The wave does not belong in the theater! — Page 3

I know I won't get 100% support, and that things don't always go my way and that people do not agree with me. That's what makes this message board such fun.

Jose', I don't have an issue with the show, I enjoyed it. If kids did the wave at a Yankees game, I wouldn't mind. It's just a matter of appropriate behavior for a theater. Yes, this show has a more casual atmosphere than most Broadway shows, but it is still the theater and people should treat this as they would any other show on Broadway.

It's not a control issue whatsoever, I don't know what you are talking about there.

Spelling Bee, based on the nature of the theater looking like a school gym, and the lobby looking like a school with pictures, lockers, etc, gives an impression of a more casual atmosphere than something with big fancy chandeliers, a velvet curtain, and extravagant decorations. Whether a fancy theater or one that looks like a school, they are both Broadway theaters and should be treated with the same respect. I'm sure if you saw a bunch of teens doing the wave at Phantom of the Opera (just a random example), you would find it inappropriate.

Zoneface - I agree... while it is not 100% appropriate, it's a fun show with plenty of audience participation and if it's before the show, what's the harm? I mean, for shows like Phantom, the audience is usually uptight and that stuff wouldn't fly, but in general it's rather permissible for the Spelling Bee audience to come in jeans, try and catch the juiceboxes, etc...

BSO - in terms of the jeans thing... true. and i'm sure that someone like liotte who goes 100x a week to spelling bee doesn't wear her finest attire to every performance. in fact, sitting next to someone who saw the bee a million times would bother me much more than a group of hs kids doing the wave... at least they wouldn't be annoying throughout the show like "so on 11/8/05 deborah craig did _____ and celia said ____ and they're all my best of friends"

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I think the difference is in the layouts of the theatre. in most broadway theatres, such as phantom's theatre, all audience members face the same way, and half the fun of doing the wave is doing it in an arena type setting, which the circle in the square is. there would be no point in doing the wave in other theatres, becuase 1. it would last 3 seconds a pop, and 2. you wouldn't be able to see anyone else doing it.

since the circle in the square theater is designed like an arena, and may remind some less savvy theatre-goers unlike yourself of a concert or a baseball game, it's just innocent fun, but it's understandable fun.

did it ruin the experience of the show for you? becuase it shouldn't have, but from your thread, it sounds as if they ruined your entire night.

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Namo and dreaminaret, for people who have never met me, you are quick to judge who I am.
Namo, I don't go to libraries, I prefer places like Six Flags that are noisy, and people can run around yelling whatever they want. I think that going to the theater should have a certain amount of reverence, and those kids tonight didn't have any idea that they were at a Broadway show. It was just inappropriate, in my opinion.
dreaminaret, I have never claimed any of those people were my friends in any way whatsoever, I have never referred to a single person in that show (or any show) as a "friend" of mine. And I don't talk during shows, I find that rude.

This had nothing to do with the actual show except that it happened to take place there. The show itself was great as always.

liotte, dont you post after EVERY show on the spelling bee thread with whatever new line comes that probably no one else would have even noticed?

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dream - Why is that a problem? Some of us LIKE hearing what goes on in individual shows.

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ETA: i like the spelling bee, but have better things to do in my life than see it more than twice.

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Updated On: 4/9/06 at 12:32 AM

"...no one has reason to believe that audience members who sit next to Liotte are aware of how many times she has seen the show..."

Oh but can't you just guess that they DO? I mean, we've all been around the single show freaks who laugh a half second too early at the regular jokes, who GUFFAW to acknowledge ever milisecond improv that a performer slips in, who claps a little too early and otherwise behaves in such a way as to telegraph, "I'm a regular here. They all know me!"

Look, Liotte knows EXACTLY how the show is supposed to go and is understandably upset that some NEW PEOPLE came in and did something that, to her way of thinking, was not approved. We can just hope that in the future, a cast member will start a Wave that will be taken up by the audience and Liotte will be the first out of her seat. Because, you know, there's room for improv there.

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"Sorry you are poor and cannot afford to go to the theater often. Stop being jealous that I go so much and get a job so you can see shows often too, if that's why you are complaining."

Umm, yeah, because that made sense.


wow, you really are just completely clueless aren't you?

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"Sorry you are poor and cannot afford to go to the theater often. Stop being jealous that I go so much and get a job so you can see shows often too, if that's why you are complaining. "

Liotte: I work 3 jobs for a total of 50 hrs/wk in addition to taking a full college courseload. But I'd much rather go to a show once every month or two and spend my money on paying off undergrad loans, spending my free time doing work so that I can maintain the merit scholarships I got for most of my grad school tuition for next year, and making sure that when I'm in grad school I'll have all of my living expenses covered without having to work my ass off. So yes, I could spend an extra $100 a week on shows, but that would get me nowhere.

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Namo - I can guess whatever I want. That does not make it valid in an argument.

::I'm really not trying to make enemies. Don't hate me::

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