| 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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