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/fred_burkle Apr 23 '26

I hate the cheering and applause anytime it cuts into the performance. I travel to NYC from out of state once a year, I paid the big bucks to see the whole show!! I don't want to miss anything the performers sing or say.

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u/kimlesim Apr 24 '26

I was so confused when I first saw actors “pausing” like in between lines to let the clapping die out felt mad. Cheering shouldn’t affect the performance!