Most enthusiastic audience you have experienced?- Page 5

[beilis32]

Posted: 2/16/18 at 4:36pm

In the revival of How to Succeed with Daniel Radcliffe, (my first Broadway show when I was in high school), he enters like he is a window washer and comes down from the ceiling. The audience went INSANE, to the point where I thought he wouldn't have to do anything else, and we all would have just kept cheering.
I saw a student matinee of the play Clybourne Park. The whole audience laughed at the jokes and reacted to all of the intense parts, in a way that I think would have been different if it were an audience of older people. It was awesome. By the way, that's such a good play, you should see if you ever get the chance.
A different sort of enthusiasm, but I saw a production of Othello in Pittsburgh, and at the part where he slaps Desdemona, the entire audience gasped very loudly, even though I'm sure a lot of them, including myself, knew what was going to happen. It was electric.
Finally, I was in a reading of a play called Golden Land. It dealt with very serious and topical subject matter, so the director made us take it very seriously and never told us that it was going to be funny or make anyone laugh. The audience was completely into it, and at one point, they laughed before I even got to the end of the joke, to the point where I had to stop for a second, and then laughed again when I got to the end. That whole performance was the biggest ego trip of my life!

[elephantseye]

Posted: 2/17/18 at 9:59am

As others have said, the closing performance of The Color Purple revival. Pure magic. Honorable mention goes to The Cursed Child-- I was lucky enough to happen to be in London for two nights that happened to be the first preview performances. Every person in that audience was a massive fan, and the genuine gasps and cheers throughout at the stage-magic made the whole performance that much more enjoyable.

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 2/17/18 at 10:22am

The last performance of The Great Comet. The energy was insane. Dave Malloy stepped out with his accordion and the audience went nuts. When Lucas Steele sang "Goodbye my gypsy lovers" his voice cracked and he pointed at the audience to sing along. I turned around and saw the ushers at the Imperial Theatre sobbing.