Saturday, August 1, 2015
Mrs. Brown: (Hands over credit card with the picture of a buck on it.) “Do y’all hunt deer up here?” Bartender: (Pausing.) “No, we hunt tourists…”
The pos…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThursday, July 30, 2015
Mrs Brown: (Who is 20 minutes late, yet still needs to visit the lower level lounge.) “Oh a bar! Can I get something?” Bartender: “I’m sorry, the bar’s closed u…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMWednesday, July 29, 2015
In the heat of the Cell Phone Brouhaha of 2015, the day Broadway legend, Miss Patti LuPone snatched a cell phone right from the hand of an offensive theatergoer, I tweeted: “Don’…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMMonday, July 27, 2015
They say, whoever they are, that the only stupid question is the question left unasked. I disagree. Assignment #12: Mama Brown: “What’s the whitest show on Broadway?” You …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSunday, July 26, 2015
Mrs. Brown: “Where’s the Lady’s?” Bartender: “You just passed it, just swing back around.” Mrs. Brown: “No, the sign right here, says Lounge, Bar, M…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMFriday, July 24, 2015
Pretentious Mr. Brown: “I know it’s spelled with a ‘T’ but it’s pronounced Mah-may.” Other Mr. Brown: “Really? Is David Mamet French?” Pret…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThursday, July 23, 2015
Mrs Brown: “I’d like to see the magic show on the third floor, Helen Keller.” Agent: “Penn and Teller?” Mrs Brown: “Helen Keller….” Agent: (Si…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMWednesday, July 22, 2015
Mrs. Brown: “Do you think TKTS will have tickets for that show Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda?” Agent: “Do you mean It Shoulda Been You?” Mrs. Brown: “Whatever, the on…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMMonday, July 20, 2015
Dear Broadway Adjacent – Standing ovations were once the mark of something really special. Now they seem to be the expected response even at mediocre shows. Is it okay to stay seated d…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSaturday, July 18, 2015
I get an unusual amount of Fishermen at the desk. Usually, on matinée days; usually, older folks.They’ve just come over from TKTS with their extreme side, rear-orchestra, partial-vie…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThursday, July 16, 2015
I get an unusual amount of Fishermen at the desk. Usually, on matinée days; usually, older folks.They’ve just come over from TKTS with their extreme side, rear-orchestra, partial-vie…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMWednesday, July 15, 2015
According to TheaterMania: Broadway is fed up will cell phones. Especially when they’re being used during shows. Or being plugged into fake outlets on sets. What is there to do? Well, …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 02:48PMTuesday, July 14, 2015
I get an unusual amount of Fishermen at the desk. Usually, on matinée days; usually, older folks.They’ve just come over from TKTS with their extreme side, rear-orchestra, partial-vie…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSunday, July 12, 2015
Mr Brown: “Do you only handle tickets for the theatre?” Agent: “No, we also handle concerts and sporting events. Basically, anything you need a seat for.” Mr Brown: &…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSaturday, July 11, 2015
I’d like to start a new Broadway etiquette advice column here on Broadway adjacent, a la Dear Abby or Ann Landers, but I need your help. If you have any questions that you might be afr…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 04:20AMFriday, July 10, 2015
When I came across this picture of the new addition to Hand To God’s Broadway set, I thought, “Now that’s a fitting end to the story of the unrepentant douche nozzle who h…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThursday, July 9, 2015
Mr. Brown and his two adult children come to the desk, pricing me out for Lion King ($275), Aladdin ($150+), and Matilda ($125+). It was a Monday. Mr. Brown’s Son: “We’re…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMWednesday, July 8, 2015
No, it was not a dare. Yes, he thought it was a working outlet. No, it wasn’t his first Broadway show. My good buddy Joe, owner of the now infamous, truly viral SnapChat video of a Boz…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 04:40AMTuesday, July 7, 2015
BroadwayAdjacent.com has obtained an exclusive photograph of “THE” on-set, non-working outlet the idiot theatergoer plugged his cell phone into before the July 2 performance of …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 01:49PMOverheard whilst grabbing a quick smoke between shows of 45th St” Gay Brown: ” Oh Em Gee! Stockyard Channing is in this! I love her! She’s the one and only Dolly Levi in my…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMMonday, July 6, 2015
After Walk-in at the hit Broadway Musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The bartenders have congregated in the lounge to close out and divvy gratuities…the opening number has started wh…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSunday, July 5, 2015
Inspired by the last post, one of my intrepid readers wrote this epic ballad. I know someone out there is just itching to put it to music… The Awful, Tragic, History of Gerald Whiffles…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 08:28PMIt’s blowing up all over the internets and y’all should know, I had three spies report this incident to me, mere moments after it occurred…I still can’t wrap my head …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 03:02PMSaturday, July 4, 2015
What I love the most about people like this? They believe I’m here to rip them off not help them. I’m the enemy, holding back information or flat out lying to make they buy somet…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThursday, July 2, 2015
Mr Brown: “I’d like tickets to The Lion King?” Agent: “Sure. For when and how many?” Mr Brown: “Thursday matinée?” Agent: “Matinée days are …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMTuesday, June 30, 2015
Mr Brown: (Looking at the merchandise offered at It’s Only a Play.) “These are great shirts, but which play it is for?” Merch Vendor: “This one, It’s Only a Pl…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSunday, June 28, 2015
From one of my Box Office spies: So, the show I’m currently working started at 7:00 pm, the following happened at 7:20 pm. Mr. Brown: “Do you have any seats left for tonight?R…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMFriday, June 26, 2015
Mrs. Brown: “Excuse me, usher? The woman sitting to my right was on her phone, texting throughout almost all of Act One. It was very distracting and you didn’t do a damned thing…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMWednesday, June 24, 2015
Mr Brown: “I want to see X on Sunday night.” Agent: “I’m sorry, X doesn’t have a Sunday night performance, but I can get you tickets to A, B, C, D, E or F.̶…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMMonday, June 22, 2015
Mrs. Brown: “Can I get two tickets to Gigli?” Agent: “I think you mean Gigi…” Mrs. Brown: “No, Gigli, with JLo. She was on the Tonys…” Agent: …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMSaturday, June 20, 2015
After getting drinks and tipping well, Mrs. Brown had a question… Mrs. Brown: “Now who is Derrick Crisis? He was on Smash?” Bartender: “Darren Criss, the star of the …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AM 
