Went to "Hamilton", maskhole sat next to me

[Jimbo S]

A vaccination card and photo ID required to enter the building. Once inside, masks required at all times. Each ticket buyer received two e-mails prior to the event stating this.

Got to my seat first. Then his wife/friend took her seat. Waiting for the show to start, he arrives and sits down. An usher comes in our aisle and holds "Mask Up, Please" sign and requests that he comply. He replies "I'm drinking my wine!", implying he'll mask when finished with his drink. Well, Act I finished ninety minutes later and he's still working on his drink and mask in hand. During intermission, a different usher came over and was less forgiving. After a conversation of several moments, they get up to leave. Act II starts and they never came back.

I struggle with musicals at times as it is, but then to be aggravated by some entitled older guy took away my enjoyment of the show. I found it distracting. At least I was able to follow the second act in comfort.

I would have something (polite) during intermission, but the usher beat me to it.

[Turbineguy]

1. Yes, that is irritating

I once spent an entire concert listing to a guy obsessively clicking his ballpoint pen.

[Tetrachloride]

3. Say I'll give you 5 bucks for the pen.

if he refuses, take his picture.

he asks why.

You could answer but don’t for legal reasons.

Hold out the 5 dollar bill. Etc

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I just went to see John Cleese and all the same stuff, everyone masked, but I

wish I hadnt now, just the risk is too much and I hope I am OK.

John was sorta fun but he basically gave a lecture, but there were some laughs.

I am a big fan so I wanted to see him in person.

[Jimbo S]

5. I saw John Cleese four years ago

It was a viewing of "Holy Grail" followed by a Q&A with the MC. Upon which, Cleese mentioned a nice birthday present would be President Trump's assassination. The British have never known for PC humor.

That incident was discussed for a few days, as mentioned at the link (a RW site if you can stomach).
[link:http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2017/10/sandy-maxx-john-cleese-trump.html]

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. No thanks, wont click on it, but I can imagine!

I went with my son to Tacoma Dome to see Roger Waters 2017 Us & Them

the RESIST tour

It was wall to wall (pardon the pun) anti Trump and I loved, we loved it.

[unweird]

25. Hey, I was there too!

Neighbor and I took in the show. I liked it so much that I talked the wife into catching it again in Milwaukee. During intermission in Milwaukee a guy was grumping about the show’s politics. And that was before the pig flew. I offered to take his concert tee off his hands if it was a burden.

[Eliot Rosewater]

33. LOL, Tacoma? We had main floor seats middle about 20 rows from stage and

right next to the huge wall that came up with the smoke stacks. I took a few vids so I could remember what it was like, but there is a movie of it you can buy on Prime etc.

Talking about the wall that went the length of the floor, AMAZING!

Also was at Oakland Coliseum for "Animals" tour. "In The Flesh" it was called I think.

[dhol82]

4. I'm seeing the same thing happening in the subway

Usually younger people with a coffee cup in their hand and a mask under the chin. I’ve been rides of ten minutes and they haven’t touched the cup to have anything to drink but are busily talking to their friend.
It’s happened a couple of times and I really find it irritating.

[IronLionZion]

14. Move to DC, no food or drinks allowed on metro

but half our trains are out of service so....

[dhol82]

35. Well, at least they can use drinking as an excuse

not to wear a mask.
I just don’t understand how it’s such an onerous task just to wear something on your face to protect your fellow human.

[lagomorph777]

7. You are more patient than I.

I could never sit through a musical. Add in a maskhole; I'm outta there quickly!

[keithbvadu2]

8. Remove your mask.

Remove your mask.

Cough toward him a couple of times.

'Sorry. This COVID is kicking my butt.'

[Jimbo S]

10. Braver than me

I couldn't pull off coughing on someone. Besides, everyone had to be vaxxed to get in.

[Rebl2]

37. Good way

to get kicked out

[keithbvadu2]

38. Yeah! Gotta be more subtle.

[NightWatcher]

9. What did you think of the show? I learned that if you challenge a guy to a duel, shoot him!

The King was excellent comic relief.

[Jimbo S]

12. It was OK

tough for me to follow at times with lyrics vs. dialog. My wife had been asking nicely for a while to get tickets.

But yes, the King was funny.

[lindysalsagal]

13. I knew the words and tunes before I went and that the only way to understand it all.

It goes at the speed of light. It's breathtaking!

[Dave says]

27. I saw it before the pandemic

Normally I hate musicals. However I thought Hamilton was terrific, one of the best I ever saw. I found it easy to follow, but we were in the 8th row (great seats). We also had no distractions around us. Everyone was mesmerized.

On edit: My wife wanted to see it. I bought the tickets as an anniversary present. It otherwise would never have occurred to me to go see a “musical”.

[lindysalsagal]

11. I went to no time to die and 4 of them were in front of me. I moved.

luckily the theater wasn't crowded.

[shelshaw]

15. So did they make him throw away his shot?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. OMG! Double entendre. Covid challenges Hamilton. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

16. So you were in

Where I saw it here (in 2019) there was no food or drink permitted. It's coming back here in November, but it's due to be in different theater (it was at the Walnut St. Theater before and will br at the Academy of Music this go-around).

[Ms. Toad]

17. Next time, ask to be reseated and explain why.

They can either remove the troublemaker or go to the trouble to find you a seat where you are safe. My guess is that they would removed the troublemaker.

[bullwinkle428]

18. So it was more important for this narcissistic jagoff to make his point about

his "personal freedoms" than actually watch the completion of "Hamilton".

To use an old David Letterman quote - "Ladies and gentleman...we are very near the end of civilization!"

[Jimbo S]

19. and $250

forgot to put that in the OP. Two tickets in this section went for $250 including service charges. He just walks out.

[Grokenstein]

21. Fool at work thought carrying an open bag of vending machine pretzels exempted him.

As if a fine spray of salt and bread particles mixed with coronavirus somehow cancelled each other out. I stuck my hand up as he stumbled over in "I just wanna talk" mode and told him if he wasn't masked he would stay the hell back. Ah ha ha ha, dumbshit found this offensive. But he turned around and left.

Good on theater personnel for enforcing.

[NurseJackie]

22. I saw Hamilton in NY, too... I don't understand what all the fuss is about.

[live love laugh]

36. I loved it. The staging transitions were seamless; the story

an intriguing look at human character flaws; and I loved the music.

[NurseJackie]

41. It was as quiet as a graveyard when I was there...

... but the construction of the tomb is impressive (as tombs go) and I could see some of the seams between the slabs of granite.

Have a great weekend, LLL!

[mountain grammy]

23. Went to Randy Rainbow's Pink Glasses Tour

a few weeks ago.. vaccine cards and ID's required.

Great show, but not anxious to go to another. Masks were optional. I wore mine.

[GoodRaisin]

24. Hard to imagine a maskhole with enough culture in him to enjoy live theatre

Maybe it’s from the area I live in.

[Jimbo S]

29. This.

A main point I probably failed to communicate.

He was dressed and groomed well. Going out on a limb - probably has a professional job, educated. I would think he would of known better. Why carry on the way he did?

[Curtis]

26. The best solution seems like

to not serve refreshments for the seating area and only for intermission. Otherwise these people find any reason to not wear their masks

[SergeStorms]

28. You could have made your point....

without bringing his age into it.

"then to be aggravated by some entitled older guy took away my enjoyment of the show". The guy's age has nothing to do with his bad behavior.

Ageism seems to be one of the last "acceptable" forms of allowable bias.

[Jimbo S]

30. Guilty

I guess I made reference to it because I was taken aback by the level of immaturity this person displayed.

[SergeStorms]

31. Hey, I'm older than dirt...

and not at all thin-skinned about it, but some others of my age, and older, get bent out of shape about it.

I have no illusions about my saggy ass, hemorrhoids, shuffling gait and poor eyesight. My mind still seems pretty sharp though. My mind still seems pretty sharp though. My mind still seems pretty sharp though.

[LiberalLovinLug]

32. Yup, just because someone got their shot, doesn't mean they aren't maskholes

Many can even be more obnoxious. Because they feel angry that the government got its way with them in forcing them to get a shot, and partly anger at themselves for being such a "wimp" in not refusing the shot to "own the libs". And they will make sure whenever they can that getting vaccinated was NOT their choice.

A lot will get the shot simply because they don't want to lose their job. Or its just more easy to go shopping and to shows like Hamilton. And then are extra volatile because of that mixture of anger, and they want to get back at the "enemy" who are defined in multiple ways for them. Basically anyone who lives in the real world and trusts doctors and science.

[halfulglas]

39. And as an older myself, I know other olders who enthusiastically got their shots to live normally

And now make the point to not wear masks to stay in RW club, not to mention they resent that the shots weren't the end of it - they still have to wear the "damn masks" and blame Biden and us instead of the antivaxers that life isn't back to normal.

[tanyev]

34. Bummer. Our tickets for a June 2020 show were rolled to a Jan 2022 show.

The theater’s website says they will require masks and no food or drink will be sold, but I’m a little leery. Waiting to see what conditions are like when January gets here.

[Sympthsical]

40. We've been doing theater again. But the maskless had a hilarious surprise.

My partner had never seen Avenue Q, so we had to go when it was in town. Masks are required, but soon as the lights go down, of course . . .

Well, an older couple was in front and below us. The man took his mask off almost immediately. I was annoyed. But also delighted. Why? Because they had a child with them. Maybe 8-10? (I can't tell kids' ages)

You do not take children to see Avenue Q. I know there are puppets on all the posters and it gives off a Sesame Street vibe. They somehow made it through "The Internet is for Porn". But, I mean, at that point you should catch what is happening. Nah. But then both the adults tensed up during "Special" as a stripper puppet shakes her goodies at other characters.

And then came, "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want" and that was it. Puppets graphically fucking all over stage. See ya!

We were dying. Seriously cannot believe they didn't understand it was not for kids with the porn song, but they hung in there until that, scurrying away in the dark with a hand over the child's eyes.

Worth it.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

42. Being that close, you might consider

Getting a covid test. Especially if you live with or are your self one of the at risk group. My elderly mom lives with us, so we test often out of precaution.