What have you walked out of and why?- Page 3

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 4:01am

No matter how bad (I've never walked out), I strongly believe in Karma...enough said.

[philly03]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 4:06am

"i almost left after act 1 of hair, but then I remembered that I paid 120 dollars for my ticket."

TOTAL Repeat over here!

[TIGGOSAURUS]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 7:35am

I never have, but I've been seriously tempted to during:

Cats
The Lion King
Mary Poppins

I guess anthromorphism / Disney doesn't do a lot for me.

Updated On: 1/18/10 at 07:35 AM

[peachesr]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 8:37am

Have never walked out of anything but I came very, very close during Priscilla in the WE. Just no, like a drag queen/panto dame karaoke, totally vile. But I stayed because you cant really judge if you haven't seen it all.

[doubleentendre]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 9:40am

I have only walked out twice, but wanted to many more times than that.

The first was when I saw Boeing Boeing near the end-ish of it's run (August '0. I was in partial view seats for a matinee, couldn't hear anything, and was incredibly sick after traveling all day the day before. It wasn't holding my attention so I finally had to give in and leave at Intermission.

The second? Rock of Ages with Kerry Butler in as Sherrie. The show was AWFUL the first time I saw it. But I went back for free with a friend to see Kerry and I had to leave. I just couldn't sit through it again.

[purtynpynk]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 10:49am

I never have, since I am a student and theater tickets don't come cheap for me, but I almost thought about walking out on the latest tour of Sweeney Todd that came through Chicago. I didn't like the minimalist production and I wasn't engaged by the Sweeney Todd. He didn't seem that evil to me. I didn't believe him.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 10:53am

US Tour of Grease, this was before the most recent revival. Terrible sound, terrible acting, and sub=par singing. I left after Frankie Avalon, yes he The Teen Angel and this was a few years ago, did "Beauty School Drop-Out". Supposedly the show itself extended an extra 15-20 minutes because Frankie serenaded the crowd with his classic songs at the end. This did not remotely appeal to me so I didn't feel like I missed out.

[MusicSnob1]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 11:08am

Walked out of CRY-BABY. Possibly one of the worst musicals to ever grace a Broadway stage.

xoxo

[Dantes]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 12:22pm

Dracula - Horrid Mess
Aspects Of Love - UK Tour

Wanted to walk out of
Jeckyll and Hyde - UK Tour (the worst show ever)

[Square Peg2]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 1:10pm

The only time I've come close to leaving anything before it finished was Hurlyburly in '05, and that was only because I had flown in from Australia the day before and was ridiculously jetlagged. I toughed it out, though I don't really know how.

As some people have said, I would never leave a show at intermission if only for the credibility to properly bemoan its existence. I would feel unfair doing so if I had only seen half of it.

[BwayBebe2]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 4:04pm

BroadwayGirl107, I could not agree more! War Horse, was my favorite show I got to see during my trip to London last summer. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to walk out on it (unless maybe an ultra sensitivity towards animals).

It was an incredible piece of theatre that I am so glad I got to see

hmm...different strokes for different folks I guess!

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 4:16pm

My wife and I walked on a college production of "Uncommon Women and Others"

Can't think of any others

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 4:19pm

I never walked out of a Broadway or West End show, but I did leave before intermission at a major production of Man of La Mancha in Madrid. The direction and design seemed to be totally ignorant of the script and concept of the piece in general. Otherwise, the closest I came to walking out would probably be Closer to Heaven in London (I decided to stay and hoped the aid of a few pints of cider would make the second act somewhat bearable, which didn't happen). I wanted to walk out of Desire Under the Elms at the Goodman and I was only a small part of a large crowd that left at intermission during the tryout of The Civil War at the Alley.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 5:07pm

My walkouts:

1. Pirate Queen -- Just awful.
2. Tarzan, the Musical: Painful.
3. Mary Poppins -- I was accosted by an usher as I was leaving asking what I didn't like; and my very unpopular walkout that I will be tarred and feathered for, if not worse
4. Wicked -- Saw it a month into the run when it was "fresh" -- I shudder to think what it's like now. It truly APPALS me that this piece of junk is being eaten by the masses as a great musical. AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL. And I'm entitled to my opinion, so there!

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 5:22pm

I left after intermission of "The Ten Commandments" with Val Kilmer. I went with a friend because we thought it would be a fun trainwreck... the fun got old after twenty minutes. painful.

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 6:46pm

Streetcar Named Desire (Opera) - walked out after 2nd (out of 3) intermission. I couldn't stop laughing at the guy singing a song about using the bathroom. The opera wasn't a comedy.

Pirate Queen - heard and read horrible reviews so I gave my ticket to a friend.

I wished I could have walked out of:

(with my apologies to the actors)
The Producers - Steven Webber was just......
Dracula - Huh? I really tried to like it.
Titanic - My attention sank with the ship.
Mary Poppins - Did I miss something?
Grease (tour) - Can't remember the show. It reminded me of a high school play.
Cats (local production) - Woke up at "Memory".
David Letterman Show - If it wasn't for the surprise guest, Oprah.

Updated On: 1/20/10 at 06:46 PM

[saveusmike]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 6:50pm

I have never walked out of a show but I have been tempted more than a few times

Mamma Mia - I just found it so...boring? I barley remember anything about the show I just wanted to leave already.

Billy Elliot - Im thinking about giving the show another chance since I had a SLIGHT headache the day I saw it but still I just wanted it to be over so much. I was like "this is what all the hypes about..?". At intermission I wanted to leave but sucked it up and finished the show.

Phantom - The face of Broadway just bored me to death. At intermission I was telling my friend how it was just putting me to sleep and a girl (around my age ;20ish) jumps in and asks me how can I find it boring? She then goes on to insult me by telling me that if I dont like it, its only because I "dont understand" it. She defended the show like she was Lyodd Webbers grandaughter or something.
It kinda urks me that when people think of Broadway they think of Phantom because their are SO many better shows out there.

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 7:46pm

I've never walked out slash left at intermission out of my own will. As much as possible, if I don't enjoy the first act, I stay for the second one and find some value in that specific theatregoing experience.

However, two instances come to mind where I had to bend to my company's misfortune:



[a] In The Heights at 37 Arts: The boyfriend thought it would be a great idea to show up drunk and high to get through the music. I couldn't just let him leave by himself at that point because of his condition (really annoying, ugh). At least I had the great chance to see it on Broadway come 2008, and with more appreciative people. (Anything besides Americana is not his cup of tea, thus I gladly let him leave Parade at intermission.)



[b] The Color Purple at the Broadway: I thought it'd be wise to bring a friend who seldom sees Broadway shows to this musical. At intermission, she complained she was having stomach pains because she hasn't had anything since breakfast. Over dinner, she said she wasn't feeling the show. Oh joy. Good thing that was my second time seeing the show.

Here's to sticking it out.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 9:59pm

-In The Heights: Nina Lafarga as Nina was god awful and the cast seemed super out of it. Yes, standing room again.

The one and only time I've ever regretted seeing that show, and one of three times I was ever tempted to walk out of a theatre at intermission. Atrocious.

[jsg03jd]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 10:41pm

I almost marched out of Wildhorn's JEKYLL & HYDE. I would have walked out but it would have really hurt my friend's feelings had I done so.

I did walk out of a production of NYC Opera's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. I was a student then so I bought cheap seats. Couldn't stand the singing. And I was hungry. So win-win.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 10:48pm

I have never walked out, but if there had been an intermission at God of Carnage, I would have considered bolting. It was just NOT for me. Of course, I prefer musicals, but straight plays do it for me, too. I just didn't think it lived up to the hype.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 10:49pm

Almost: J&H and (sorry) OBP of RAGTIME. I was just bored to tears at both. Hated them, but Eder kept me at J&H and Audra at RAGTIME through the sheer will of their magnetic personalities onstage (more so one than the other, of course).

BTW I don't think someone who walked out of a show is entitled to an opinion of the entire production if they never bothered to sit through it. Of course, you can bash away at the portion you actually saw, but to say an entire show sucks if you haven't seen the whole thing, or at least heard the entire score, is unfair. Just my opinion. And anyway, I don't see much of that in this thread.

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[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 1/18/10 at 10:55pm

Walking out of Le nozze di Figaro... ahhh, I would kill to see a live production of that ;_;

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 1/19/10 at 10:20am

I walked out of Rock of Ages when I saw it Off-Broadway. Thankfully, I got industry comps so I didn't lose anything.

Oddly enough...I FINALLY went back to revisit it this past weekend and LOVED it! I had so much fun! I'm still not the biggest Constantine fan, but the show was a blast.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/19/10 at 11:05am

I've split at the intermission from a few things -- HOLLYWOOD ARMS, for one. I left NORMAN CONQUESTS -- TABLE MANNERS toward the end of the second act while the actors were still onstage. I just couldn't take it anymore.