Twizzlers and M & Ms-why dear god?

I know your pain. I had a friggin family of four each with their own bag of M & M’s behind me at City Center during Parade. It really is a disgusting circus.

Also how much do those twizzlers and M&Ms cost nowadays? $10 each?

I'll up you one. Pringles at Camelot. An usher said LC had no control over what the vendor sold. That I find hard to believe.

Yeah - chips are the f’in worst. I know they have M&M’s (and most other candies) in boxes so theaters should seriously work together to only get those packages from their vendors. Twizzlers are kind of a perfect food to sell because they make no noise but those damn bags. I will 100% say to someone next to me now if so see them, that I really hope they’re not planning on making noise with the bag during the show. Gotta nip that in the bud.


And don’t get me started on cups filled with ice.

While I too despise loud and rude theatre patrons that have no regard for the space they are in... I'd consider the possibility that this person may have been pressed for time and needed to eat something, and thats all the theatre had to offer.

When I saw Sweeney I was on zero sleep, having dealt with a flight cancellation, overnight at the airport, and one direct flight turned into a connection and frantic ride from LGA to Manhattan to make it to the Lunt Fontanne by 1:30pm.

Perhaps this person was in a similar scenario.

It bogles my mind that theaters know they can buy candy in boxes and they don't. They can make patrons pour their candy in a plastic cup. And they don't. They could sell beverages in bottles that don't crinkle (or pour it into a glass) and they don't.

These are such easy fixes that wouldn't impact patron satisfaction or have much impact on the concession bottom line.

The disregard for the patron experience as ticket costs continue to soar has made the difference about buying tickets for certain shows for me.

ljay889 said: "The audiences at Sweeney have been absolutely dreadful since the first preview. It’s honestly a shame. It’s great seeing such a popular commercial production of a Sondheim show, but the audiences have been just terrible.
Also, I think the extremely high ticket prices for this show may embolden certain audience members to act however they want."

Its not just the audiences. I was sitting in the back of the theater and the house staff was having conversations at full volume throughout the first act. One also kept moving around one chair for them to sit,

I had a woman unfold a 6in sub and eat it and then, once finished, took out her phone and proceeded to take pictures.

Jordan Catalano said: "Yeah - chips are the f’in worst. I know they have M&M’s (and most other candies) in boxes so theaters should seriously work together to only get those packages from their vendors. Twizzlers are kind of a perfect food to sell because they make no noise but those damn bags. I will 100% say to someone next to me now if so see them, that I really hope they’re not planning on making noise with the bag during the show. Gotta nip that in the bud.


And don’t get me started on cups filled with ice."

When I was at Cursed Child someone had popcorn. Not as bad as chips but UGH

It's not just the products sold at the theater that are a problem. People bring food into the theater and have no problem eating it any time during a performance. At the revival of Grease about 15 years ago, a family of six was sitting directly behind me. During "Freddy, my Love" they broke out a box of Ritz crackers, passing the sleeves between them. Between the crinkling of the packaging and the crunching (especially among the kids), I was in theater hell. They decided to finish the box during Act II - apparently eating a Intermission wasn't an option..

In a different thread someone mentioned people behind him eating tuna salad sandwiches - probably not a lot of crunching, but that odor!

StefanieBway said: "While I too despise loud and rude theatre patrons that have no regard for the space they are in... I'd consider the possibility that this person may have been pressed for time and needed to eat something, and thats all the theatre had to offer.

When I saw Sweeney I was on zero sleep, having dealt with a flight cancellation, overnight at the airport, and one direct flight turned into a connection and frantic ride from LGA to Manhattan to make it to the Lunt Fontanne by 1:30pm.

Perhaps this person was in a similar scenario."

That would be an incredibly selfish excuse for ruining the show for so many people.

jagman1062 said: "It's not just the products sold at the theater that are a problem. People bring food into the theater and have no problem eating it any time during a performance. At the revival of Grease about 15 years ago, a family of six was sitting directly behind me. During "Freddy, my Love" they broke out a box of Ritz crackers, passing the sleeves between them. Between the crinkling of the packaging and the crunching (especially among the kids), I was in theater hell. They decided to finish the box during Act II - apparently eating a Intermission wasn't an option..

In a different thread someone mentioned people behind him eating tuna salad sandwiches - probably not a lot of crunching, but that odor!"

Odor? What about the hotdogs and sauerkraut served at the Radio City Music Hall? I sat behind people who not only ate them during the Christmas Show but went back for seconds!