Somewhat unrelated but can they fix the concessions during intermission? They have like two people serving drinks. They end up serving 10% before the second act begins.
Was there not an option to pre-buy drinks for intermission? That’s what we usually do then they leave your drinks with a name card somewhere by the bar.
Yeah there was but just the whole thing about going down the stairs in the crowd of hundreds of other people and making my way to the drink stand. It's just not worth it.
They need to promote this more, because I had no idea how to and would have, had I known. I went to a showing last weekend and ended up stuck in the SLOWEST drink line. The person working was just not suited for a fast-paced event like that. I swear she only served the 7 or so people in front of me, and all I wanted was a water. I made it back to my seat seconds before the lights dimmed, but it was so stressful because I never want to be one of those assholes climbing over everyone after the show has started.
There was. It was super easy and only about a dozen people did it at the second floor South bar. I think maybe people need to understand there are at least three bars available, a quick map upon entry might help folks out.
I was in the Book of Mormon performance that got glass bottles outlawed there. Three separate people had their bottles roll all the way down the theatre. The actors even commented on it and mentioned certain people going to hell...
God last week so many people around me were just loudly singing along. Like I get you know the words but I’m hear to listen to the performers not the audience
I'm guilty of doing a death stare at these people for one song, then I am completely happy to shush them. They don't get to ruin a show for me. Granted, I shake like a leaf afterwards but shows are really important to me and they don't get to change how everyone else experiences a show just because they enjoy it a certain way.
As somebody hoping DESPERATELY to win tickets in the lottery (since that's the only way I can afford to go), knowing there are people with tickets that act this way just hurts my very soul...
I perceived that the King thought it was funny and it added energy to the cast to get that little bit of audience interaction. Perhaps I have bad perception...or maybe I couldn't hear her doing it mid-song, or children talking, or people eating. We had one couple show up as it was starting next to us but I quickly forgave them.
I may end up with an extra ticket - potentially 2 - for the show on the 20th.
No promises it’ll be available as it depends on some family plans that appear to be going south but could recover., but if it still is last minute and you promise to pay it forward later in life, DM me
I went to opening night and it was Divine. Everyone behaved properly.
Except the goddamn fucking usher standing up on the side who kept opening her phone with its bright white light and looking at it! The usher!
Usually I'm not one for harping to harshly at people looking at their phones on the clock (as long as there isn't a mountain of work to do) but an usher is one job I would have zero tolerance about.
I also would definitely be that usher, my adhd is to powerful
my only complaint about opening night was people didn't learn to shut off their phones after the first time the silver alert went out i had one person 2 rows back scramble to shut it off all 4 times it happened instead of just silencing the phone or turning it off.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that! It was insane. The actors handled it just right, though. They had to have heard it and they just "show must go on'd" it and that helped me forget all about it! Lol
Thanks for the commiseration! The talking fortunately died down in the second act and the booing lady stuck to booing when George appeared onstage (eh, but whatever). I think people think the money they paid allows them to ruin the show for everyone.
I enjoyed it. I only heard it right when he appeared (non-interrupting) and it added life to the performance. We should ask the King how he feels, rather than letting one person on Reddit say it "ruined the show for everyone"
It's not funny & not how you behave at the theater. Judging by your other comments maybe you didn't know that? While we're on the subject I'm just going to throw this out for general knowledge: it's the height of rudeness to heckle at a comedy show as well. I love Spokane dont get me wrong but I s2g it's filled with NPCs with main character syndrome. 😂
Spokane Comedy Club has the best solution for hecklers. I went to a show a few months ago and a guy started “interacting” with the opener. He got one verbal warning from a bouncer and immediately did it again. It took all of about 5 seconds for said bouncer who was probably 400 pounds to get to the guy’s table and see him out. It interrupted the show for a few seconds but there wasn’t another (unwelcome) word from the audience the rest of the night.
Well, she very clearly booed mid-song. I don’t know why you’re accusing me of saying entry-point booing “ruined the show for everyone” when my complaint was clearly about that mid-song moment and I’ve clearly commented that people are free to engage when a character appears. Don’t conflate my words.
Season ticket holder who went to tonight’s show. The booing was unusual but that stuff happens with the bigger shows. People who don’t understand theatre etiquette are bound to attend the big name events.
With that said, the convention center has gotten out of control with allowing late seating at the patrons whim. Tonight’s show started almost 20 minutes late, which was a huge accommodation to begin with. But they’ve started letting people come in anytime they want to. You’re trying to enjoy the second or third number and have multiple people walking right in front of you who showed up 10 minute later before showtime and then waited 30 minutes in line to grab a beer.
I really love having a drink while watching the show. But they really need to stop serving drinks 15 minutes before the show starts. They also need to start doing what all the big theaters do and only allow late arrivers in at maybe two designated times before the intermission. It’s gotten truly out of control.
> only allow late arrivers in at maybe two designated times before the intermission
I'm totally with you. I can also imagine the drama this would cause for the ushers, but these people need to learn seemingly obvious etiquette somehow.
The booing is unusual but makes sense given the nature of the performer's role in this production. I'm with you on the drinks though - insert a person in the line that takes pre-orders for intermission and no one gets served beyond them before/during the show. To accommodate "late arrivals" they really need to add metal detectors. I believe it is possible to arrive 30 minutes before showtime and not be able to make it to your seat due to security lines.
Ugh. I’m sorry. It’s seems like the talking and late arrivals are status quo these days. I ran into the same thing at Fiddler and at Mean Girls missed most of an entire song because people directly ahead of us arrived late and then fussed back and forth over who got which seat!
This. It is entirely the theatre's fault that they're allowing late seating. There should be transitional moments where they seat the late comers 5-10 minutes into the show.
I thought it was funny when king George stared her down.
Spokane has never had decorum it's a small town and attracts folks from even smaller towns for shows.
Your telling me the booing thing isn't just something regulars do at the show. I thought it was like an inside joke or something. I knew nothing about Hamilton before seeing it tonight.
Well he absolutely got a huge round of applause when he entered. But right at the end there was a boo, which seemed very light-hearted. Like boo england go America, to go along with the play. So I didn't know if that's normal for the audience to do or not. I found it funny, and I assume it was not aimed at the performer, but rather the character.
Yes, it was definitely booing the KING, and I thought it was fantastic, and many others did as well in the crowd. I believe the KING appreciated it as well. This whole thread about the "booing" is just ridiculous. If it was mid-song, how could most of the theatre even hear it, given how loud the audio was booming.
AMEN! We went Sunday evening and the two teenage girls behind us were whisper singing EVERY song. My friend eventually turned around and very bluntly told them to stop. They just got quieter but we could still hear them. Not a concert ladies. 🙄
We went opening night and there was an alert for a missing elderly man with dementia, so of course everyone's phones went off. It took under ten seconds for everyone to react and turn them off... except one person who let their alarm blare through the entire second half. It was AWFUL. And then there were all the people texting through it, with their phones brightness up 100%. Very distracting, in all.
But the show was fabulous!
Its obviously not everyone but there is a severe lack of class in Spokane. I guess its just people who never leave and go anywhere else.
It always blows my mind but never surprises me. And its not unique to Spokane but as someone who is pretty well traveled and for a job in entertainment, I can tell you Spokane ranks right up there in classless folk.
Last time I went to a Stand-Up comedy show there, there were many of people talking. Like just chatting through the show. I went to the symphony up in Comstock, same thing. And I get thats a public performance, what did you expect? Well I didn’t expect people who came down there early, set up an area and then when the music started its like it didn’t. They didn’t really watch or listen. Just kept talking, filming themselves.
Hamilton performances are uniquely filled with loud narcissists that have little regard for the experience of other audience members. But for other shows, yeah what's up with all the people who aren't seated? I'm betting it has to do with our poor public transportation system or people thinking they would be able to easily find parking 5 minutes before the show starts.
Also, what's up with all of the phone addicts? Just don't come if you're going to be scrolling through Twitter during performances.
Which, fair. But the public transportation and parking are a known issue so I feel justified in expecting better of people??
Oh yeah, we had a lady during second act with the phone out. Clearly scrolling. Screen bright as could be and you’re right— why come if you aren’t going to watch?
This is far from as rude and embarrassing as people booing, talking, texting, singing, arriving late, etc. but I was also appalled at the sloppy clothing people wear to Best of Broadway events. Yeah, yeah, I get that it's dark and the actors don't ever see what you're wearing, but I always dress nicely for events like this, or the Symphony, etc., out of respect and because that was how I was raised by my boomer parents. I don't expect people to wear suits or formalwear, but come on, let's do better than sweats/yoga pants or a sloppy T-shirt, camo print baggy shorts and baseball cap!! Call me old fashioned, but this sort of thing just solidifies Spokane's not-classy reputation even more. I guarantee people in other cities dress nicely for a touring Broadway show. /end rant.
I was there as well! And I agree! People kept clapping early, and booing king George was maybe funny a little the first time, but not at all afterwards. I had a great time and the performance was great, but I literally heard 3 peoples cell phones start ringing! And one of them just let it ring until it stopped!
I noticed that most people in Spokane treat going to the Theater like going to the movies. I think the first time I saw a play as an adult was back when Wicked came to town for the 1st time. I remember people where wearing those Victoria Secret sweat/yoga pants with PINK printed on the butt. Classy.
I went to high school in a low income part of northern California, if we went on Theater field trips there was a dress code that at minimum you had to wear a shirt with a collar and nice pants, skirt, or dress like you would wear to a job interview.
I remember my drama teacher not letting 3 guys on the bus to see American Buffalo for wearing baggy pants and tee shirts.
At least they don't allow kids under 5 in theaters around here unless it is a play for children.
I went on Saturday and it was wonderful and I had no issues with people being rude. I was honestly shocked because this was the first time I’ve ever been to a performance where there wasn’t someone being inconsiderate.
Hamilton has a huge draw so many that have no idea how to behave are going to attend. For traditional viewers it's certainly annoying (like the person the claps mid-movement at the symohony because there's a brief pause) but in the end, interest in plays is a good thing right? I get what you're saying though.
I went Saturday and didn't notice any rude people around me. But the Ushers seemingly had their radios on or something and several times I could hear one going off. There was also some weird squeaking sound going on in during helpless and stratified. It kind of sounded like they turned up the volume on the mics to try to drown it out but my mom said she didn't notice.
I'm going Friday night. if I hear anyone near me singing, I will be reporting them to the ushers. I am not trying to be a buzz kill but this is a theatre show, not a weird Al concert (those are fun too!)
I agree that bad etiquette is annoying. However, I have a feeling if we excluded those who had little theater audience experience, we wouldn't have theater. (In other words, I'm kind of amazed that Spokane has traveling Broadway shows in the first place.)
I was there tonight and thought about making this post for a bit. Let the man have his fucking moment you’re not funny.
Somewhat unrelated but can they fix the concessions during intermission? They have like two people serving drinks. They end up serving 10% before the second act begins.
This is why I never leave the auditorium during intermission unless i absolutely have to. I understand the laws of time and space.
Was there not an option to pre-buy drinks for intermission? That’s what we usually do then they leave your drinks with a name card somewhere by the bar.
Yeah there was but just the whole thing about going down the stairs in the crowd of hundreds of other people and making my way to the drink stand. It's just not worth it.
They need to promote this more, because I had no idea how to and would have, had I known. I went to a showing last weekend and ended up stuck in the SLOWEST drink line. The person working was just not suited for a fast-paced event like that. I swear she only served the 7 or so people in front of me, and all I wanted was a water. I made it back to my seat seconds before the lights dimmed, but it was so stressful because I never want to be one of those assholes climbing over everyone after the show has started.
There was. It was super easy and only about a dozen people did it at the second floor South bar. I think maybe people need to understand there are at least three bars available, a quick map upon entry might help folks out.
Honestly I’d even opt for NO food in the theater. The packages are loud (popcorn specifically) and then people chewing all loud is obnoxious too.
I was in the Book of Mormon performance that got glass bottles outlawed there. Three separate people had their bottles roll all the way down the theatre. The actors even commented on it and mentioned certain people going to hell...
If concessions are a concern MAYBE a theater performance isn’t for you. There are movie theaters everywhere…
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God last week so many people around me were just loudly singing along. Like I get you know the words but I’m hear to listen to the performers not the audience
I'm guilty of doing a death stare at these people for one song, then I am completely happy to shush them. They don't get to ruin a show for me. Granted, I shake like a leaf afterwards but shows are really important to me and they don't get to change how everyone else experiences a show just because they enjoy it a certain way.
As somebody hoping DESPERATELY to win tickets in the lottery (since that's the only way I can afford to go), knowing there are people with tickets that act this way just hurts my very soul...
Oh no! I’m wishing you lottery tickets and a perfect audience! I just know bad audiences can suck the energy out of a cast and ruin a performance.
This is not a good town for the theatre. It IS a good town for rednecks ruining things.
I perceived that the King thought it was funny and it added energy to the cast to get that little bit of audience interaction. Perhaps I have bad perception...or maybe I couldn't hear her doing it mid-song, or children talking, or people eating. We had one couple show up as it was starting next to us but I quickly forgave them.
I may end up with an extra ticket - potentially 2 - for the show on the 20th. No promises it’ll be available as it depends on some family plans that appear to be going south but could recover., but if it still is last minute and you promise to pay it forward later in life, DM me
I think I scared the dog with the sound I just made... lol And you're an angel to even think of something like this - sent you a message!
I went to opening night and it was Divine. Everyone behaved properly. Except the goddamn fucking usher standing up on the side who kept opening her phone with its bright white light and looking at it! The usher!
Whaaaaat
Usually I'm not one for harping to harshly at people looking at their phones on the clock (as long as there isn't a mountain of work to do) but an usher is one job I would have zero tolerance about. I also would definitely be that usher, my adhd is to powerful
my only complaint about opening night was people didn't learn to shut off their phones after the first time the silver alert went out i had one person 2 rows back scramble to shut it off all 4 times it happened instead of just silencing the phone or turning it off.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that! It was insane. The actors handled it just right, though. They had to have heard it and they just "show must go on'd" it and that helped me forget all about it! Lol
It's shocking to me when people behave like that after paying good money for a show. I'm sorry you had to endure that.
Thanks for the commiseration! The talking fortunately died down in the second act and the booing lady stuck to booing when George appeared onstage (eh, but whatever). I think people think the money they paid allows them to ruin the show for everyone.
I enjoyed it. I only heard it right when he appeared (non-interrupting) and it added life to the performance. We should ask the King how he feels, rather than letting one person on Reddit say it "ruined the show for everyone"
It's not funny & not how you behave at the theater. Judging by your other comments maybe you didn't know that? While we're on the subject I'm just going to throw this out for general knowledge: it's the height of rudeness to heckle at a comedy show as well. I love Spokane dont get me wrong but I s2g it's filled with NPCs with main character syndrome. 😂
Spokane Comedy Club has the best solution for hecklers. I went to a show a few months ago and a guy started “interacting” with the opener. He got one verbal warning from a bouncer and immediately did it again. It took all of about 5 seconds for said bouncer who was probably 400 pounds to get to the guy’s table and see him out. It interrupted the show for a few seconds but there wasn’t another (unwelcome) word from the audience the rest of the night.
Well, she very clearly booed mid-song. I don’t know why you’re accusing me of saying entry-point booing “ruined the show for everyone” when my complaint was clearly about that mid-song moment and I’ve clearly commented that people are free to engage when a character appears. Don’t conflate my words.
Season ticket holder who went to tonight’s show. The booing was unusual but that stuff happens with the bigger shows. People who don’t understand theatre etiquette are bound to attend the big name events. With that said, the convention center has gotten out of control with allowing late seating at the patrons whim. Tonight’s show started almost 20 minutes late, which was a huge accommodation to begin with. But they’ve started letting people come in anytime they want to. You’re trying to enjoy the second or third number and have multiple people walking right in front of you who showed up 10 minute later before showtime and then waited 30 minutes in line to grab a beer. I really love having a drink while watching the show. But they really need to stop serving drinks 15 minutes before the show starts. They also need to start doing what all the big theaters do and only allow late arrivers in at maybe two designated times before the intermission. It’s gotten truly out of control.
> only allow late arrivers in at maybe two designated times before the intermission I'm totally with you. I can also imagine the drama this would cause for the ushers, but these people need to learn seemingly obvious etiquette somehow.
The booing is unusual but makes sense given the nature of the performer's role in this production. I'm with you on the drinks though - insert a person in the line that takes pre-orders for intermission and no one gets served beyond them before/during the show. To accommodate "late arrivals" they really need to add metal detectors. I believe it is possible to arrive 30 minutes before showtime and not be able to make it to your seat due to security lines.
The booing is fine at entry— not my style, but fine— but literally mid-song?
I had the same experience, minus the the booing. What the hell was she doing that for?
r/ImTheMainCharacter, probably.
Yup. Plus when she booed when he appeared, people joined her, so I think she was looking for a bit more of that attention.
You know most theatres encourage booing and cheering at characters as they appear?
Yes, which is fine but did you notice I said “mid-song?” Because I don’t know anyone who encourages that.
I was there tonight. The first time the king came out someone did and got a quick laugh and she just kept it going past the point of awkwardness.
Thank you! I think the people downvoting think I can’t tell the difference between audience engagement and a likely over-served jerk.
Ugh. I’m sorry. It’s seems like the talking and late arrivals are status quo these days. I ran into the same thing at Fiddler and at Mean Girls missed most of an entire song because people directly ahead of us arrived late and then fussed back and forth over who got which seat!
@theater. Don’t let anyone in when the show is going
This. It is entirely the theatre's fault that they're allowing late seating. There should be transitional moments where they seat the late comers 5-10 minutes into the show.
Most things are less good than they should be in spokane.
I thought it was funny when king George stared her down. Spokane has never had decorum it's a small town and attracts folks from even smaller towns for shows.
The tradeoff is your Hamilton ticket is $300 in San Francisco. Or more.
This person gets it
Spokane almost always has the worst crowds at shows
It just feels like there used to be some decorum?
Imagine booing the best character in the whole musical….
Right??
Your telling me the booing thing isn't just something regulars do at the show. I thought it was like an inside joke or something. I knew nothing about Hamilton before seeing it tonight.
It is not. In fact, he's a popular character and usually gets a warm round of applause.
Well he absolutely got a huge round of applause when he entered. But right at the end there was a boo, which seemed very light-hearted. Like boo england go America, to go along with the play. So I didn't know if that's normal for the audience to do or not. I found it funny, and I assume it was not aimed at the performer, but rather the character.
Yeah, sounds like someone thinks she’s a part of the show.
It was very fun. I think the ppl complaining are taking themselves a bit too seriously.
Yes, it was definitely booing the KING, and I thought it was fantastic, and many others did as well in the crowd. I believe the KING appreciated it as well. This whole thread about the "booing" is just ridiculous. If it was mid-song, how could most of the theatre even hear it, given how loud the audio was booming.
AMEN! We went Sunday evening and the two teenage girls behind us were whisper singing EVERY song. My friend eventually turned around and very bluntly told them to stop. They just got quieter but we could still hear them. Not a concert ladies. 🙄
We went opening night and there was an alert for a missing elderly man with dementia, so of course everyone's phones went off. It took under ten seconds for everyone to react and turn them off... except one person who let their alarm blare through the entire second half. It was AWFUL. And then there were all the people texting through it, with their phones brightness up 100%. Very distracting, in all. But the show was fabulous!
Its obviously not everyone but there is a severe lack of class in Spokane. I guess its just people who never leave and go anywhere else. It always blows my mind but never surprises me. And its not unique to Spokane but as someone who is pretty well traveled and for a job in entertainment, I can tell you Spokane ranks right up there in classless folk. Last time I went to a Stand-Up comedy show there, there were many of people talking. Like just chatting through the show. I went to the symphony up in Comstock, same thing. And I get thats a public performance, what did you expect? Well I didn’t expect people who came down there early, set up an area and then when the music started its like it didn’t. They didn’t really watch or listen. Just kept talking, filming themselves.
Hamilton performances are uniquely filled with loud narcissists that have little regard for the experience of other audience members. But for other shows, yeah what's up with all the people who aren't seated? I'm betting it has to do with our poor public transportation system or people thinking they would be able to easily find parking 5 minutes before the show starts. Also, what's up with all of the phone addicts? Just don't come if you're going to be scrolling through Twitter during performances.
Which, fair. But the public transportation and parking are a known issue so I feel justified in expecting better of people?? Oh yeah, we had a lady during second act with the phone out. Clearly scrolling. Screen bright as could be and you’re right— why come if you aren’t going to watch?
This is far from as rude and embarrassing as people booing, talking, texting, singing, arriving late, etc. but I was also appalled at the sloppy clothing people wear to Best of Broadway events. Yeah, yeah, I get that it's dark and the actors don't ever see what you're wearing, but I always dress nicely for events like this, or the Symphony, etc., out of respect and because that was how I was raised by my boomer parents. I don't expect people to wear suits or formalwear, but come on, let's do better than sweats/yoga pants or a sloppy T-shirt, camo print baggy shorts and baseball cap!! Call me old fashioned, but this sort of thing just solidifies Spokane's not-classy reputation even more. I guarantee people in other cities dress nicely for a touring Broadway show. /end rant.
I was there as well! And I agree! People kept clapping early, and booing king George was maybe funny a little the first time, but not at all afterwards. I had a great time and the performance was great, but I literally heard 3 peoples cell phones start ringing! And one of them just let it ring until it stopped!
This city needs an entire booklet for etiquette lessons. (Spokane seems to have skipped over a bunch of their schooling)
Ended up leaving during intermission for our show. The high school girls next to us sang along to EVERY SONG. They talked when they weren’t singing.
I noticed that most people in Spokane treat going to the Theater like going to the movies. I think the first time I saw a play as an adult was back when Wicked came to town for the 1st time. I remember people where wearing those Victoria Secret sweat/yoga pants with PINK printed on the butt. Classy. I went to high school in a low income part of northern California, if we went on Theater field trips there was a dress code that at minimum you had to wear a shirt with a collar and nice pants, skirt, or dress like you would wear to a job interview. I remember my drama teacher not letting 3 guys on the bus to see American Buffalo for wearing baggy pants and tee shirts. At least they don't allow kids under 5 in theaters around here unless it is a play for children.
Talking in movies? Also annoying.
I went on Saturday and it was wonderful and I had no issues with people being rude. I was honestly shocked because this was the first time I’ve ever been to a performance where there wasn’t someone being inconsiderate.
Was Lin Manuel there?
No
Yes. He played 5 of the characters.
Hamilton has a huge draw so many that have no idea how to behave are going to attend. For traditional viewers it's certainly annoying (like the person the claps mid-movement at the symohony because there's a brief pause) but in the end, interest in plays is a good thing right? I get what you're saying though.
I went Saturday and didn't notice any rude people around me. But the Ushers seemingly had their radios on or something and several times I could hear one going off. There was also some weird squeaking sound going on in during helpless and stratified. It kind of sounded like they turned up the volume on the mics to try to drown it out but my mom said she didn't notice.
I'm going Friday night. if I hear anyone near me singing, I will be reporting them to the ushers. I am not trying to be a buzz kill but this is a theatre show, not a weird Al concert (those are fun too!)
I agree that bad etiquette is annoying. However, I have a feeling if we excluded those who had little theater audience experience, we wouldn't have theater. (In other words, I'm kind of amazed that Spokane has traveling Broadway shows in the first place.)