What is Worse Than an Audience Members Cell Phone- Page 3

[misschung]

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

people with b.o. and/or really really strong perfume

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 10:41pm

Wow, not many of my stories, even this one can compete...but when I saw the Into the Woods revival, this woman behind me and my family proceeded to take her shoes off the whole show...we seriously had to watch the show with our noses covered...which probably didn't look good, since we were in the front row...(but you try dealing with that! ulgh!)

[Laura0508]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:15pm

The usher whose cell phone kept buzzing was a tall girl with blond hair. The ushers should really know better. If they expect the audience to obay the cell phone rule they should!!

[LifeofTheParty2]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:26pm

During a matinee of Some Men, I was in the lobby and an Access-A-Ride driver came in a little bit after four to ask when the show would be over. I told him that the run time was about two and a half hours, and that the women he was supposed to be picking up really should've told him 4:30. He asked what he was supposed to do about his shceduled pick-up, and I told him I don't really know, but the women were in the theatre.

Apparently, he called their phones. And, after about four attempts (in which their phones were ringing audibly, not vibrating), one of them finally answers her phone and says "It's almost over!"

But I guess he wouldn't wait for them, so they all got up and began to exit the theatre, which was all kinds of distracting because they were exiting from the front during one of the quieter scenes and they were moving soooo slowly. Also, one of the women was using a walker that made a loud clicking sound every time she moved. I had to run upstairs and help them (since the level they were exiting on is pitch black during performances), and it took so long to get them out of there. The show was over by the time we made it to the lobby.

Seriously, your phone ringing is one level of annoying. But answering it? Wow...

[mikeyb16]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 3:47pm

One of the worst things that could happen to you is if you sit behind a person with a large bold head. It can really be a nightmare when someones head is blocking your view.

I too have had my experience with Bad Behaviour. I'll quickly say a few.

1.) I recently went to see the National UK Touring Production of CHICAGO and most of my view of the stage was blocked by a man with a large bold head. Then he moved after realising that he was in the wrong seats. Then this woman sat in front of me with an afro on her head. Thank god I was sitting in the Aisle seat because I had to tilt my head to the right to see the cast perform the show.

2.) Back in July 2006, I saw the National UK Tour Production of My Fair Lady. And when it was the scene between Elisa Dolittle (Amy Nuttall) & Professor Higgins (Christopher Cazenova) after the Ball scene - 3 times this happened- someones Mobile Phone went off and I felt it ruined the quiet mood in the scene.

3.) Back in October 2006, I saw the London Production of Disney's The Lion King. Me and my Mum sat on the Aisle seats and this group of Aisan Americans (I think) sat next to us. And throughout the whole performance, they kept on making us stand up to go to the loo and see their Parents (as they were sitting somewhere else near us. They moved 15 times to be exact, and me and my Mum nearly lost our rags with them.

I'm seeing this year Beauty & The Beast UK Tour, Joseph & The Technicolour Dream Coat UK Tour, 42nd Street UK Tour, The Producers UK Tour & White Christmas at the WMC in Cardiff so I am hoping that I won't experience any bad behaviour at any of the shows. If I do, I'll let you know.

[ScottInLA]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 4:20pm

When I saw Mary Poppins in London, there was a lovely little American (I believe, from the accent) girl and her mom about six people over and a row behind me...and she insisted on singing along to all the songs. Luckily she only knew the songs from the film, so the entire show wasn't ruined, but my god, I wanted her dead.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 4:45pm

Twenty-something drama majors who believe every theatre is their own personal living room. Thinking their all bohemian by sitting with their fit up in their chair or their feet on the chair in front of them or climbing over rows of seats rather than using the aisles. Snacking on Doritos or Fruit Rollups (so retro cool/cute!) in their backpack. Chatting about their favorite chorus members and the difference in the performance from the last time they saw the show in full speaking voice during the performance. Trying desperately to sound intelligent by debating the Brechtian influence in the book of Seussical.

Latecomers usually disrupt a show for about 10-30 seconds. Theatre majors can drag it out from the moment they arrive until they get off the subway if you're lucky enough to be traveling to a different stop.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 4:47pm

Matt, what you're describing actually sounds a lot like swings/understudies from THAT show. Some of the noisiest/rudest/most clueless audience members I've ever been exposed to have been either cast members from that same show, or cast members from the upcoming show (repertory).

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 4:49pm

A woman and her daughter were eating Mc Donald's during A Chorus Line.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 6/7/07 at 5:05pm

I cannot stand when people feel they can talk during a musical. One of the worst offenders was when I was at Light in the Piazza and immediately following the intermission, a couple was having a conversation and they were not exactly whispering. I was annoyed but figured they would stop once one of the actors started singing. They didn't and I turned around looked them right in the face and said "sssh" I also had a kid hanging on the back of my seat during the Drowsy Chaperone and asking her mother what certain words meant.