Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

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Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:06pm

Saw the show Wednesday night, as many already know.

I was ridiculously surprised to see a number of young children in the audience....I noticed one walk out, a mother and what looked like her 7 year old son irately left during the "Have you ever had a homosexual experience" scene. As I left the theater, I saw them complaining wildly to the house management....My compliments to the manager, who was able to move us from the last row of the mezz. to the last row of the orchestra after I complained of the poor leg room and the people on either side of us squeezing us in.

Updated On: 12/29/06 at 11:06 PM

#2

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:18pm

Guess she thought she was taking the kid to see "Mary Poppins"!

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#3

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:20pm

"look! Bobby & April are HUGGING!"

#4

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:54am

wow, i think i'm just i surprised as you might've been, yankeefan!
parents need to get with it. oy.

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re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:55am

You should have recommended Avenue Q as a much kid-friendlier show. Puppets, too!

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#6

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:57am

Why don't people do research on the show they're taking their child to BEFORE they buy the tickets?

#7

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:59am

Honestly.

#8

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:01am

I had a very similar experience during Company.

#9

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:11am

The show is advertised as: "Five married couples, three single women, and one conflicted bachelor try to balance romance, committment and sex in the city that never sleeps." That kind of says it all. The parents should know what they're getting into. It's not like it's falsely promoted; how is that anybody's fault but their own? If you don't do your research, that's your problem. Complaining to the house manager is ridiculous.

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Updated On: 12/30/06 at 01:11 AM

#10

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:46am

"You should have recommended Avenue Q as a much kid-friendlier show. Puppets, too!"

Oh come on, she would have walked out of that show as well when two of those puppets started fuc*ing on stage.

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#11

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:57am

YankeeFan, I was there on the same night as you, and I was practically right next to those people. It was actually pretty weird, they were there one second (the person in front of them gave the boy his coat to borrow, so he could see better), and the next second, they were gone! I didn't see them complain though, that's ridiculous, IMHO. They should have known what the show was about.

#12

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:33pm

There was an eleven-year-old boy (or so) and his dad sitting in front of me at The Little Dog Laughed.

Most entertaining part of the evening.

#13

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:35pm

"Why don't people do research on the show they're taking their child to BEFORE they buy the tickets?"

Because they're lazy.

#14

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 3:37pm

"Because they're lazy."

I still don't get how people can be so lazy with that much money though! I wish I had the cash to waste on two Broadway tickets for a show I don't see all the way through...

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re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 3:51pm

I saw a five or four year old at Avenue Q, all of the puppets came up to her at the moeny song. Very, very cute. She got to hug them. However, no five or even seven year old is really emotionally mature for Avenue Q and Company. It is just rediculous.

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#16

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 7:05pm

I was in the last row of the balcony for Harvey Fierstein's first night of Fiddler On The Roof with a family of tourists and their 9 month old baby!

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re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 7:31pm

Fiddler on the Roof is a great show for a younger child to see. Of course, 9 month olds can't really comprehend anything, however for a young, Jewish child it demonstrates the strength of their culture through the holding, and re-defining of tradition. It was my very first musical, and I hold it dear to my heart.

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#18

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 8:23pm

Maybe she thought they were seeing ELECTRIC COMPANY.

#19

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Posted: 12/30/06 at 8:26pm

My favorite is the parents who take their two year old children to Spelling Bee because they think it's just going to be this cute little show, and then My Unfortunate Erection comes up. The looks on their faces are priceless.

#20

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/30/06 at 8:37pm

These people are clearly morons. They omplain to the HOUSE MANAGER????? Are you f'ing KIDDING ME? DO YOUR F'ING JOB! BE A PARENT AND - HERE'S A NEW IDEA - BE RESPONSIBLE AND KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TAKING YOUR PRECIOUS LITTLE OFFSPRING TO SEE!!!!!!!

Stupid parents - stupid STUPID parents.

#21

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/31/06 at 12:57am

BAR - CELONA
BARCELONA!

LUN - CH
LUNCH!

BUB - BI
BUBBI!

You're right, Michael Bennett...gotta love me some "Eletric Company."

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#22

re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY

Posted: 12/31/06 at 10:16pm

"Side by Side (one two) by Side (three)" - yep, I can count to three. Perfect for children...