Wearing Costumes to Broadway Shows- Page 2

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 6:21am

You think this is a new trend? Ever heard of The Rocky Horror Show?...

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 6:24am

Ever heard of reading the thread before you post?

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 6:27am

I read it, I just missed that.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 7:49am

I don't think a show should have to close because of some fanatical fans. Yes they are completely annoying, but if their parents let them out of the house like that and the theatre staff lets them in, nothing much you can do. Personally, when I went to shows when in 8th grade and high school, I was taught to be on my "best behavior". I guess acting myself taught me that I wanted to act and respond in ways that I would want my audience to.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 8:39am

In the words of Cartman:

It's wrong. It's WRONG!



It's WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:09am

...this kind of behavior makes me really sad.

It seems as if they believe that dressing up makes them more likely to get attention from the actors, which makes me wonder why they need that attention so much.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 10:22am

"In August, 2 teenage girls dressed like Linda from "A Wedding Singer." I thought, odd it's not Halloween yet. Plus what parents would let their teenage daughters dress so provactively?"

"Yes they are completely annoying, but if their parents let them out of the house like that and the theatre staff lets them in, nothing much you can do. Personally, when I went to shows when in 8th grade and high school, I was taught to be on my "best behavior"."

Ya know what, y'all? Give these kids a break. The whole REASON most of these kids become so fanatically involved with theater is to BREAK OUT OF the silly "rules" that their parents and "civilized" society has shoved down their throats from the day they were born. These kids are popped out of their wombs and neatly proportioned into a cardboard box for 13 or so years until (if they're lucky) they start to question, for the first time, who they are, who they want to become, and that real life actually affords them these options. Some of us (and by us, I mean human beings, because we all come from the same place -- no one person is better than another) never had the opportunity to "rebel" or "explore", per se, who we could be when we were teenagers. Some people stayed in those cardboard boxes until they were into their 20s (or 30s, or 40s...) until they finally realized that they these invisible walls of social norms that our f*cked up society has told us are "THE way to be" since we were born were really non-existent and we did (and do) have certain rights, like wearing the clothing we want. And of all shows, for heaven sakes, I think RENT, of them ALL, is the show that MOST promotes the "be who you are" mentality. The only thing I take issue with is people showing disrespect toward others (shouting in the theater, interrupting an actor's speech, showing disrespect for a performer's personal space following a show - and always). Aside from that, PLEASE, those of you saying things like people shouldn't wear a band's t-shirt to THAT BAND'S concert - do you know how absolutely ridiculous that sounds? Lord. If you're going to look down upon someone, have a valid reason - not because of some fasion faux pas they commit. I'm sick of people saying that we all need to conform to be the same person as the next when it comes to our *actual identities*, let alone saying we need to conform by the *clothing* we wear.

Updated On: 10/29/06 at 10:22 AM

[mattnyc2]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 11:27am

orangeskittles, it probably was the same girl. When she lost the lottery she looked royally pissed and was asking people in the lotto line if anyone wanted to give up their tickets for her. She even said to the young man in front of me "you're getting two tickets, do you need both of them? do you have anyone to go with?" to which he replied, "yeah, my mom." I then could hear her saying "I don't care, I WILL see rent tonight." Before the show started I noticed her walking to her seat in the middle of the orchestra (it was very hard to miss her). However during intermission she had moved down to the front lotto row and was leaning against stage and waited until the very last minute the sit down (in the front row, I don't know how she got there, but someone must have switched with her). She obviously needed attention from the cast and the audience. At first at I thought her behavior was crazy and pathetic, but now I just feel sorry for her.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 11:54am

Dressing up like it's Halloween is tottally tacky. At Wicked I saw 2 women in their 20's wearing black dreses and witch stockings. I also saw at least 3 little girls with witch hats, pink or black dresses with witch stockings. Why would anyone dress up? You are there to see a show, not win a costume contest.

[TheMecca]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 11:57am

There WAS a contest where you dress up like Elphaba, IIRC it was the opening night in Chicago or something.
The shocker to me is that nobody dresses up for Lion King.

[rubyslippersxo]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 12:34pm

Oh, give them a break. If grown women want to dress up as Elphaba to go see Wicked, let them do it. Unless they're disturbing your enjoyment of the show, I don't see how it's a problem. If their behavior is what's bothering you (a la the "Angel girl" at RENT), then that's another story. But little girls dressed as Belle at Beauty and the Beast? If they're behaving appropriately, please tell me how that's "tacky".

[TLKfan]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 1:03pm

Everyone can do what they want, but I do think it's strange to dress in costume for a show. I think it's fine though if little kids dress up, like in a Disney dress for example, cause heck, it's Disney. I never thought about Halloween but that's kind of an interesting idea.

But I went to Les Mis in LA and a teenager girl was dressed up in a Javert outfit with makeup et al. Now that I thought was kind of freaky. It's not suppose to be a Star Trek Convention. :)

[TWSFan4Ever]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 1:21pm

Isn't dressing up as the characters for little kids going to see something from "Disney on Ice!"?

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 1:49pm

well, I dont come in costumes, but for RENT I have a Mark Scarf and was considering wearing it, although I did not. I usually come in jeans and a nice shirt and change at the theatre, putting on the shirt I bought from the theatre.

I do think it's kind of ridiculous to wear costumes unless you're a kid or it is Halloween. Which is still on the borderline, but if I was going to dress up, I would do a normal character, or one with modern day clothes so I don't look too strange.

Trust me, its a plus with the actors. They see the logo usually and say "I knew I saw that shirt" or they say "Nice shirt". It's quite funny I am the only one that I have seen do this. :)

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 7:40pm

Everyone can do what they want, but I do think it's strange to dress in costume for a show. I think it's fine though if little kids dress up, like in a Disney dress for example, cause heck, it's Disney. I never thought about Halloween but that's kind of an interesting idea.

But I went to Les Mis in LA and a teenager girl was dressed up in a Javert outfit with makeup et al. Now that I thought was kind of freaky. It's not suppose to be a Star Trek Convention.

Define the words in bold for me. I don't quite grasp what you mean. Please elaborate.

[christine_c]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 7:46pm

Yeah, not to get off-topic, but shows shouldn't close just because their fans are stupid. Both Wicked and RENT have shown lots of people the "light of Broadway", including myself. That doesn't mean they're bad shows, it just means... well, the fans take things too far.

Also, to orangeskittles comment about what the girl did to Hanke's scarf... Wow, that's creepy. People like that kind of deserve to be shot. :)

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 8:44pm

::takes bow:: it was actually me in 1997 who got 15 people together..fellow friends and fans to start the "tradition" of RENT halloween in nyc.. and Justin would rig lotto for us yadda yadda.. we did this until 1999..then grew up :) it was fun and there is also a limit where we were tasteful..most were sane.. but, it comes to a point of having people over 18 dressing up.. that's a little nuts. we were 13-15.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:03pm

When Wicked was in Boston, three older women came with pink boas and light up wands that made noises. They went off random times during the show. The cast told me afterwards how distracting it was. While dressing up can be annoying, as long as it's not distracting, it's not that big of a deal. It becomes a problem when people begin to act disrespectful.

And Amneris, I wouldn't take all of the credit for it. I'm sure there were other people who decided as well.

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:25pm

i'm not gonna dispute with a 12 year old lol but, it was me and my group of friends.. the crazies of the 90s :) who started the tradition way before you were born.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:29pm

I'm not doubting you, but I'm also saying that I bet there were other people who decided this on their own.

And I'd appreciate it if you didn't refer to me as a "12 year old." I'm not 12. I'm leaving it at that because I don't want to get into the stupid age argument.

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:31pm

ok..13..sorry. I'm just playing with you.. I am sorry if I upset you. Have a good night and don't let me get to you.. I am a bitch.

[christine_c]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:37pm

You can't say you started a trend, especially one that so many people follow. It's almost pretentious. Not to mention, Broadway's been around forever, so I doubt the trend started in the 90's.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:40pm

I just don't understand it. People dressing up doesn't necessarily bother me, but it's not something I would do. Oh well, to each his own!

Although, when I was in Cats, there was a girl in the audience dressed exactly like me. Terrifying.

[Amneris]

Posted: 10/29/06 at 9:42pm

I said my friends and I started the "RENT" trend which started in um 1997 because RENT opened in 1996? I guess I'm horrible and obnoxious. Why am I in this thread? ahhhhhhhhhh Updated On: 10/29/06 at 09:42 PM

[avab802]

Posted: 10/30/06 at 2:03pm

People dressing up as characters from RENT ON Halloween has been something of a tradition for many years now. Dressing up just because...I don't even know want to know their reasoning.

I was going to say the same thing but it seems this has been discussed already. I was never one of the costumed, but I saw them a few times, and saw them all win lotto and knew it was rigged. But then again RENT lotto is often rigged. I also went to Wicked on Halloween the year it opened and saw some costumes. It doesn't bother me, as long as they don't distract from the show. I'm not even going to talk about the attention-whores and inappropriate stage door behavior, I think that's been covered.