Last night's show was totally bizarre. We had a very full house, so we were expecting a great audience response, as we normally do with big houses. Excited that business was so good, this post-Christmas week, we bounded onto the stage and began delivering our punchlines.
Nothing.
Soldering on, we thought, "Okay, they're weighing us in their minds, watching to see what's going to happen. This has happened before. After all, it's New York. They've seen the best of the best. They're holding back."
We continue. Everything is landing like lead balloons. The front part of the house is responding, but everything past beyond where we could see? Nothing.
Now we're starting to get freaked out. This is just bizarre. We've NEVER failed, during this run, to get a response. They always finally catch on. The second act was a little better, but still, it was making me most uncomfortable.
Then, discussing it with Amy this morning, who was in the audience last night, she said, "About the audience: it was filled with Japanese tourists, many of whom didn't speak much English. The only way you can please those people is well... if you were Cats.."
Ah, New York. I jes' luvs ya.
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And for my NEXT number.... :)
When we did BID in New York, I once played for 25 out of town 80 year olds. They loved the first 5 minutes, and then continued to be horrified for the next hour and a half.
When I was in High school, we did the musical "Anything Goes." That summer, the entire cast went as a group to see the local summer stock production...since we had the show memorized and knew all the lines, the reaction was rather blasé.
That poor cast must have thought that something was up. You might have felt similarly.
The show must be doing well if you're pulling in the Japanese tourists though. I'll try to come to New York some time in January.
:-)
Sure good you changed the Tkts group from Japanese to German, isn't it??
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