your worst theatre expierece- Page 3

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 9/29/03 at 7:01pm

I have been dying reading these! Thank goodness I have never seen a show that included an awful experience.

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 9/29/03 at 7:03pm

One hideous evening was when I saw a preview performance of the disaster musical Into the Light! Ranks as one of the worst nights of my life. Just a miserable show with Dean Jones! as the lead!!!

[alterego]

Posted: 9/30/03 at 12:56am

Dullest musical I've ever seen on Broadway?BLACK AND BLUE very, very tiresome. Next up ? RENT. It did nothing for me and I can't remember much about it to this day.

[kec]

Posted: 9/30/03 at 8:22am

Jake you must have hit a really bad night -- in all the times I've seen Chitty, I never experienced anyone singing along except at the curtain call, and the kids in the audience were, for the most part, very well behaved. Having said that, however, my final Chitty visit was spoiled by a row of girls in their late teens/early 20's sitting two rows behind me who felt they just HAD to scream their heads off after every-single-song. Finally, at the interval I spoke to them about their over-enthusiasm, explaining that while it was nice to be so enthusiastic, it was rude to their fellow audience members. Their response -- "We're only showing support." I tried to make them understand that there are less vocal ways of showing support. They didn't stop screaming completely, but they at least toned it down a bit.

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 9/30/03 at 7:13pm

OOOOh, another time was when I went to the opening of One Mo' time. What a crap show- I think it lasted One mo' performance maybe two! Anyway, a lady (if that's what you can call her) - was slurping on some Won ton soup during the show. How gross! It smelled as did the show. What a waste of time!

[sheekala]

Posted: 9/30/03 at 7:26pm

Aspects of Love, in London, two people sitting to the left of me all over each other thru Act 1..the woman was "pleasing her man"..."Seeing Is Believing".

[Alex the Cat]

Posted: 9/30/03 at 10:26pm

I'm surprised no one has stated the obvious 4 letters- DOTV.

Only time I've ever thought about leaving a show at intermission- my only regret is that I didn't.

On the other hand, I did discover that, if you jump out of your seat the second the lights come up and run as fast as you possibly can (in heels no less), you can make it from the Minskoff on to a Metro North train in Grand Central in 15 minutes.

[emmamia]

Posted: 10/1/03 at 2:57am

tonight @ zumanity ... I know you cant expect much from a vegas crowd BUT a bit of common sense should be used... if i can perfectly hear you and your companion 4 sofas over YOUR LOUD (first thing is she told the man she was with she was pregnant and she doesnt know who the daddy is) and in the balcony these people kept spinning their cabaret stools and they were makin a real high pitched sqeaky noise which irritated me and to top it off the 18 year old girls behind me who were laughing and talking loud anytime they saw a body part in the nude ....

[Albin]

Posted: 10/1/03 at 11:03am

sitting through "The Tap Dance Kid" behind a woman with a beehive hairdo that would put the female cast of "Hairspray" to shame.

A high school production of "The Sound of Music" in which the girl who played Maria walked to the front of the stage and performed all of her numbers standing in front of a mike.

A community theater production of Jekyll & Hyde in Olean, NY. Not much good I can say about it. The actor who played Jekyll/Hyde was so inept that he could only perform the "Jekyll" part in "Confrontation." The part of "Hyde" was recorded on video and played back on a monitor that was supposed to be a mirror. The actor, the tape and the orchestra were out of sync the entire time. It was all I could do not to burst out in laughter.


Cats. Broadway. nuff said!

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 10/1/03 at 2:25pm

I am a diehard theater goer. Ever if I am sick, I go. The first time I saw Gypsy, my friends had picked the seats and we were way in the back of orchestra. I had a bladder infection and was very uncomfortable. The man next to me told me not to talk or whisper because he could only hear with his right ear. But the people on his other, the deaf ear, were talking so loud it was annoying. But that was okay because he was deaf in that ear!!!!!

The last time I saws Chicago, with our favorite gal Melanie in it, was two and one half weeks after I suffered a contusion in my knee. Of course, I went anyway hobbling along. I could hardly walk. It was after it moved to that crummy theater and the bathroom was three flights up. It was bad enough I had to sit through Melanie's inadequate performance but the second act was starting and I was still hobbling down the stairs from the bathroom at intermission. I had to stand with a bad knee for the whole second act. Talk about uncomfortable. Thank God we went to a restaurant a block away and took a cab to the ferry. That night my knee was swollen twice its size.

But I am thankful they were not horrible experiences just uncomfortable. Theater or die!!!!!!!

All the others shows went smoothly and were enjoyable.