Walking out of a show....

Have you ever walked out of a show in the middle of a performance?
I was @ a show tonight and about 10 people walked out, I was shocked... how rude.

While actors were on stage? Never. At intermission though I've left quite a few. If I'm not enjoying it, why would I stay?

What show were you at?

I saw lots of people leaving Book of Mormon during Sal Tlay Ka Siti, presumably because it's a very dimly-lit scene.

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When I saw Nine a group of old women left after Be Italian because they could not believe child molestation was allowed onstage. Yes, those were their exact words.

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The biggest exodus I ever saw was during Top Girls, which was unfortunate, because it turned out to be one of my favorite productions of that season. More than half of the mezzanine emptied out during the first act. I think I was the only person left in my row by the end.

Jerusalem had some obnoxious walkouts the other night. The lady sitting next to me lasted all of 20 minutes. She was coughing badly, so perhaps she did it out of courtesy, but the first thing she did after she sat down was take her phone and go to one of the outlets near the bottom of the mezz and plug in her charger, so...a wash as far as etiquette is concerned. The couple behind me left about 10 minutes before the first intermission after discussing out loud whether they should stay. (They couldn't wait 10 more minutes?)

Stones In My Pocket
Copenhagan - Guy next to us was still there sleeping & snoring away. We were not the only ones who left. BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I remember people leaving that excellent production of TOP GIRLS as well, which I never understood.

Recently I saw quite a few people leave during A MINISTERS WIFE. After they woke up, of course.

Recently at Arcadia: five people in my row left at intermission. And two separate couples left during the end of act two (there was at least 20 minutes left).

Updated On: 6/4/11 at 12:14 PM

Having not seen the production, and in agreement that it's tacky to leave during a show, I don't blame people for leaving Top Girls. I think it's a bad script.

bwaylvsong-- obviously you never attended a performance of Democracy with Richard Thomas. Good God, it was all we could do to stay till intermission. Don't know why we thought it would get better in Act II, but 10 minutes into the act we had to make a beeline for the exit.

Also, a more apologetic confession-- we left after Act II of August Osage County. Sorry to say we just couldn't care another minute about those cold loveless people. Yeah, yeah, we've heard how Act III really makes it all worth the journey. Our loss.

No, I didn't- if I don't think I'm gonna like a show, I don't see it in the first place.

I've only walked out of a truly dreadful regional production of The Man of La Mancha, and waited until intermission to do so. Any other time was when I was only because I was desperate to pee.

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