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| re: Serious question for those who like mid-show standing ovations (long) | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:32 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Serious question for those who like mid-show standing ovations (long) - EveryLittleChore 03:21 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| And I so wanted to be at that performance, but my parents would not let go to Manhattan by myself in the evening at the age of 14. As I think you are implicitly acknowledging, a mid-show standing ovation was a rare event indeed in 1972. In fact, there was no standing ovation at all either time I saw the show, except from me. I tried to start one but to no avail. :) I should add that I'm not saying that mid-show standing ovations had absolutely never happened before in the entire history of Broadway. I think perhaps there was one at the end of the title number at the closing performance of the original run of Hello, Dolly! I should check with folks who were there. But they were certainly extraordinarily rare. I think the 1970s was the decade when standing ovations during curtain calls started to become a bit more common but were still really quite rare. |
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| re: Serious question for those who like mid-show standing ovations (long) | |
| Posted by: huskyital (huskyital@yahoo.com) 07:24 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Serious question for those who like mid-show standing ovations (long) - AlanScott 06:32 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| I saw Carol Channing play it at a matinee at the beginning of the run. There were no standing ovations during the show but she took 14 curtain calls.....the applause would not end......I counted them.....and she deserved it.....still the most memorable Dolly in my humble opinion. | |
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| re: Serious question for those who like mid-show standing ovations (long) | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:38 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Serious question for those who like mid-show standing ovations (long) - huskyital 07:24 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| And, yeah, that's what used to happen when audiences really wanted to show appreciation: sustained applause, sometimes even cheers, but not standing ovations (or very rarely). And I suppose that in addition to the reasons I stated above, one problem with so many standing ovations — and I know I'm not the first to say this — is that they became virtually meaningless. Which I guess is why mid-show standing ovations are becoming more common. Truly, where will it end? There are far worse problems in the world, but | |
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