Why are audiences so poorly behaved these days?- Page 3

[Mark Waltz]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 8:02am

Luscious said: "Whatever happened to Class?"

I'd rather hear an "oops" while they're passing their gas rather than some of the circumstances mentioned here. 

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 9:17am

Are people really still trying to cite Covid as the reason for this?

At this point, it's been years since Broadway reopened from the Covid shutdown, and the poor audience behavior had been an epidemic for years before Covid.

I think at least one of the issues is that people literally live behind their phone screens more and more every year, to the point that it has completely warped their concept of how to behave in real-life, with actual humans. And I can imagine that this will only get worse, the more AI takes over. I don't know what the solution is, but I hope there is one.

Updated On: 6/23/25 at 09:17 AM

[ER765]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 10:15am

For the second time, nobody in this thread “blamed Covid.” They said the Covid lockdown exacerbated the behavior. 

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 11:54am

I guess I'm lucky with this kind of thing, because I saw 13 shows this season and the audiences were very well-behaved. One cellphone rang once and was then immediately silenced. The only other issue was some older audience members who were confused by the "brief pause" between the second and third acts of The Hills of California. They thought it was time for them to go to the restroom again, then when they didn't make it back in time, the ushers tried to hold them until a pause in Act III and it ended up causing more distraction than just letting them go back to their seats. 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 5:57pm

ER765 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "So this is like the 146th post on this same topic?!

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Terrible-Audience-Experience


https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Bad-Audience-Behavior-872396"

Those threads are both TWENTY YEARS OLD, with the most recent post from TEN YEARS AGO.

Your post is infinitely more annoying and unnecessary than this thread. Chill out."

If those threads are more than 20 years old, it simply proves that audiences are not “so poorly behaved these days”. They always have been. Chill out. 

[abcd12]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:04pm

Matt Rogers said: "ER765 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "So this is like the 146th post on this same topic?!

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Terrible-Audience-Experience


https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Bad-Audience-Behavior-872396"

Those threads are both TWENTY YEARS OLD, with the most recent post from TEN YEARS AGO.

Your post is infinitely more annoying and unnecessary than this thread. Chill out."

If those threads are more than 20 years old, it simply proves that audiences are not “so poorly behaved these days”. They always have been. Chill out."

Some of you will fight about ANYTHING, huh?

It has no doubt gotten worse since 20 years ago. 

I am not getting into a back and forth over *****ng semantics with you. 

Touch grass. Xx

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:15pm

abcd12 said: "Matt Rogers said: "ER765 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "So this is like the 146th post on this same topic?!

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Terrible-Audience-Experience


https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Bad-Audience-Behavior-872396"

Those threads are both TWENTY YEARS OLD, with the most recent post from TEN YEARS AGO.

Your post is infinitely more annoying and unnecessary than this thread. Chill out."

If those threads are more than 20 years old, it simply proves that audiences are not “so poorly behaved these days”. They always have been. Chill out."

Some of you will fight about ANYTHING, huh?

It has no doubt gotten worse since 20 years ago.

I am not getting into a back and forth over *****ng semantics with you.

Touch grass. Xx"

Sweetie poo, the point is that these stupid Audiences Suck threads date back decades and there have been MANY OF THEM. Audiences today are no worse than they were on the date the first one of those threads were posted. All you people like to do is complain. Every single f*cking thread I have looked at today has just been a chorus of whiny idiots complaining about every possible thing on Earth. Touch grass indeed. 

[ER765]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:29pm

And you’re such a beacon of light and positivity? Shut UP.

If you’re so sick of this board, log off. 

Also, this: “Audiences today are no worse than they were on the date the first one of those threads were posted.” is completely false.

With the rise of the smart phone ALONE in the last 20 years, audiences have ABSOLUTELY gotten worse.

 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:34pm

ER765 said: "And you’re such a beacon of light and positivity? ShutUP.

If you’re so sick of this board, log off.

Also, this: “Audiences today are no worse than they were on the date the first one of those threads were posted.”is completely false.

With the rise of the smart phone ALONE in the last 20 years, audiences have ABSOLUTELY gotten worse.

"

If you’re so sick of sharing a Broadway theatre with other human beings, you should no longer attend Broadway shows. Shut up. 

[ER765]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:38pm

Matt Rogers said: "ER765 said: "And you’re such a beacon of light and positivity? ShutUP.

If you’re so sick of this board, log off.

Also, this: “Audiences today are no worse than they were on the date the first one of those threads were posted.”is completely false.

With the rise of the smart phone ALONE in the last 20 years, audiences have ABSOLUTELY gotten worse.

"

If you’re so sick of sharing a Broadway theatre with other human beings, you should no longer attend Broadway shows. Shut up."

You’re completely missing the point and nuance of this discussion. For the umpteenth time, this is a THEATER DISCUSSION BOARD. We are here to DISCUSS our experiences at the theater. No one said it’s every single theatergoer. Were you the assh*le who slapped someone at Gypsy a few months back? Sure sounds like it.

You’re coming in here to complain about people complaining…? 

And to complain that there are threads from 20 years ago that should’ve been dug up instead of starting a new one…? 

And everyone else is negative and full of complaints? 

Okay, Mary. 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:44pm

ER765 said: "Matt Rogers said: "ER765 said: "And you’re such a beacon of light and positivity? ShutUP.

If you’re so sick of this board, log off.

Also, this: “Audiences today are no worse than they were on the date the first one of those threads were posted.”is completely false.

With the rise of the smart phone ALONE in the last 20 years, audiences have ABSOLUTELY gotten worse.

"

If you’re so sick of sharing a Broadway theatre with other human beings, you should no longer attend Broadway shows. Shut up."

You’recompletely missing the point and nuance of this discussion. For the umpteenth time, this is a THEATER DISCUSSION BOARD. We are here to DISCUSS our experiences at the theater. No one said it’s every single theatergoer. Were you the assh*le who slapped someoneat Gypsy a few months back? Sure sounds like it.

You’recoming in here to complain about people complaining…?

And to complain that there are threads from 20 years ago that should’ve been dug up instead of starting a new one…?

And everyone else is negative and full of complaints?

Okay, Mary."

I slapped someone at Gypsy??? What the actual f*ck are you talking about???? Someone has gone off their meds today and that someone is you. Or maybe you have heatstroke. Either way, every one of your moronic posts gets more pathetic than the last, MARY.

[MB124]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 6:47pm

abcd12 said: "

Some of you will fight about ANYTHING, huh?”

That part. Jesus…

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 6/23/25 at 8:22pm

Why are people on discussion boards so poorly behaved these days?