What is Worse Than an Audience Members Cell Phone- Page 2

[lakezurich]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:29am

I have another one. When I went to see The Pirate Queen in Chicago the lady in front of me smelled like she had bathed in her perfume before she came to the show. It definitley started to make me feel naucious (sp?).

[beautyofmydream]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:36am

This really does not disturb a show and I know the theatre has become a lot more casual over time BUT have a little more respect and wear something besides a track suit. Literally, this woman came and looked like she had been to the gym. I'm not one to judge people's apperances but have some class and at least wear a pair of nice jeans and a nice top.

[violet72]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:40am

I hate when I sit behind or near someone who smells like they bathed in a big vat of perfume....or when someone claps when it is so obvious that the scene or song is not over...another thing that drives me nuts is in the movies when people clap when a movie is over...why are you clapping??? they can't hear you....but I digress

[auggie]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:57am

Nothing beats sitting next to someone that has seen the show and keeps calls out the action before it happens. I only get one shot to see a performance for a 1st time and I don't need some Bozo telling me here comes the part where....

[thenewmoon]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 10:49am

Last time I was at the Met, the couple right next to me (granted, in a box, but not private box) were making out all during Act I. Well you can guess what happened in Act II. The girl gave the guy a blowjob, his moans (mostly) covered by the Queen of the Night's "Du Hoelle Rach" aria.
Certainly gave the opera's title, "The Magic Flute," a double meaning.
Updated On: 6/6/07 at 10:49 AM

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:13am

I'm trying to imagine the noises he was making in counterpoint to the high staccato sections.

[DirtyRottenGirl]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:21am

I've never been distracted my candy wrappers or anything like that. At least with cell phones people forget they are still on most of the time. Now talking, thats just plain rude.

[vinnylin]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:24am

When I saw Beauty and the Beast a few years back, there were a couple of foreign tourists sitting two rows behind me. One person in the group provided simultaneous translation throughout the show for the others in the group. (I couldn't pinpoint the language, but it was something E. European, sorry for my ignorance.) Had I not been so bored I probably would have been really annoyed. That combined with all the restless kids and people eating all sorts of food made for quite a circus-like atmosphere.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:53am

I agree with Ashley on page 1.

GUM is the new talking.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 12:04pm

People who won't shut the f**k up!!!!!

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 12:55pm

My GG experiences have been interesting to say the least. (I'm not one of those who talks through the show! I love it too much!) Anyhow...one guy sitting next to me wouldn't shut up and I was really pissed off by the middle of act 1 (he was asking questions and stuff-really annoying.) By the beginning of act 2 he was grabbing my arm asking questions. Christine Ebersole shot him a pissed off look and he goes, "ooh, she's looking at me!" (I kid you not!) I was silent but looked at him like, "you really don't want her looking at you like that". THen, I moved to the other side of my seat.

Second story...two kids behind me decided they were in a movie theater and put their feet up on the seats and opened their M & M's during "Revolutionary Costume" (really-if you're in the first few rows, the actors can see you folks!). They were met with a similar response from Christine Ebersole. Then, the front row turned around and looked angrily at them.

Non-GG: Cell phone during Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun: She goes centerstage, says, "Turn that damn phone off now".

Everyone looked at him!

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 1:25pm

How about my Dad spoiling the plot of "Sweeney Todd" when we saw a local production this weekend? He really wasn't familiar with the music or plot so I gave him a quick "Sweeney 101" lesson a few weeks ago.

So there we were, in a tiny playhouse, seated dead center in the 9th row, and he turns to me and SAYS (not whispers!) "That was Sweeney Todd's original wife, right?" after the Beggar Woman made her first exit. I could tell people around us heard and were peeved. I was mortified!

And on top of that, I had a "jumper/moaner" in front of me. Every time the whistle blew she jumped about a mile, and every time someone got their throat slit she would groan LOUDLY and go "Oh, Jesus..." I can understand being grossed out a bit if it's your first time, but come on! I did enjoy seeing her react to Toby in the bakehouse, though. Hehe

[Weez]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 1:56pm

When I saw Beauty and the Beast a few years back, there were a couple of foreign tourists sitting two rows behind me. One person in the group provided simultaneous translation throughout the show for the others in the group. (I couldn't pinpoint the language, but it was something E. European, sorry for my ignorance.) Had I not been so bored I probably would have been really annoyed.

Similar story first time I saw 'Evita' last September. Two rows back, European tourists translating the show for each other. Except I was really enjoying the show so was TERRIFICALLY annoyed. XP

[Anakela]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 2:36pm

...another thing that drives me nuts is in the movies when people clap when a movie is over...why are you clapping??? they can't hear you....

I do that. Just because 'they' can't hear me, that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the film, and can't applaud for the work that was just onscreen.

I am also one of those 'annoying' people who sits through all of the end credits of a film, especially if a friend of mine was an assistant or office gopher or whatnot on it- I like seeing their names onscreen. Sometimes I'll even clap for their names during the end credits too.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 2:44pm

I personally think Jordan's story takes the cake.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=917057#2622995

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 2:50pm

One of the times I went to see Grey Garden this snot nosed kid in row in front of me pullout and turned on laptop... A LAPTOP!!!!

You can thank a NYC Usher for saving the a teenage girl's life. Cause Mama was about to snap that twig in two and give Nancy Grace something to be outraged about.

[jg4892]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 2:55pm

I saw a teenage girl at Grey Gardens listening to her ipod. Seriously, who DOES that in a MUSICAL?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 3:07pm

When I saw Grey Gardens a woman, who arrived late, sat down and immediatly began text messaging. She tried covering the light of her cell phone by contorting herself in very strange posistions. It didn't help. Actually it made it all the more annoying. This continued during the entire first act. As soon as the lights came up I asked her to please refrain, if possible, text messanging during the show, that is was disturbing me and others around her. Her response was;"My son is extremely ill and I am sorry but he is more important then your enjoyment of the show."
"Oh I am sorry to hear that." I replied "But if he is THAT sick, what the hell are you doing here at a show? Shouldn't you be with him?"
She didn't leave but she also put the cell phone away during act 2.

[raphael06]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 3:58pm

"This really does not disturb a show and I know the theatre has become a lot more casual over time BUT have a little more respect and wear something besides a track suit."

Honestly! I always dress up for Theatre and wish everyone else would!

[Timmer]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 4:11pm

It's really bad when the cell phone belongs to someone who is hard of hearing. Because they don't hear well, tehy speak quite loudly. So not only is the person bothering you by talking on his/her cell phone, he/she is bugging the entire audience by speaking more loudly than the actors.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 4:21pm

There is ZERO reason for a cell phone to even be on in a theatre. I don't care if it's set to vibrate, or "silent," or whatever. Turn it off. People have been able to leave their lives behind and go to the theatre without cell phones for nearly a century. If you're expecting a call that's THAT important, stay home.

Yes, doctors and parents with sick children too.

[fishergirl819]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 4:56pm

At the first preview of Legally Blonde in NY, my friends and I were sitting to the far side of a row in the orchestra, about 2 seats off of the aisle. These two girls had the seats in the aisle, and the rest of their party (about 5 or 6 others - two adults and the rest teenagers) were sitting directly behind them/us. Not only did these girls have full voiced conversations with their friends/parents sitting behind them (and behind us), they giggled incessantly whilst looking at their phones throughout the show AND took 4 or 5 incredibly LONG bathroom breaks (10-15 minutes each time) throughout the course of the show. One of the girls left during the final courtroom scene and didn't come back until the curtain call!

I'd never been so frustrated with audience members before. The adults in the party should've kept these girls (who were in their mid-late teens) quiet - they saw us glaring on MANY occasions throughout the show. And when you pay $100 some odd dollars for a ticket, I'm sorry, you should want to be around to see how it ends!! I don't care that this is based on a movie - I was shocked that this girl allowed herself to miss the last 20 minutes of the show.

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 5:28pm

when i saw the lion king, a huge group of people.. mainly 2 parents and about 10 children came in late.. and were sitting in front of me.. and the usher seated them! right in the middle of a song!! and they were so loud while they were being seated and kept crackling and squirming.. and continued to do so throughout the entire show!

[violet72]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 8:01pm

sorry to offend Anakela, it just annoys me and I was stating my opinion

Posted: 6/6/07 at 10:01pm

crying children. >:-o!!!