have you ever or have you ever seen anyone walk out of a show? — Page 2

I love that mentality of rushing out when you knowit's the final scene so you can get to the parking lot in time--you see it a LOT at major rock/pop concerts (always makes me laugh as usually the song that most of these casual fans most want to see is saved for an encore) but I'm seeing it more and more with theatre too which, considering the size of most Broadway theatres shows how little patience people indeed have sometimes--horrible.

If I liked a show one of the parts I find the most enjoyable is the curtain call--seriously

Anya: I was once given tickets to see a wildly popular show that I had already disliked enough to leave, but I didn't have the heart to say anything to the person who gave me the gift so I went, just to see if I had missed anything or judged the show too quickly. I vowed to stay for the whole thing. I did. I was not surprised. Sorry. I don't particularly enjoy disliking a show enough to walk out, but as I said before my time is worth more to me than the money I've spent.

As for "A Chorus Line" in 1987 - by then it was absolutely at it's nadir - It was a dull, dull, dull production at that point - truly tired and, as you stated, "by the numbers."

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I've never walked out, thought about it, never have. I did witness this old couple leave during "I'll Cover You" in Rent, not sure why, but it was a noisy exit. (Actually, that was the one time I might have walked out, if not for in a group).

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Well, we see SA today so hopefully we will make it all the way thru

My wife says it is supposed to be the new Rent . We did not care for Rent (but liked the movie) but will go into this with an open mind. Got the tickets on TDF so if we do not like it we will not lose much. Mrs Roxy listed to the SA CD & said she liked the score

We shall see.....

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Updated On: 12/31/06 at 11:43 AM

"Zeitoujo, first you insult Zazu and now Chicago? Wow...

Anyways, I once saw an old man walk out of Wicked when they brought the flying monkeys out, called it anti-christian or something. Kind of makes you wonder why he went to a show aobut two witches... "

hahahahahahahahaha. this is true. some people, man, some people.

i would never walk out, i feel that that is a very pretentious thing to do. and how rude and incosiderate. these people have been working on whatever show it may be for years, and giving it their all and just hoping for the best. they don't know that it may suck and be a flop. i just feel bad for them. as someone said in an earlier post, i would feel just terrible if someone walked out of a show that i myself had been working so hard on. what an awful thing to do. ugh, i just could never, being in the business myself.

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hahaha

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dramaqueen, the patrons have worked hard for the money they spent on their ticket, and have every right to leave if the show and/or performances are bad. There is nothing rude nor pretentious about it.

What is rude and pretentious is expecting someone to stay someplace they don't want to be when they've paid for their time already. Part of me thinks if theatergoers could get refunds, like moviegoers, producers would be more careful about what they produced. However, from this board alone, we see that even the worst shows have their die-hard fan bases, so I don't think it would necessarily make much difference.

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I was SO CLOSE to walking out of the Sweeney Revival. Mike Cerveris was just not doing it for me and Judy Kaye was in for Patti. I was not having a good day. I couldn't understand what they were saying and I felt like I was going to be spit on, even though I was in row n.

I stayed, but the people next to me made the right decision.

The man I was sitting next to at Grey Gardens last week said he was from London in the theatre business, producing a play in New York for opening in Baltimore. He told me he walked out of Spring Awakenings at intermission.

That's too bad that you disliked Charlotte in CHicago--I saw her in 1998 in the touring cast (the first?) in Vancouver with Brett B as Billy and I thought she was *amazing*--I didn't really know who she was except I knew the D'Amboise family name from her father.

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In my opinion, walking out during a performance is rude and disrespectful to others (performers and fellow audience members). Unless you have severe diarrhea. Then it is polite.

My dad walked out of Lennon (which, believe me, I don't blame him for as it was abysmal...although I enjoyed the music and the cast was wonderful) when we saw it in previews in New York. Also, when I saw Spring Awakening a week ago, two women walked out during the homosexual scene that's sort of in the middle of Act II between Hanschen and Ernst...I've never seen anyone get up & leave a theater that quickly.

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I have seen people walk out durring Avenue Q and Spring Awakening and Altar Boyz (tour). I walked out on an all white production of Once on this Island.

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