THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Starring Denzel Washington Now Playing!!!!- Page 3

[Eos]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 1:57am

Thanks uncageg! I'm reading it now.

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 11:27am

Glad you enjoyed it! They are a very outspoken group. I love them!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 3:01pm

Geez,

This reminds me of a thread I started a while back and people were calling me racist because I described one of the men involved as a black man.

Jordan is not racist and neither am I.

[Nubiez]

Posted: 7/4/10 at 10:35am

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/4/10 at 10:37am

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[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/4/10 at 1:37pm

^ Like, Omigod you guys! Right?

back on the subject at hand, I saw the Dreamgirls tour in Philadelphia last weekend and was the only white person in the tier of the theatre and boy did I feel out of the loop.

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 7/4/10 at 4:27pm

Are you asked to bring anything with you to the show to throw on stage?

[Hernan]

Posted: 7/4/10 at 5:30pm

I saw the Broadway production of Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington several years ago (his performance was amazing)-
sounds like a similar audience-
shouting out,
talking back,
hooting,
hollering,
cat calls,
whistling,
etc-
the most unique Broadway audience I've ever experienced.
(ps- I sat next to SnoopDog & his posse- they behaved like perfect gentlemen)

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/4/10 at 5:57pm

I will go ahead and post the interview I did and sent to Eos. The first part is about the show and the cast. It then goes into a conversation like the one we are having here. I did this interview in the afternoon and on the morning of the interview there was a conversation similar to this one going on here on the main board. (I posted it in that thread once it went live on the Denver page) I let the cast know about the conversation here and brought up a few of the questions in the conversation and well...here it is for those of you who haven't read it:

https://denver.broadwayworld.com/article/In_Conversation_The_Cast_of_Radio_Golf_at_the_Denver_Center_20090426

[Okayfine]

Posted: 7/6/10 at 11:05am

No doubt I'll get flamed for this comment, but it's pretty clear that this is a group of predominantly white people talking about what is racist against black people when discussing what is essentially a cultural thing. I know people who work at the Cort & they even had a meeting, early on in the run, about the talking back to the stage issue. The BLACK staff members said, "That's just the way it's done in black culture. To try to stop it would be fighting an uphill battle." So, no, it's not a racist thing unless blacks are being racist against themselves. And, yes, it's irritating, and not just to white people! So I guess these comments make me racist, too, huh? What strikes me about the audience, though, is that they think it's a comedy & laugh straight through Roses' rant. And I don't know WHAT that's about!

[mikem]

Posted: 7/6/10 at 11:39am

I was wondering if anyone else has seen Fences recently, and if audience "interaction" has changed over the course of the run. I saw it just a couple of weeks ago, and nobody was shouting out anything or doing anything unusual. There was some gasping, but at expected places. I wonder if the skyrocketing ticket prices are changing the composition of the audience or the audience behavior.

(Slight spoiler below)




Okayfine, are you saying that people were laughing through Rose's big scene at the top of Act II? Viola Davis has tears pouring down her face and people are LAUGHING? That's weird.

Updated On: 7/6/10 at 11:39 AM

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 7/6/10 at 12:52pm

They need to teach Theatre Etiquite (sp?) 101 in elementray school, even for just one week. I was at a show (on tour) to which there was this overly excited teenage girl, who was TALKING to the cast members on stage, refereing them to their actual names, saying "Sing it" , Nice Note, and the unflattering (sp?) Whooing throughout the entire time...Intermission came, an usher went to her...she dissapeard for the second act. She was white.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 7/6/10 at 2:44pm

I don't think the incredibly rude behavior referred to above is solely a cultural phenomenon; it's also an issue of education, manners and what the audience member has been exposed to. I had a similar experience--though thankfully not to the extent some have had at FENCES--at MEMPHIS. As to someone's mentioning a Hasidic family at MERCHANT, that would qualify as a hen's teeth rarity. Perhaps you were confusing them with Modern Orthodox? I'd wager few if any Hasidim ever attend public, mixed entertainments. The experiences with African Americans and teens are much more common, and it drives me crazy. That is why I decided not to attend FENCES, even via standing room.

Early in the last century, immigrant Jews who attended the Yiddish theater often gasped, cried, talked back and similarly threw themselves into the action. But with education and acculturation, that ceased. Those who behave like that today are not strangers to our shores. There's no excuse for that sort of behavior from any groups.

[kc2]

Posted: 7/6/10 at 5:00pm

uncageg - I really enjoyed reading your interview, thanks for posting the link :o)

I saw Fences at the end of May and I didn't experience much of what is being described here. The one moment that stands out in my mind was **spoiler**

when Rose delivered the line about how Troy may have a daughter but he no longer has a wife. I know I've mangled that but it's late here and I'm tired, forgive me. There was applause and cheers of approval ... but Viola Davies' performance had me, at that moment, wanting to jump out of my seat and say "yeah" lol I found it a refreshing change to be feel able to applaud such a moment as opposed to just thinking it silently in my head.

[Okayfine]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:52am

My apologies, mikem, for the delay in my reply. SPOILER ALERT...

SPOILER ALERT: The audience frequently LAUGHS through Rose's big speech in Act 2 when Troy tells her he's fathered a child. They laugh when Cory charges Troy. They laugh when Rose tells Troy he's a "womanless man". It's breathtaking.

Now, all of this said, audiences on Bway have very distinct personalites. Sundays are notoriously the worst crowds for behavior, much worse that Wed mats. Tuesday & Wed nites are not so bad. That goes for every show, not just Fences.