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Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
#25re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 3:45pm
I hate it when people talk over the overture. And then if you shush them, they say "It hasn't even started yet!" Some of us LIKE to listen to the music, thank you!
I also hate it when people use applause breaks to talk, or comment on the show so far. It's distracting, and irks me. Just SHUT UP and talk during intermission, or after the show.
And people who hum or sing along to songs...GAH! I didn't pay to hear YOU sing, ok? Thanks.
#26re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 3:51pmOkay so I was at Wicked and there were two teenage boys with really good Orchestra seats wearing hats and football jerseys....I mean if you are going to spend 110 on a ticket at least look NICE!
"when i was little, i wanted to be Ethel Merman"
harvey firestein
#27re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:07pm
Little kids in shows...I hate them...
Don't get me wrong, though. Some kids are AMAZING, but for the most part, I can't stand watching them.
Yeah...
que pasa calabaza...
#28re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:23pm
broadwaychica....i know EXACTLY what you mean with the overture lol!!! i feel similarly
i had to shush these people behind me at avenue q last night a million times!
jjoey076
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/06
#29re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:30pm
Thirteen-year-old Rentheads. Wicked fans.
and people who leave at intermission.
Updated On: 8/17/06 at 04:30 PM
kidmanboy
Leading Actor Joined: 5/10/04
#30re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:38pm
I don't buy the dressing up for the theater thing. It's not a matter of disrespect, it's just that for many, theater-going in new york is a part of an entire day, i'm i'm not gonna wear slacks and a button-down to walk around the city for a day. I don't care what someone's wearing, being respectful to what's being put up on-stage involves:
Arriving on time.
Responding only when appropriate (no commenting on the action or (ick!) singing along)
Staying for the entire performance (I have never left a show at intermission, I think it's extremely disheartening to perform after an intermission and see empty seats).
And one last thing that REALLLLY bothers me is people saying what they didn't like about the show before they've left the theater. I, personally, need a couple of minutes to take in the show afterwards and don't need to hear others' moans and groans.
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#32re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:42pmI agree with everything everyone has said so far.
#33re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:49pmWhen a director thinks that walking around in a cirlce w/ everyone else is choreography... it's stupid
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
~Cymbeline
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#34re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 5:21pm
ugh, feedback! omg, it drives me INSANE!!!! or when i mic comes on too late or goes off early! ahh, that happenes 3 times during tarzan when i saw it in previews! ahh, it still makes me mad, ha ha.
when actors dont step into the light!!! ahh, its there for a reason!!! ha ha.
when actors put their mics on mute and then forget to take it off mute and wonder why their mic wasnt on for their song!
ha ha, ok im done ranting now but this stuff happens all the time and drives me crazy
#35re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:08pm
People who decide "Oh, well, I'm going to the theater, so let's make my hair as big as possible!"
Singers who claim they're sopranos but can't even hit the high C note that the are required to sing.
Really cheesey lines. They make me cringe.
Latecomers. SO distracting.
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#36re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:22pmI also always call it "Les Mis" and don't like it when people abbreviate it as "Les Miz."
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#37re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 8:04pm
Standing ovations these days seem to be obligatory, regardless of the quality of the performances. That really annoys me.
Try this the next time people in back of you keep talking during the performance: "I'm sorry but the people up there on stage are making so much noise that I can hardly hear you."
"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"
#38re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 8:39pm
Underdressed people. I am a firm believer that jeans can be dressed up with nice shoes and shirt, but I hate sandals in the summer and sweats etc.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
Rotel1026
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/06
#39re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:09pm
People are seriously worried about a dress code in this day and age? I can understand having issues with flip flops, maybe even shorts but as someone else said, a lot of people in the theater are tourists that walked around the city all day long and didn't make it back to their hotel room to change, I don't think that's a big deal as long as people are behaving properly once they are in the theater. Otherwise I agree with everyone else's problems with latecomers and talkers/sing-alongers being my worst pet peeve.
I'm curious how many people here have seen Mamma Mia. That was the last show I saw (tour) and people in the audience were singing along. I know the ads say people are dancing in the aisles, etc but I felt singing along was truly disrespectful to the performs as well as everyone else in the audience. So I've mentioned this to friends and there seems to be a split with some friends actually saying it's ok and that it's encouraged in this show. So is it ok to sing along at Mamma Mia (not including the encore) or was I right to turn to the man next to me and shut him up?
#40re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:26pmDo most of the posts on this board count as a "Musical Theatre Pet Peeve"?
kate2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/05
#41re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:29pm
I hate that a standing ovation has become a standard after any show. Every show I've been to has gotten a standing ovation, and some of them didn't exactly deserve it. I know that the actors work very hard to please the audience, but sometimes, it's just not worthy of a standing ovation. Standing O's have lost their value, in my opinion.
edited to fix a typo!
Updated On: 8/17/06 at 09:29 PM
misto625
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/05
#42re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:32pm
You were right to shush the person singing along to Mamma Mia. There really is no need to do so, there are usually backing vocals on stage already that make the lyrics hard to understand without any extra distractions.
No one should feel they HAVE to stand up for an ovation. I have remained sitting when others around me were standing. On the converse side, I have also given a standing ovation to a show's ensemble.
I second the latecomer's pet peeve and people who talk during the show, but I also am annoyed by people who do not seem to care that they are in a theater, whether it be by how they dress or how they act, or who try to talk about the show at intermission and are misinformed.
Dean: Can I tell you something?
Lorraine: That depends on what it is.
Dean: I think you're really really pretty.
Lorraine: (after a pause) Ok, you can tell me that.
#43re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:35pm
SINGERS!
Oh lordy. When I saw Wicked there were these two teenage girls fully dressed in Galinda and Elphaba regalia behind me who WOULDN'T SHUT UP the entire show. Even the dialogue.
Kiss Me Kate was also bad in that respect
as was Sweeney Todd. This twenty-something guy next to me insisted on singing along to ALL the parts. He even tried to sing all the parts (or at least snippets of each) when they sung together. His Beggar Woman was AWFUL
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#44re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:36pm
late arrivals- when I was at COLOR PURPLE, there were people still arrving during "Push Da Button", like 20 minutes before the 1st act was finished! its very distracting
and people singing along during with the songs- this old man was singing "Lullaby of Broadway" and other songs along with the cast during 42ND STREET- if he wasnt elderly, i wouldve smacked him
and when people climb over you to get to their seats- i know they cant help it, but it annoys me
and a lot of stuff you guys said
BruceWayne5148
Stand-by Joined: 7/10/06
#45re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:46pm
i agree on hating the standing ovations on sucky shows. i just don't stand up and i end up being pretty much the only one and it makes me feel like a jerk. but hey- no way i was standing up for brooklyn.
i also hate when people clap in rhythm with a song (during a show and especially at the bows)
i also had a man start screaming and shouting out things like at a football game in the middle of mamma mia last month....i was embarrassed for him
#46re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:58pm
"as was Sweeney Todd. This twenty-something guy next to me insisted on singing along to ALL the parts. He even tried to sing all the parts (or at least snippets of each) when they sung together. His Beggar Woman was AWFUL"
I laughed out loud!
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#47re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:09pm
Dress Codes should be what you shouldn't wear. like flip flops, logo tee-shirts, shorts, flipflops.
I have no issue with jeans, nice sneakers, polos, etc.
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
broadwayjavajunkie
Stand-by Joined: 7/13/06
#48re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:20pmI agree with everyone. Ick. Rude people. I think before people are allowed to see shows, they have to pass their Common Courtesy Test. A shocking (well, okay, not shocking. Disgusting.) amount of people would fail.
"Shut up! Are you a communist?"
Eponine913
Chorus Member Joined: 8/8/06
#49re: Musical Theatre Pet Peeves
Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:53pmI agree with the singing along thing. When I saw Drowsy, this girl sitting next to me would not SHUT-UP! When Sutton came out, she was like, "OMG!!! It's Sutton Foster", and she had to sing along the whole entire time. I don't usually wear jeans to see a show, but I had to one time, because our plane was delayed for 2 hours, so, that was a one time thing only!
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