting like an aged pop star doing a farewell concert or a one-off nostalgia tour or something and probably thought she'd just perform her old hits. What they didn't expect was that Madonna's concerts are highly-produced, choreographed, expensive-looking productions with lots of themes with some of them controversial still, concepts, new songs, and Madonna cursing up a storm while being just as sexual as she ever was.

Great Dame said: "TravisOKC said: "When I saw the most recent revival of Hair on broadway, a woman and two children (under 10) had front row center seats. Needless to say they didn't return after intermission.Not necessarily an example of conservative theatre examples, but it most certainly made me laugh."

Hahaha I'll admit I find this pretty hilarious! And also, I'm super jealous you got to see the Hair revival!"

I had front row seats at Hair a few times myself and I didn't know where to look for those 20 seconds at the end of Act 1...haha.



I'm guessing that mother had no clue there was nudity in it.