Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:06pm
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
stonewall2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/12/04
#2re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:18pmGuess she thought she was taking the kid to see "Mary Poppins"!
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Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:20pm"look! Bobby & April are HUGGING!"
dramaqueen2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/05
#3re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:54am
wow, i think i'm just i surprised as you might've been, yankeefan!
parents need to get with it. oy.
hear my song; it was made for the time when you don't know where to go, listen to the song that i sing, you'll be fine..
#4re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:55amYou should have recommended Avenue Q as a much kid-friendlier show. Puppets, too!
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iliketheater
Broadway Star Joined: 12/10/05
#5re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 12:57amWhy don't people do research on the show they're taking their child to BEFORE they buy the tickets?
#7re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:01amI had a very similar experience during Company.
#8re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:11amThe 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.
#9re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:46am
"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!"
elphieisperky
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/05
#10re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:57amYankeeFan, 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.
#11re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:33pm
There was an eleven-year-old boy (or so) and his dad sitting in front of me at The Little Dog Laughed.
Most entertaining part of the evening.
#12re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 1:35pm
"Why don't people do research on the show they're taking their child to BEFORE they buy the tickets?"
Because they're lazy.
#13re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 3:37pm
"Because they're lazy."
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...
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#14re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 3:51pmI 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.
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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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#16re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 7:05pmI was in the last row of the balcony for Harvey Fierstein's first night of Fiddler On The Roof with a family of tourists and their 9 month old baby!
#17re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 7:31pmFiddler 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.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#18re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 8:23pmMaybe she thought they were seeing ELECTRIC COMPANY.
#19re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 8:26pmMy 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.
evadiva
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#20re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/30/06 at 8:37pm
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!!!!!!!
Stupid parents - stupid STUPID parents.
#21re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/31/06 at 12:57am
BAR - CELONA
BARCELONA!
LUN - CH
LUNCH!
BUB - BI
BUBBI!
You're right, Michael Bennett...gotta love me some "Eletric Company."
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keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#22re: Young Children in the Audience of COMPANY
Posted: 12/31/06 at 10:16pm"Side by Side (one two) by Side (three)" - yep, I can count to three. Perfect for children...
