Wish Broadway was open on 12/25- Page 2

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 12/4/22 at 9:49am

Bill Snibson said: "No what's crass is to try and fabricate this version of what broadway performers used to be and diminish the performers going to work and giving their all every week. What's crass is the entitlement of patrons being mad if an actor doesn't come out of the stage door and sign playbills and take selfies or god forbid they are sick and are unable to perform a show. That to me is crass."

Absolutely agree. Todays audiences are so demanding with their "but you must sign this! I must be able to get a photo with "x" and if I don't meet them [insert overly dramatic reaction here]".  Todays audiences have an "all about me" mentality. Heaven forbid they actually care about the performers in a way other than autographs or selfies. 

[Impeach2017]

Posted: 12/4/22 at 10:29am

I don't blame you for not wanting to talk to relatives for an extended period of time, but that is not Broadway's problem.

[lilpunkin]

Posted: 12/4/22 at 12:56pm

Gosh don’t come ever to London during the holidays then - the whole of the UK pretty much shuts down on Christmas Day. All theatres, cinemas, shops and all forms of public transport closed.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 1:42am

lilpunkin said: "Gosh don’t come ever to London during the holidays then - the whole of the UK pretty much shuts down on Christmas Day. All theatres, cinemas, shops and all forms of public transport closed."

 

Surely your Chinese restaurants are open!

 

[daisybeetle]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 3:00am

Yeah kinda wish I didn't bring it up, but a night out at the movies with extended family on Christmas will not be a tradition anymore. I think movie premieres on Christmas in an actual theater will not be a thing. 

I just like the thought of everybody sitting together watching a live show on Broadway would be great new tradition.

[inception]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 5:38am

I think the new Whitney Huston biography opens at Christmas.

You could wait & see The Fablemans.  I saw it yesterday, and for a Steven Spielberg film it wasn't totally awful.  I usually hate his films.  This was like a 50's version of TV's The Goldbergs but with a depressing Mom instead of a funny Mom.

 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 6:15am

daisybeetle said: "I just like the thought of everybody sitting together watching a live show on Broadway would be great new tradition."

... And as people have pointed out in this thread, there ARE shows performing Christmas Day. I'm not sure where your dilemma lies?

 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 12:07pm

daisybeetle said: "Yeah kinda wish I didn't bring it up, but a night out at the movies with extended family on Christmas will not be a tradition anymore. I think movie premieres on Christmas in an actual theater will not be a thing.

I just like the thought of everybody sitting together watching a live show on Broadway would be great new tradition."

Yes because that is the only family tradition you can have. Do you care about the people working on the productions, and their time off? The ability for them to have time with their family when it is something that is incredibly rare for them??

[lilpunkin]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 6:04pm

Dollypop said: "lilpunkin said: "Gosh don’t come ever to London during the holidays then - the whole of the UK pretty much shuts down on Christmas Day. All theatres, cinemas, shops and all forms of public transport closed."



Surely your Chinese restaurants are open!

"

Honestly not that many! I’m Jewish so I tried to do the Chinese takeaway thing and wound up having to order it the night before. A noticed a bunch of Indian takeaways in my neighbourhood were open though.

 

On the plus side, we seem to get quite a lot of musicals and other theatre-related stuff on TV over Christmas. Perhaps something for the OP to explore?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/5/22 at 8:11pm

lilpunkin said: "Dollypop said: "lilpunkin said: "Gosh don’t come ever to London during the holidays then - the whole of the UK pretty much shuts down on Christmas Day. All theatres, cinemas, shops and all forms of public transport closed."

Surely your Chinese restaurants are open!

"

Honestly not that many! I’m Jewish so I tried to do the Chinese takeaway thing and wound up having to order it the night before. A noticed a bunch of Indian takeaways in my neighbourhood were open though.



On the plus side, we seem to get quite a lot of musicals and other theatre-related stuff on TV over Christmas. Perhaps something for the OP to explore?"

Like the CALL THE MIDWIFE'S Christmas special.

 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 12/6/22 at 5:39pm

Impeach2017 said: "I don't blame you for not wanting to talk to relatives for an extended period of time, but that is not Broadway's problem."

I love my relatives but HAHA I love this response 

[jpbran]

Posted: 12/6/22 at 5:48pm

This whole thread is a Christmas miracle, Clark.

[veronicamae]

Posted: 12/6/22 at 9:01pm

daisybeetle said: "Yeah kinda wish I didn't bring it up, but a night out at the movies with extended family on Christmas will not be a tradition anymore."

I still don't understand why you can't go to a movie on Christmas Day due to the fact that, if I understand your rationale, there won't be enough strangers in attendance to make it worthwhile.