It's interesting, like in my dorm here, of course I'm known as the Broadway fanatic, so one day someone told me they're going to a Broadway show and whether they should wear a huge gown or just a skirt. I kind of laughed, I said if she likes to wear the skirt, that she can go for it, but I agree with the comfortable dressing, though I found the best approach. I currently have Wicked, Rent, Avenue Q, and Miss Saigon shirts that I almost always wear interchangably whenever I go to a show(of course when I go back to see them more than once it's fun to wear the shirt) but it prevents me at all from feeling guilty about wearing a T-shirt and jeans.
But one thing I noticed about my personal judgments about other's attire is that it varies from show to show. I can't really explain it, but it seems more appropriate to dress up for Wicked than it would for Rent, I guess between the show itself as well as the theatre.
Oh, and I saw a show in DC and California, and both times, it did seem like people were more dressed up than I noticed for on broadway. But I don't think anyone should feel embarassed by their attire. In my opinion, as long as you put on clean clothes, do your hair, and look suitable for walking out of your house in public, you're fine for a show. It's all up to you if you choose to dress up.
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Updated On: 2/9/05 at 07:14 PM
