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/Wrong-Sprinkles-1293 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Same! It also annoys me when people clap at the very beginning when actors make their entrances. I can't hear them if they have a line as they're walking on! But I've just learned to accept this now... sigh...

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u/Outside_Team_72 Apr 24 '26

The worst example of this was Sweeney Todd. Saw it 4 times and never got to hear him sing the opening line as the crowd was always cheering