After attending two live shows at Butler University's Clowes Hall this week, I feel it necessary to go over a few basic rules for proper etiquette while attending a live theater production.
1. Arrive EARLY at the show to give yourself enough time to find your seats, go to the restroom, and/or get situated BEFORE the show starts. You would not believe how many people I witnessed at just two live events arriving after the show started, thus making the ushers shine their flashlights all over and everyone get up so the latecomers could skooch slowly by to their seats.
2. If you have to get up to use the restroom, go before the show, during a scene break, in between songs (at a concert), or at intermission. The same goes for going to the lobby to buy show souvenirs. Then you won't have to walk in front of people as they are trying to see the show; nor will you have to interrupt people by saying, "Sorry, excuse me!" to everyone you pass, thus causing them to not be able to hear what's happening on stage.
3. Emergencies happen, but when they happen 5 times during one show they are no longer "emergencies" and are "normal behavior." Consider this when ordering tickets for younger children. For heaven's sake, people, you know how your kids behave (or don't) when they are forced to stay in one place for a certain amount of time. Just because they are going to a show that will feature their favorite performer does NOT mean that their behavior will miraculously change.
/stepping off soapbox
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