Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission- Page 2

[Pgenre]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#25

Posted: 1/30/10 at 3:33pm

Mistermatt, that is SUCH a fabulous story!!! What was Eddie's reaction?! The stoic stare he is so famous for?

And was it THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY or THE GOAT that you saw 2nd (or something else entirely) and actually saw him during intermission listening to your b*llsy mother?

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[ghostlight2]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#26

Posted: 1/30/10 at 7:30pm

pg, what is it about you that you think it's okay to refer to theater icons not only by their first names, but cutie sweetie pie versions thereof? Edward Albee is "Eddie"?
Angela Lansbury is "Angie"?

Why are you so condescending to your fellow posters? It makes you sound catty and unpleasant. Especially when you end with "kisses!"

On-topic, I follow the two-block rule, and if at a bar, have a look around to see who might overhear - it's just common courtesy.

[wexy]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#27

Posted: 1/30/10 at 8:16pm

I see nothing wrong with talking about it either.
the intermission thing that absolutely drives me crazy is the throngs of people that surround the reviews in the lobby as if they can't make up their own minds as what they've just seen.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

[April Saul]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#28

Posted: 1/30/10 at 10:54pm

Edward Albee has a sense of humor. A friend of mine and I had seen his "Occupant" about the sculptor Louise Nevelson at Signature and my friend had what I thought to be a far-fetched idea about Albee's thinking behind one of the plot points in the play. We went our separate ways and I suddenly realized I'd forgotten my umbrella and headed back to Signature but ran smack into Mr. Albee. After he signed my program I asked him if my companion was right; he just laughed and said no, that my friend was giving Albee way too much credit on that one and he didn't plan everything quite THAT intricately!

[Pgenre]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#29

Posted: 1/30/10 at 10:58pm

^ SO true, April Saul. He happens to be my favorite living author, so I have nothing but love and respect for him. Part of that is understanding his sense of humor, something many posters on here PAINFULLY lack (that is: ANY sense of humor whatsoever).

What was the OCCUPANT opinion, dare I ask? I happen to really like that play quite a bit and had Miss Bancroft not taken ill I'm sure it would have been quite a triumph for her. To have seen one of those few performances she gave of it!

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[ghostlight2]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#30

Posted: 1/30/10 at 11:32pm

Pity you missed her, Pg. Ms Bancroft was quite brilliant.

[AC126748]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#31

Posted: 1/31/10 at 7:13am

If I am seeing a show as a guest of the production, then I don't discuss it while still in the confines of the theatre. Otherwise, I wouldn't hesitate. The people in the theatre have already paid their money/received their comps, so it's not like you're dissuading people from seeing the show.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[sbflyfan]

Theater etiquette: Discussing a show at intermission#32

Posted: 1/31/10 at 10:32am

Heck, I don't care WHAT people discuss, as long as they have their conversation at intermission, and not DURING the show!

"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2