pet peeves in theatre — Page 3

i don't know if this is a "peeve" but I hate it when people talk during shows, like when I went to see the drowsy chaperone. in the beggining when its dark and bob martin starts to talk, there was a group of women who kept talking and saying"oh its so dark in here"and "i can't see a thing"though it did make me laugh.

Getting seats that sound better then they really are. Like I got row D in the Ambassador, it was like 12 rows away from the stage. Or you think you're getting front mezzenine, but they only call it that b/c there's no rear mezzenine.

Oh yea, any kind of latecomer bothers me, especially if their seats are in front of mine.

"I would prefer someone wearing heavy cologne as opposed to those that wear no deoderant. And it's not a "cultural" issue if the person is a white Midwesterner."

If someone's wearing no deodorant, then trying to cover it up with cologne just makes it worse. With no deodorant, at least there's just the BO smell. With the cologne, you get BO *and* cologne, and it's a seriously nasty combination. XP

Sometimes people talk in the theatre and that's really annoying, but what annoys me most of ANYTHING is when you ask them to be quiet and they say "no!" and keep right on talking. That's when I get so angry I can't even think straight enough to complain to an usher. -_-;;

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I think "Invocation and Instructions to the Audience" (From the "Frogs") really sums up all my little theater pet peeves. I also hate hate hate hate hate latecomers... everyone turns around and no one's paying attention to what's on the stage.

This is random, but when you see Rent (row AA) and everyone dives to get the key that Mark drops... and when people try to grab the guitar picks that the Roger throws. It really annoys me for some reason.

When I saw Chicago for the first time, there was this girl next to me who kept sniffing, loudly. The entire show was just SNNNN! SNNN! I almost strangled her! Get a tissue!

I despise seeing playbills thrown on the floor and left in the theatre after the show. It just makes me sad that people don't care enough to want to keep them.

Late comers! Gah! It's not so much that they are late, it's when they're sitting by me and my view is abstructed by the people in their row trying to accomodate them. It's very rude.

Rude ushers! They have no business being so rude.

Outside food in the theatre. During "The Pillowman", the woman sitting next to me popped open a can of soda in the midst of the play. It was rather loud, and we were sitting close. She also didn't know who Jeff Goldblum was, and had a comment to make about every actor in the show.

People trying to explain a joke to their friends. During "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way", I sat beside a couple who were less than thrilled to be seeing the play. The man did not get any of the jokes, and his wife (loudly) explained them all to him. I also hate when audience members yell back to the stage or clap along to the music.

Singing along is a major pet peeve of mine. I sat in the front mezz of "Rent" and was distracted by a girl in the front row singing along to every song. Every time I looked down, I saw her.

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Children who bring their GAME BOYS into the show and sit RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and PLAY THEM 15 minutes into the first act AND stand up and look over the mezzanine and DO NOT SIT DOWN. I mean, their parents paid $100-ish dollars for them to play GAME BOYS the entire first act? Okay, so it was Tarzan, but they should have been more interested because, what kid doesn't like a Disney show?! I was so pissed off at the parents. When you are sitting in the mezzanine and the person behind you kicks your chair or pulls your hair on accident.

I just hate the mezzanine, really. I also hate it when people sing along, which doesn't happen much, but once during The Producers this guy was like, singing the ENTIRE show and I was about to strangle him. He was sitting right in front of me.

I dislike latecomers also.

See, I'm not against underdressing, which I try to look somewhat nice, but it doesn't always happen.

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Oh god, I forgot food! In 'Jaques Brel', there was a woman sitting next to me who had stuffed pretzels in her pocket, and was eating them through the entire thing.

"People trying to explain a joke to their friends. During "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way", I sat beside a couple who were less than thrilled to be seeing the play. The man did not get any of the jokes, and his wife (loudly) explained them all to him."
Same thing happened to me the second time I saw 'Avenue Q'... and then they kept talking about how horrible the show was afterwards. If you kept your mouth shut, maybe you'd enjoy it a bit more, eh?

Meg- Though it's disgusting that those kids brought their Gameboys, I don't think anyone should be made to sit through 'Tarzan'

C is for Company: Some people have to eat during shows if they're hypoglycemic and were too excited to eat a proper dinner (like me ;_

But, yeah, if they're doing it just for the hell of it... not cool.

My pet peeve are people who see Les Mis and think it's about the French Revolution!

Oh, and cell phones. And people singing along and GETTING UP AND DANCING as was the case when I saw RENT. Ugh!

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i hate it when someone repeats a line that they find to be funny........it's annoying

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Grumbling at understudy slips.

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Cellphones, eating, talking and restless kids.

Pretentious theatre people.

I’m sorry but an industry trying to pass off a musical version of an Adam Sandler movie or paint Patti Lupone as some kind of star, surely warrants less snobs.