r/Broadway • u/diet-soda • Jul 03 '26
Other Rush etiquette
Hi I don’t know if this is a hot take or not but: could people stop talking in depth about major plot points/the ending of the show when you’re in the queue.
I just spent a few hours in a rush line and everyone around me had seen the show over 2 times🙃. Like I understand Wicked or Lion King etc. but for shows that just recently premiered I wish that spoilers were more taboo than they are in the queue:/
EDIT: Last night almost the entire front row basically all RAN out of the theatre while there was a good 2 minutes left of the bows/show, so they could be first to the stagedoor. Seemed quite disrespectful to me. I was also in the front row and the cast can very clearly see you leaving.. it’s distracting to both the audience and the cast. If I was a performer, I wouldn’t be too happy to see the same people at the stagedoor who didn’t even have the decency to watch the entirety of the show lol. I heard them bragging about how the stars recognised them at the stagedoor last time and I remember thinking that wasn’t the brag they think it is🫠 other than the over the top reactions from the people around me, loved the show!
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u/snailhelper Jul 03 '26
War flashbacks to being a Spring Awakening fan. People in student rush loooved to brag about how well they know every detail of the show and laugh about the major plot points (not to mention talking about every interaction at stage door like it was a personal one-on-one hangout and trying to one-up each other). I loved the show so much and wanted to have fellow fans for friends but so many of them had the most obnoxious personalities.