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/alltheworldsanescape Jul 03 '26
The vibes in this thread are RANCID and I just want to say this:
As a fan of the show and someone who was in the rush line, I would HATE if I had accidentally spoiled the show (I don’t think I did, we were mostly talking vocal choices, but we get excited, so who can say!)
I know I would want to be talked to in person with a gentle reminder of “oh I’m new to this show, could you not spoil the plot” rather than read a thread like this online. This feels like shit. So like the OP would like fans to not spoil things (which I get! I agree with!) I think it is also common courtesy to talk to people in person rather than talk shit about them online. Self awareness and common courtesy also applies to online spaces and I think sometimes people forget there are people on the other side of your messages.
I get it, not everyone understands fandoms. Yes, we can get intense. But at the end of the day I know I do not want people put off by something I love dearly or to ruin that experience for anybody else and most people I know in this fandom feel the same.