Roll Over » Overheard in the Theatre http://fatlabmusic.com/blog The FatLab Music Blog Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:23:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Overheard in the Theatre http://fatlabmusic.com/blog/2011/06/06/overheard-in-the-theatre-16/ http://fatlabmusic.com/blog/2011/06/06/overheard-in-the-theatre-16/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:15:25 +0000 brent http://fatlabmusic.com/blog/?p=404 Overheard at the GMCW concert And I Am Telling You, Lisner Auditorium, Washington DC 6/05/11
Featuring the world premiere of Alexander’s House in the first half, special appearance by Jennifer Holliday in the second half.
Orchestra center aisle, from the two sitting right behind us.

Before the concert:

The second half can only be better than the first… 11 songs in the first half? Hopefully it will go fast.

At intermission, after Alexander’s House:

Well, I don’t know how Jennifer Holliday will top that.

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Row G, center – at the top of the second intermission:

Is it over? Or another hour… Is it over? Oh, they just give us a break every so often.

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Orchestra Right, row E – behind us as the curtain falls for intermission:

Well, they ought to be ashamed of themselves! That is no way to end a season… I think their voices have to be shrill to do what the music was composed to do… Well they did it cuz it’s his 80th birthday.

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Orchestra Right, row V:

Seat 14: It’s no Wicked.

Seat 16: It’s not supposed to be.

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From the Orchestra Stalls, near row K, centre aisle – and next to us, behind us, in front of us:

All the lyrics sung out loud to all the songs that anyone knew (with harmony even).

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Waiting by the stage door with the matinee ladies:

That guwy who played Frankie Valli looks just like my Fatha-in-Lawr.

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During intermission, right rear orchestra, seat Q9:

$4 for water. That’s crazy!

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At intermission, left mezz, row B, seats 9 & 11:

I’m gonna run to the restroom.
What’s our seats… 9 & 11?
What happened to 10?
Weird.

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Whispered Orchestra Left, Row H — already 10 “fucks” into the show:

X: “Holy” what?
Y: “Holy Fucking Shit”.

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Before the show, Orchestra Left, Row G.

A: I’m going this show next week that Whoopi Goldberg is in.
B: Do you know what it’s called?
A: No. Someone from work organized it. I mean, it’s not like work is paying for it, but…oh here. Xanadu.
B. Xanadu? Are you sure?
A. Yeah.
B. You know who was in the movie, don’t you? Olivia Newton John. Is Whoopi in the lead?
A. I’m sure she would be.
B. Wow. She is a far, far cry from Olivia Newton John.

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63 minutes into the show.

The fire alarm.

All theatres were evacuated mid-matinee to Urban Plaza while the Fire Department fixed the air conditioning. Audiences returned to their seats over 30 minutes later. We did not.

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Exiting the theatre, post-show, one matinee lady to the other on the warm-fuzzy ending.

Well, that was a nice circumstance.

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Exiting the theatre, post-show.

I didn’t think it was anything like “Spring Awakening”.

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During intermission, row T, center section:

I’m on the fence. I don’t hate it, and I like it better than Grey Gardens.

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Waiting in the men’s room line at intermission:

Oh, by the way, my Radical Faerie name is Hand. You can call me Hand.

This night, the men’s room line was wayyyy longer than the women’s.

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