feeling uncomfortable as an audience member — Page 3

I'm sure quite a number of females on this board will agree with me at how awkward it is to have Matt Caplan stare down your shirt while sitting front row center at RENT. He makes an attempt to put the key right between your feet, while looking straight down your shirt if it's low cut. How endearing, right?

I didn't really feel it, but the girl sitting next to me was so weirded out during SWIWS when Idina literally stared her down in the first act. She turned to me at intermission and was like "Did you see her giving me the death stare, too?" It was really strange.

Um. Let's see. I don't really get uncomfortable when sitting so close, but I laugh a lot harder than I would if I wasn't -- does that make sense? Like in RENT, a lot of the actors know me, and so they like to pay extra special attention to me -- and sometimes I feel uncomfortable with the people around me, not the actors. For instance, almost every time I see the show from lotto seats I get pointed at during La Vie Boheme, and 9/10 times after it happens, the person next to me (if I don't know them) will ask me why the actors keep looking at me or pointing at me. And then you try to explain it and you end up with a bunch of word vomit..

I think I've rambled on enough now.

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I made eye contact for a long time with Cary Shields during "Seasons of Love" and my heart jumped...and then I was just happy....

I love it :)

ahhh....

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so stop sitting in the front row

A bunch of years ago I saw an off Broadway performance on "The Cocoanuts." on 46th Street. I was sitting on the aisle and the guy playing "Chico" ran down the aisle to the stage and nailed my foot with his heel. Now THAT was uncomfortable.

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Last march i was in a community theater showing of Beauty and the Beast. During "Be Out Guest" the ensemble that was not an enchanted abject went to the back of the theater and sang. well...we song on the sides and this one guy looked at me and gave the biggest WTF face i have ever seen!. Oh how i love that show! lol

One of the theaters in our town is very small. No matter where you sit, you're right up close, but if you sit in the front row, they're right on top of you. There's no actual stage, just floor. The last show I went to there was 'You're a Good Man Charlie Brown'. Our seats were in the front row. The actor who was playing Charlie Brown really likes to make eye contact with people. It freaked me out. I was afraid to look up the entire show.

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I love interacting with the actors on stage (because I'm an actor), so I've rarely felt uncomfortable.

For those who don't know (Avenue Q Spoilers), for the Money Song... tune in to 3 mins 40 seconds into the song, when they are collecting money for Princeton.

"Look's like we're going to have to ask more people.. HEY!"
*house lights go on, everyone leaves the stage and passes hats and baskets through the audience, ensemble members dance through the mezzanine with puppets*
"Give us your money... all that you got..."

It's really pretty funny but totally surprising if you don't know it's coming.

I've got one. I saw Spelling Bee from lotto this summer. I was the first name called so I was front row on those bench things... And I was wearing a skirt. It was too too short, but it wasn't long. That was a little wierd.

I like making eye contact with people on stage.

My friend had front row tickets to see See What I Want To See tonight and he said the actors were so close to him that it was closer that when people sit across from him at his desk at work.

Personally I am glad I haven't had that experience, I would definately be distracted and more into the fact that this famous actor was near me than paying attention to the show.

He said at one point Idina was sitting sideways on teh chair in the scene and was directly facing him. He didn't know what to do! haha!

I sat in the first two rows of Rent at least 6 times in 97 and I loved feeling that interaction with the cast on stage, it made me feel apart of the drama, no ackwardness at all, just the opposite, Anthony recognized me after the show cos I was wearing a Breeders shirt he couldn't keep his eyes off of. And we laughed about it. To me it's awesome.