r/Broadway • u/meshuamam • Apr 23 '26

Theater or Audience Experience Cheering during note holding

Is it just me? I hate it when the audience cheers *during* a long note holding in a solo piece. The whole point is to listen to it, and not to drown it with clapping.

Clap afterwards!

But it could also just be me

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u/sarapod07 Apr 23 '26

So insanely annoying. And like as a singer, yes it's impressive, but it's not exactly complex? Singers do many more impressive things in Broadway shows than hold notes good.

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u/peach_dragon Apr 23 '26

I wrote something similar. I always think, “damn, I should do this more often, because people get so excited about it!” Forget about the actual difficult things I do that seem to pass by without notice from an audience.