The wave does not belong in the theater!- Page 11

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 12:10pm

My thoughts are that maybe this group of kids knew the show or knew what it was about upon entering. When you enter that theatre, you are made to feel that you are in a high school and high school gym. The show reeks of fun even before the "curtain" goes up! And something about interactive shows was mentioned. This is a slightly interactive show! Snacks thrown around, cast member interacting with audience members at one point. I agree that maybe they were in the spirit of the show. It would not have bothered me. I think comparing it to Sweeney and cutting heads off is quite a stretch! I agree that there is a certain way to behave in a theatre, but I think there are exceptions. Now, if they had started cutting heads off at Spelling Bee before the show, well....

[irene2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 1:02pm

I read the entire thread. Like a horrific car accident, you cant look away. Question for NAMO (excerpt from your last post):

....."It's interesting that you keep writing that you "have no problem" with this behavior or that behavior... and then you insist you don't have control issues".....

Why, oh why, do you insist on attacking? I think you have mentioned "control issues" at least three times. So, what is your point?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 1:41pm

this board would be a much nicer place if everyone just agreed with everyone else and spent their posts congratulating them for whathever thread they start or complimenting them on their astute observations.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 2:08pm

I agree papa. You are always the voice of reason and the keenest observer on this board. Thank you for posting.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 2:28pm

no, thank you, sum. your vivid insights are appreciated more than you know.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 2:57pm

I thought about reading all of these posts, but I didn't feel like it. First, it's very clear that many of you have absolutely no etiquette and have a blatant disregard for others. Liotte didn't want to do the wave? So what? I'll bet 90% of the audience didn't want to do it. And they are correct. Theatre, no matter what the subject or atmosphere, or if it is in "the spirit of the show" is not a sporting event nor is it a zoo. People go to sporting events expecting to hear screaming, cursing, to see inappropriate behavior and the wave from the people in the stands. People do not expect this behavior when they go to the theatre. In fact, I don't recall ever seeing the wave performed at a real spelling bee, so why would I expect to see one at a mock one? Whether or not the show was in progress is irrelevant. They were clearly disturbing people. Also, while I know that some people wear jeans to the theatre, it is wholely inappropriate to wear sweats or shorts or t-shirts. In my mind it is the dumbing down of the art form. It is actually within the powers of theatres to absolutley enforce a dress code and throw disruptive people out. If this happened at my theatre, I would have thrown them all out for being disruptive. It's fine that some of you are classless, ignorant and rude, but that gives you no right to inflict that on the rest of society. This group didn't pay $95 per person to act like idiots. They paid to watch the show. It doesn't give them any rights to behave as they wish. It's clear that no one on the theatre staff was doing their job, because they actually do have the authority to stop this behavior, and the manger certainly could have thrown them out. I guess this is just another consequence of the Disneyfication of Broadway.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:25pm

Vivid insight? That's obvious written all over that face in papa's avatar.
It haunts me like the passports they hand you while touring the Holocaust Museum.(no disrespect intended. I didn't fancy those either)

If we all stand up and do the wave at you will you bring back the old skelton? He was much more fun and frisky.

Oh and I'm glad you guys never sat near me during "Tommy" or "Mamama Mia's" finale. I nearly threw my back out doing the Elaine dance. (But so did everyone else who was drinking.)

Can't we turn this thread around? Let's head back to the beach and the WAVES and try again.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:30pm

But tell us Fosse76...how do you really feel about theatre etiquette?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:31pm

patti, i know that you mean well, but i find it wholely inappropriate to be drinking before or during a broadway show. it's not a bar.

i know they serve alcohol in some theatres, but no self respecting theatre fan that has any self respect or dignity or self esteem or consideration or tact or common courtesy would want to diminish their theatrical experience by poisoning it with alcohol.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:32pm

Especially when you get to witness the likes of Melanie Griffith or Susanne Somers onstage pouring their hearts out.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:37pm

Did I say I was drinking? Nope, I said I was dancing. So why are there bars in theaters? And why do people do the wave when there's no water or boogey boards?

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:38pm

Because the Range Rovers don't fit through the door.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:48pm

I thought about reading all of these posts, but I didn't feel like it. First, it's very clear that many of you have absolutely no etiquette and have a blatant disregard for others.

Making blanket statements about people whose posts you haven't read is the HEIGHT of both etiquette and regard for others.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 3:55pm

FYI, I read about four pages before it became repetitive. I should clarified that.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 4:07pm

MMmmmm-hmmmmmmm.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 4:33pm

But it's 11 pages long. Isn't there the off-chance that something may have happened in the 7 pages you didn't read?