Annoying People In Theatre

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Annoying People in the Theatre
As said by Thornton Wilder, “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with one another the sense of what it is to be a human being,” the theatre is one of the greatest art forms. An audience collectively gathers to watch and enjoy the show of their choice, taking in the storyline, characters, and emotions portrayed by actors. Such an experience can often be described as a whirlwind of different emotions and connections, but the storm stifles to dead air once interrupted. The world of theatre is a beautiful place; however, it is easily disrupted by nuisances backstage, onstage, and in the house.
The most tolerable of these disturbances are made …show more content…

House members by far cause the most trouble; like the younger sibling who fakes a different voice so the parent present will baby him. The same younger sibling will be the one in the house making obnoxious comments, or worse: crying. Small children are the demon-possessed-flesh-bags of the audience. They ruin the experience for everyone sitting among them, but are a huge distraction to both actors and technicians. Sure, there were tears shed during Legally Blonde from Legally Blonde, but the wailing of a two year old who doesn’t get the message is just inappropriate. Nonetheless, the children in the audience are just as awful as the adults who somehow can not manage to follow basic theatre etiquette. The rules are simple: no cell phones, food, drinks, or talking until intermission. Yet, Patti LuPone has told audience members- herself, during performances- numerous times to put their phones away. The amount of sense it makes for a house guest to pay an insane amount of money for tickets only to sit on their phone the entire performance; it is truly unfathomable. Especially since the rules are quite simple to follow and are set for the betterment of the show viewing

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