QUOTE(Cathryn @ Jun 14 2010, 09:37 PM)
I wonder if it is a bit the type of show?
Hmmmm... the shows mentioned in this thread so far are:
A West End musical
A panto
Blood Brothers
Dirty Dancing
Legally Blonde
Priscilla
Sunset Boulevard
Les Mis
Wicked
Annie
Enron
That said, I almsot never go to musicals, mostly plays, and still occasionally run into various bad behaviours, though thankfully never usually as bad as some of the stuff I read about on this board. Audible talking is the most frequent and I've found that it's well-spoken middle-aged women who most object to being asked to be quiet.
One of the things mentioned earlier is a particular gripe of mine, people talking right up until dialogue starts, as though an overture or introductory sequence doesn't really matter as long as it has no dialogue.
I'm irritated and amused in equal measure by those people who squint at their phones right up until the moment the stage lights come up. Heaven forbid they should lose a single nanosecond of phone interaction, they're
that important. In a previous thread here about this kind of thing, one poster stoutly defended his practice of keeping his phone on during shows, on the grounds that he has children and "there might be an emergency". I'd suggest if he's that worried about his kids bursting into flame, contracting ebola or suddenly falling down a mine shaft at any moment, he shouldn't go anywhere you can't keep your phone on, e.g. theatres. Or indeed, he should never lose sight of them at all.
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