I think any time an audience is excited and engaged it’s a good thing. As new trends emerge, whether it’s a “mandatory” standing ovation at the end of a show or a series of mid show standing ovations, I think it’s likely that it’s a newer younger audience who is perpetuating these new trends. There is a lot of media competing for attention and if a younger audience is choosing to come to the theater I’d rather them be over enthusiastic and engaged than playing on their phones and drinking a big gulp.
