I have nothing to add really to the Hamilton posts, you either got the first post-Tonys applause or you were annoyed by it, (I loved it, and was one of the people applauding), but I have to add that the ushers and the crowd itself were REALLY great last night, which I appreciated.
I have been doing a lot of complaining these days, maybe not on here, but definitely in real life, about how much I despise the texting/eating/talking/ringing cell phones audiences that have been filling Broadway shows these days - ie: the last time I was at Hamilton was on a lotto win, and from my front row side seat I could see the light from a guy third row center orch who spent the whole night texting - but the crowd last night was wonderful! I sat first row front mezz (my new favorite spot to watch this show), so I could see a lot of the orch, and was already dreading all of the texting lights that I 'knew' I would see during the show. There was one person in the third row orch with a lit up phone when the show started, and an usher came over and shut that down right quick. Otherwise there were NO texting lights (that I could see) from the orch during the show. Someone in the mezz near me pulled out her phone during the second act and her *child* elbowed her and told her to put it away. Bless the future. There aren't a lot of quiet moments during the show, but zero cell phones rang, there wasn't talking or eating or ice rattling or whatnot during them. It was great.
