Opening Applause for Celebrities?- Page 3

[jo]

Posted: 10/1/12 at 10:12pm

Sometimes, on special occasions, the star may even play with the audience.

On the closing show of THE BOY FROM OZ, the show opened much later than usual, which added to the high expectations of the very excited crowd. During the usual entrance, Hugh as Peter Allen would come out of the shadows and sit at the piano before the stage lights open.

That afternoon, Hugh bounded on the stage, sat at the piano to strong and excited entrance applause -- but when he said insouciantly " We're extending!!" ( knowing the audience knew fully well that the show is closing!) -- the crowd went wild!! Everyone was shouting " Yes,yes,yes!!"

That evening was more of a luv-in than a usual closing show

[ajh]

Posted: 10/2/12 at 2:47pm

I must say that the recent BEST MAN revival was so celeb-stuffed that the constant entrance applause became pretty irritating, at least the night I saw it. Prior to that, I always found it quite an exciting part of my Broadway experience. Seeing V.Woolf next week and, much as I admire Letts and Morton, am not sure it's entirely appropriate to applaud wildly when they come staggering on.....

[booth0882]

Posted: 10/2/12 at 6:17pm

Applaud= Sure, why not.

Scream and yell the actors name= ABSOLUTELY NOT (I can think of many times I have been in the audience and heard this happen. Most recently I can recall the Darren Criss short run in How to Succeed. Some people, and not just the teen girls, forget that they are not at a concert)

[binau]

Posted: 10/2/12 at 6:21pm

I love entrance applause. The endless vamping in "Glamorous Life" as CZJ/Bernadette walked out, the over-indulgent FOLLIES entrance with the recent revival are my favourites. (Not being sarcastic).

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 10/3/12 at 8:20pm

I agree with booth: screaming out an actor's real name when he or she is playing a character just seems wrong on every level.

[michellek45]

Posted: 10/3/12 at 9:31pm

I'm not a fan of entrance applause, but then again, I'm one of those people who doesn't like to give applause except at the end of the act and the end of the show. It takes you out of the moment, I think, and I'm not really there to watch, say, Audra McDonald act the role of Bess, I'm there to see the story of Bess. Would I rather see Audra McDonald than some random person off the street? Duh, because Audra McDonald would inhabit the character more. I'm there to watch Bess' story, and only after the show is over will I think about the actor who portrayed her. Unless, of course, the acting is so atrocious that I can't focus on the show at all.

[That Groovy Guy]

Posted: 10/4/12 at 10:24am

"It's tacky, vulgar, and suburban"

Congratulations on making my eyes roll further than they ever have before.

[E.Davis]

Posted: 10/4/12 at 1:43pm

That is funny that David Schwimmer got an entrance applause for Detroit because when I saw it last week neither him nor Amy Ryan got them.