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Popcorn and live theater
Broadway theater managers discuss whether it's a good experience to allow playgoers to munch on popcorn during the (live) performance. From Broadway: Eating at Your Seat:
"It's a reflection of changing audience habits," said Jim Boese, the organization's vice president. "As the audience for Broadway expands, there are changing audience needs. This is part of a broader attempt to enhance the audience experience."
On the other hand...
“Broadway is about a theatrical experience,” she said. “It’s not about pulling out Marie Callender’s chicken pot pie and a Sterno. Would you go to church and pull out a ham sandwich? I don’t think so. Then why would you do it at the theater?”
What do you think?
Hi Mark -- Made a mental note while visiting my family in NYC over the holidays to tell you what a *wonderful* experience Slava's Snowshow was -- http://www.entertainment-link.com/other-theater/off-broadway/unique-theater/slavas-snowshow.asp I think you can still catch it through next week
A couple of pictures here (from my boyfriend's blog): http://richardojones.com/blog2/adventure/#000427
I refuse to eat during any live entertainment performance, and this includes rock concerts. (Drinks I can go with, to an extent; ya get thirsty.) But the idea of live actors on stage (or live musicians) looking out into the gaping, masticating maws of a crowd seems the height of rudeness.
No eating at the seats. Seriously.
That's what intermission is for.