Ugh, ruined experience
Ugh, ruined experience
Fiyero13
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/07
#1Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:17am
Saw a performance of Peter Pan last night, it was great except for the fact that this tall person with enormous head was blocking my view, so I ended up spending the whole time peering to the right and left of him and ended up straining my neck.
Has anybody else had this experience? What did u do?
Updated On: 4/18/08 at 11:17 AM
#2re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:18amI usually check to see if there are any other seats around that may be open and then move....
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#2re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:19amI shoot them.
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#4re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:20amPour alum on their head? It worked for Bugs Bunny.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#5re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:27am
I won the Wicked lotto (when it was on tour here). There was a large man with a bald head, but it ok because he was one seat over in front of me so it wasn't really blocking my view. That is, until the switched seats with his small, young daughter right before the show started.
So, the whole first act I strained my head to the left and right. Then for the second act, I switched seats with my aunt.
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#6re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:30amThis is why we need legislation banning big-headed freaks from the theater!
#8re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:35amAt least I assume you could watch the "I'm Flying" number, assuming they were able to inhabit the airspace above the big head in question.
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#9re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:45am
It happened when I saw CURTAINS last December. I was behind the largest human head in the history of all mankind. The Elephant Man's head was smaller.
But it didn't ruin the experience -- luckily, with all that bulk, he was very still.
#10re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:47amWhy didn't you tap him on the shoulder and ask him to remove his head? Sounds like you have no one to blame but yourself.
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CurtainPullDowner
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#11re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:49am
You give them one of those "I coulda had a V8" slaps and say:
Duck down you big headed freak!
That usually works.
#12re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:57ammy younger sister has this happen to her all the time. she rolls up her jacket and then sits on top of it.
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#13re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:59am
Was this the guy? He sat in front of me at "Take Me Out," damn him.
#15re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:09pm
I once saw Brian May (of Queen) at a play. I thought that was unfair to whomever was sitting behind him.
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Updated On: 4/18/08 at 12:09 PM
#16re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:13pm
Dont sit behind Erykah Badu... 
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#17re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:14pm
Ha, doodle, I was going to say Winnie Mandela. I guess that dates me. 
Fiyero13
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/07
#18re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:28pmso i ended up givin my seat to my date, so I could be a gentlemen (shakes head)
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#19re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:32pm
December 1995. Minskoff Theatre, New York City. SUNSET BLVD. Glenn Close. Orchestra Center Row F.
Lovey-dovey male in front of me decided to press his head against his girlfriend's head during the opening strains of the Overture, thus blocking my entire view of center stage.
After moving my head left to right in order to view anything taking place center stage during most of the first 5 minutes of the show, I finally leaned over the guy's right shoulder (to the shocked and startled look in his eyes) and informed him I couldn't see anything between their connected heads.
Saw the rest of the performance perfectly after that.
#20re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:45pm
So sorry you ended up sitting behind Michael Reidel.
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Updated On: 4/18/08 at 12:45 PM
#21re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:11pmThis is why I usually end up in the back row. It's just better for everybody. (I'm 6'8" with rampantly curly hair.)
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#22re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:14pmI hate when that happens. I just deal with it.
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amalou
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#24re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:21pm
I'll move seats or deal with it. I'm not that tall but I'm usually aware of who is sitting behind me so if I have a really short person or a kid sitting behind me, I usually slouch a little so they can see.
What does bother me is when I'm sitting in the mezz or balcony and the people in front insist on leaning way over (even though they can see just fine sitting back in their seat). When they lean over, I can't see anything.
They made a point of announcing that all people in the balcony should sit back when I saw Phantom in London. But of course, the people sitting right in front of me figured this rule applied to everyone but them. I think that is more annoying than a tall person. A tall person can't help being tall. But anyone has the ability to sit their butts back in the seat!
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Updated On: 4/18/08 at 01:21 PM
Fiyero13
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/07
#25re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:25pma person has asked me not to lean forward so he could see better because it was a steep decline with the seats, so i guess u could ask the person to slouch or something
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#26re: Ugh, ruined experience
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:26pm
It's a part of live theatre and comes with being short, I guess. I've looked for another seat (even if I'm with others, we just get together after the show). Sat on my handbag, squirmed until I'd get a reasonable view. Once or twice I've asked people in front of me if they would mind switching seats, but I usually try to not bother them, it's really not their fault either, unless someone is wearing a hat or spiked hair or something.
This is one of the reasons I've fallen in love with Blu-ray high definition video at home. I want to build up an extensive collection of musicals as they come out. (Only a few musicals have so-far come out on blu-ray.)
But everyone here knows that widescreen TV will never replace the magic of the live performance onstage!!!!
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