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
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.
"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.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
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.
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...
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.
"I'm thinking about how if you took the W in
answer, and the H in ghost, and the extra A in aardvark, and the T in listen, you could keep saying WHAT but no one would ever hear you because the whole word would be silent."
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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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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.
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!!!!!!!