Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream at Intermission- Page 4
Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream at Intermission
#75Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 12:28am
..........................."It's a show not a picnic."
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#76Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 2:15am
I've just got this vision of me sitting in a west end theatre, wearing a morning suit, eating my interval ice cream successfully whilst over the pond on Broadway you are struggling.
Mr Roxy gets a scoop on his plastic spoon but oh no, it has gone on the floor. That is going to be a big mess to clean up. Why do Americans bother with ice cream in theatre.
Jane now tries to get the ice cream from the card board tub into her mouth, the spoon is loaded, it is heading towards the eating orifice on her face but she has missed. The ice cream has now made a mess on the seat and the person sat behind. And it looked easier to score than miss.
candydog2
Featured Actor Joined: 8/11/07
#77Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 7:28am
"And I can't stand smelling food when I am trying to watch a show!"
You can smell ice cream?
But I do appreciate that if theatres did start selling ice cream in the US, they probably wouldn't be the small, discreet tubs that are sold in the UK. They would, unfortunately, probably be "supersized" into enormous chocolate fudge sundaes that would not be as appropriate.
#78Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 7:41am
Want to know the biggest offender when it comes to mess? Popcorn. Something you're far more likely to see for sale in an American theatre than a London one. And no, it isn't "easily swept up", it gets everywhere and usually needs a vacuum cleaner as most theatres are carpeted. And if someone drips a bit of ice cream (which again, is rare), we do have cleaners who come in each morning. Tis not the end of the world."
I love that this is now a "which country's theater snacks are messiest" contest with all the indignation that comes with it.
Emma MK
Stand-by Joined: 2/28/15
#79Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 7:52am
"Ask Benedict Cumberbatch if he likes to look into the audience and see people slurping ice cream."
I don't quite understand how one 'slurps' ice cream that is pretty solid and comes in a tiny tub. Its not like its a dripping cone or overflowing carton that has 3 scoops of ice cream in it. Most ice creams are consumed during the interval as they are so tiny that they take like 5 minutes to eat.
#80Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 8:02am
"...eating my interval ice cream successfully whilst over the pond on Broadway you are struggling. Mr Roxy gets a scoop on his plastic spoon but oh no, it has gone on the floor. That is going to be a big mess to clean up. Why do Americans bother with ice cream in theatre. Jane now tries to get the ice cream from the card board tub into her mouth, the spoon is loaded, it is heading towards the eating orifice on her face but she has missed. The ice cream has now made a mess on the seat..."
Thanks for a wonderfully hearty laugh. I too find the worries puzzling, even from this side of the pond.
I am all for banning food, ice, and non-water beverages from inside the auditorium and allowing only things that can be consumed at intermission in the lobby spaces, but unfortunately it seems like that ship has sailed. If anything is to be allowed inside, ice cream is about the most innocuous choice, since it is quiet and small and must be consumed quickly to avoid melting.
#81Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 9:35amThe little cups of ice cream and wooden spoons is much classier than the candies in wrappers, drinks with ice clinking around, etc. I'm all for the ice cream during interval, er, intermission.
#82Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 9:48am
"Jane now tries to get the ice cream from the card board tub into her mouth, the spoon is loaded, it is heading towards the eating orifice on her face but she has missed."
Story of my life.
#83Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 11:37am
"They don't sell ice cream at the intermission in London. They sell it at the interval.
They don't sell it. They exchange it for currency.
#84Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 12:04pm
^^^
Lol!
#85Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 4:20pm
So where do the little cardboard icecream tubs go[and spoon] when finished--on the floor?-or is it edible cardboard?
homeimp
Leading Actor Joined: 10/2/08
#86Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 4:38pm
I have been to London and indeed they do serve ice cream at intermission. I also remember having to wade through a mass of ice cream containers on the floor to exit the theater. I can verify that the ginger ice cream was wonderful. However, I go to a show to see a show, not to eat and drink. If I go to a restaurant I don't demand a Bdwy show to be performed as I eat.
Oh, well...the modern world!
#87Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 5:17pm
'So where do the little cardboard icecream tubs go[and spoon] when finished--on the floor?-or is it edible cardboard?'
Oh I'm sure they're on the floor, and if they haven't been placed carefully upright, there's bound to be plenty of drips on the carpet.
#88Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 5:28pm
I think in London for drinks, they actually give you a glass, and if you don't finish by the time the interval ends, you can switch the drink in some other type of cup thing that is allowed in the theatre. Im sure this encourages people to finish their drinks before act 2 begins. Is this the same thing with Ice Cream as well. I mean, if Ice Cream was really a mess, i don't think that they would continue to do it for so many years.
#89Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 5:31pm
Have they sorted out the rest room lines in the West End? Who has all this time to be sipping cocktails and finishing ice cream?
#90Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 5:33pm
Have you seen the lines to go to the rest room on Broadway? still very long lol
#91Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 6:13pm
God, you're noisy. You laugh out loud at everything.
#92Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 6:16pm
Perhaps a disposable doggy-bag attached to the back of each seat for your rubbish if they MUST have food/drink in the theatres.
#93Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 6:21pm
^ now that's not a bad idea!
mjr91
Swing Joined: 8/14/12
#94Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 6:49pm
The Shubert Theatres will sell drinks in souvenir plastic sippy cups. Regional theatres do the same. Soda size, rocks size, and even thermal for coffee.
"I think in London for drinks, they actually give you a glass, and if you don't finish by the time the interval ends, you can switch the drink in some other type of cup thing that is allowed in the theatre. Im sure this encourages people to finish their drinks before act 2 begins. Is this the same thing with Ice Cream as well. I mean, if Ice Cream was really a mess, i don't think that they would continue to do it for so many years.
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#95Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 7:04pm
broadway never sells drinks in glasses though right?
mjr91
Swing Joined: 8/14/12
#96Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/11/15 at 11:37pm
I'm surprised by some of the responses here. Just because Pinto is iffy doesn't mean this isn't a good question.
1) I first discovered ice cream on the West End years ago, my first trip to London theatre.
2) apparently no one here is going to any movie megaplexes. The ones near me serve pizza, nachos, hot dogs, sometimes burgers, and, yes, ice cream, usually the chocolate-covered single-bite type. I live not that far from Baltimore and one megaplex sells crab cakes. Another megaplex has a bar up front, and one theatre into which alcoholic drinks can be taken. Along, of course, with burgers and ice cream.
3) Let's not forget that any live theatre worth its salt begs adult patrons to buy its alcoholic drink souvenir sippy cups. I have friends with collections of Shubert Theatre cups. A regional theatre I know even has souvenir thermal cups so audiences can take coffee and coffee drinks inside with them.
#97Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/12/15 at 2:09am
"God, you're noisy. You laugh out loud at everything.
So THAT'S what LOL means---does that mean that everything that idiot says is supposed to amuse us/him---it's like having to explain your own jokes LOL---I'm on a roll here ! LOL I can't stop ! LOL
LOVE IT LOL !
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#98Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/12/15 at 9:15am
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apparently no one here is going to any movie megaplexes. The ones near me serve pizza, nachos, hot dogs, sometimes burgers, and, yes, ice cream, usually the chocolate-covered single-bite type. I live not that far from Baltimore and one megaplex sells crab cakes. Another megaplex has a bar up front, and one theatre into which alcoholic drinks can be taken. Along, of course, with burgers and ice cream."
We're all very aware of that, but we're complaining about those features in broadway houses, not movies.
Anyway, your post reminds me of the movie Amadeus. If I remember correctly, in the opera houses, the patrons were served dinner. It was restaurant chic!
#99Why Doesn't Broadway Sell Ice Cream At Intermission
Posted: 8/12/15 at 9:20am
I love your new av Jane!
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