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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 23, 2017 18:01:20 GMT
NT production of Angels in America. After the scene with Louis and Prior on the bench in Millennium Approaches the older woman behind me "whispered" to her husband: "I think they're gay!"
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 24, 2017 10:44:46 GMT
I remember being in the foyer of the New London when a couple walked in past all the Cats logos on the outside of the theatre, all the Cats signs on the doors, all the Cats posters in the foyer showing people dressed as cats, up to the box office desk with its Cats banner, to ask if this was where Miss Saigon was playing. I can only assume that they thought Miss Saigon had a heavy feline element and the show wanted to push it to bring in the cat lovers. Miss Saimese
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 29, 2017 13:37:02 GMT
Two pursed-lipped women behind us at the Patrick Stewart Macbeth a few years ago, before curtain up. "This is the sort of thing he should be doing, not all that sci-fi and fantasy nonsense." As opposed to, of course, what he chooses to do.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 14:45:54 GMT
Daughter mid-20s with her Mother sat in the Circle of Palace Manchester earlier this week discussing shows they'd seen before. Mother brings the subject of "Les Misrables" (pronounces phonetically)... Daughter "Was that the one Ben Forester was in off of the tv?" Mother "Oh I don't remember, I switched off, it was all too doom and gloom for me" Daughter "Well it is supposed to be like that, Its about war and stuff" Mother "Well they all need to cheer up if you ask me".
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 29, 2017 14:47:55 GMT
^^ sounds like Preacher Man would be more to her taste.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 29, 2017 14:50:35 GMT
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Post by Jon on Sept 29, 2017 15:19:43 GMT
Good thing Patrick Stewart wasn't snobby when it came to doing The Emoji Movie!
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Post by loureviews on Sept 29, 2017 17:42:24 GMT
Two pursed-lipped women behind us at the Patrick Stewart Macbeth a few years ago, before curtain up. "This is the sort of thing he should be doing, not all that sci-fi and fantasy nonsense." As opposed to, of course, what he chooses to do. Well given his latest gig was voicing a poo emoji he might want to take some advice!
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Post by stuartmcd on Sept 29, 2017 19:37:04 GMT
The fact that people end up at the wrong theatre is funny enough but how on earth do they get past the theatre staff!?! Clearly the staff are paying as little attention to the tickets as the theatregoers are
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Post by longinthetooth on Sept 29, 2017 21:22:38 GMT
Woman to her friends at the Light Princess at the National: "I'm so sorry, I had no idea it was a musical. I knew I should have booked Henry V."
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Post by sf on Sept 29, 2017 21:37:30 GMT
At the London Musical Theatre Orchestra concert of 'Candide' at Cadogan Hall in July, this gem from the gentleman sitting directly behind me:
"He always books the cheapest seats. I don't know what he thinks he's saving his money for, life expectancy in his family is generally quite short."
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Post by sondheimhats on Sept 30, 2017 6:23:28 GMT
This isn't quite "overheard," but rather a funny encounter with a stranger. It was during the interval of Bright Star on Broadway
**CONTAINS SPOILERS**, for those of you who may be visiting the states and planning to see one of the post-Broadway productions
At the end of act 1, a man throws a bag off a train, knowing that the bag contains a live human baby.
At the interval, a seemingly inebriated man addressed me out of the blue in the queue for the toilet, telling me "if you ever write a musical, don't end the first act with someone throwing a baby off a train, because now it's already been done."
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Post by Backdrifter on Oct 1, 2017 9:38:47 GMT
Two pursed-lipped women behind us at the Patrick Stewart Macbeth a few years ago, before curtain up. "This is the sort of thing he should be doing, not all that sci-fi and fantasy nonsense." As opposed to, of course, what he chooses to do. Well given his latest gig was voicing a poo emoji he might want to take some advice! Ha ha ha! His voice is going so maybe less theatre and more crappy but high-paying film roles ( jobs in this case?) is the way forward for him.
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 17, 2018 20:46:10 GMT
I won a contest when the Phantom movie came out and got two free tickets to see it about a week before its release. A guy in front of us said to his girlfriend, "I hope this isn't, like, a musical or something."
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Post by itsemily on Feb 17, 2018 21:55:54 GMT
This was a few years ago now, whilst in the queue for the toilets during the interval of Jersey Boys I heard someone say quite seriously something along the lines of; 'The Four Seasons look really good for their age don't they' to which the person they were with replied with something like 'they're actors not the real people' to which the first person replied with 'are you sure? I think your wrong'
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 0:07:30 GMT
Quite some time ago I saw a production of Pygmalion (I think it might have been at The National) and an American woman behind me said "That was very good, but whatever did they do with all those cute little songs?" I'm pretty sure it was a genuine question.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 16:42:29 GMT
How many times have we heard a couple of patrons watching a play with a well known performer in it debating what they have seen them in or what they are best know for. "He/She used to be in that series we watched with the guy who was in whatever"
Having watched the new John Cleese/Alison Steadman sitcom which Peter Egan co stars in. I could imagine a lot of theatre goers having that conversation about someone like Peter who has had a long and varied career but isn't quite a household name.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 19, 2018 18:55:29 GMT
Did anyone else have people near them at The Woman In White saying how it wasn't 'as scary as the first one' and asking 'why have they made this one a musical'? Yes, some people really did think that it was a sequel to The Woman In Black 😕
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Post by daisy24601 on Feb 19, 2018 20:37:22 GMT
A cute exchange I heard between two young girls at Wicked in the interval:
"I want to do this when I grow up." "It's called acting." "I know, but they do it every day!"
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Post by loureviews on Feb 20, 2018 17:44:43 GMT
Two pursed-lipped women behind us at the Patrick Stewart Macbeth a few years ago, before curtain up. "This is the sort of thing he should be doing, not all that sci-fi and fantasy nonsense." As opposed to, of course, what he chooses to do. Indeed - if Sir Pat wants to play a poo emoji, who are we to judge ...?!
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Post by itsemily on Feb 25, 2018 18:47:13 GMT
Over heard at Flashdance last night at the beginning when Alex Owens cycles on to the stage the old lady behind me said 'I never knew Joanne Clifton could ride a bike, she never did that on Strictly' - I suppose its a perfectly true statement, but how random!
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Post by jampot on Feb 25, 2018 19:00:20 GMT
An empty sweet wrappper for the last 30 min of Long days journey into night yesterday...
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Post by bellboard27 on Mar 14, 2018 23:00:03 GMT
Was at a production at a drama school this afternoon. Behind me sat a father and son. In later conversation it transpired that the father was an actor who had been at the drama school and the son was to audition.
When they first sat down the son was keen on his hat. “Take it off”, said the father. “I don’t want to”, came the reply. “When you are in a theatre with me you will show respect. Take it off.” It came off.
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Post by catlover74 on Mar 14, 2018 23:34:06 GMT
if Sir Pat wants to play a poo emoji Sir Cow Pat? I’m ashamed to say I’m still cracking up laughing here at this. 🤣
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Post by maggiem on Mar 15, 2018 16:58:52 GMT
I’m ashamed to say I’m still cracking up laughing here at this. 🤣 You're not the only one!
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Post by haz23 on Mar 20, 2018 12:48:34 GMT
"What time does the 2.30pm matinee start?"
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Post by bellboard27 on Mar 20, 2018 15:34:58 GMT
"What time does the 2.30pm matinee start?" Well?
Don't leave us in suspense!
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Post by alece10 on Mar 20, 2018 21:12:41 GMT
At 42nd Street last night (Lulu's) first night. At the end of Act 1 Dorothy Brock injurs her foot and Julian Marsh comes to the front of the stage to announce that Dorothy Brock can't continue and the show is cancelled. Someone in the front row said quite loudly "thank god". Rude....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 21:22:33 GMT
^ Ouch! A case of Boom Bang-a-Bang loud in my ear!
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Post by mistressjojo on Mar 21, 2018 1:41:59 GMT
"What time does the 2.30pm matinee start?" Well?
Don't leave us in suspense!
I made fun of a friend once for asking a priest what time Midnight Mass was. Turned out it wasn't at midnight!
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