People Singing During Wicked Showing

TBH if it was not a ' sing a long ' showing I would be proper annoyed

Next month they will have special sign a long viewings.

I expect people to sing at concerts and a lot of artists ask for you to do that. They encourage it.

At a live performance? Heck no. Rude to the cast.

Generally I think it’s not ok, but my choir leader has booked a private screen for us to go as a group next week (there are 100 of us going), and you can bet your bottom dollar we’re all going to be singing! In four-part harmony no less! 😂

I lose my mind at that type of selfish and rude behavior. Because of that, we won’t go see the movie until it’s been out quite a while so hopefully the super fans will have already seen and done their singing then

100% this! We just saw Wicked on Monday and thank God no one was singing out loud. I will admit to singing along in my head though on Popular and Defying Gravity. That movie was soooo good! I was annoyed enough by the woman sitting in front of us who had her phone on for most of the movie. DD thought she was recording it. 😳😫

I have mixed feelings on this. I understand people pay to see the perfomance, NOT their neighbor singing. But I love when people get excited and engrossed in the perfomance. As long as they are not SCREAMING the songs. (And not sitting too close to me. )

I really do NOT like it when a singer is onstage and stops singing so that the crowd can sing their song. I paid to hear YOU sing it!

I guess it all depends on the music, the person, the event and many other circumstances.  For me, much of the experience of a concert is the watching of the artist, the interaction of the band, the song, the audience, etc. The little nuances happening.  I have probably heard/listen to the recording of the song and have already listen and enjoyed the music, lyrics, or whatever else it was that drew me to that song and or artist.  

But I love watching live performances for visuals more than the musical (although a good dosage of both give the most supreme concert experience IMO).  There are some shows that are just watch groove to like a Government Mule and other that seem much more participatory in nature.  I guess I really don’t have a particular live performance watching style as it is much more genre/artist/venue driven.  

I certainly try not to annoy or disrupt anyone’s enjoyment of a live performance of anything, as I think it is a huge privilege and wonder to be able to experience live performances of anything. But it is not cheap or easy so I respect that and totally understand we all have different wants and expectations from the performance.  Like everything I am a try and fly under the radar person and enjoy what want but not distract or be obvious. I try to go with the flow. Hahaha.

Joining in at gigs/concerts is perfectly acceptable imo. Part of the fun is that everyone knows the words to Piano Man/Rocket Man or whatever and it's a given that everyone stands and sings along to the chorus at least. It adds to the atmosphere and is a big 'fan' moment imo. I find it almost impossible not to sing along but I don't sing loudly because that would ruin it for Dh at least

In the cinema though, no I don't think so.




But that usually only lasts a very short time. I feel like I pay for the whole experience, the interactions with artist/band and audience, the chat in-between etc and that's just part of the inclusion of the fans by the musician.

Okay at a concert. I don't appreciate it during every song, but hey, that is part of the live experience.

Movie theater: No, unless it is "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".

Live theater: ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Not ok at a movie or live show. I am ok with it at a concert since the audio is so loud anyways. But, I’ll take the singing over screaming any day! 😆

They have specific showings for sing alongs, but a ticket for the sing along showing or keep quiet. IMO

I don't wanna blame covid because it's always been happening in Theater.. but SO MANY people lost the understanding of how you act in public after lockdown.

Concerts are a given that people will sing/scream along.. at least the kind of concerts I go to 🤷‍♀️ But if you're not in your own living room or at a specific special performance you shouldn't be audible in a theater -- movie or stage.

I saw Six multiple times this year and the number of shows I had someone behind me singing along was one too many.

Oh such a good poll! I also am annoyed by others singing when I go to a theatre show, concert, or movie. I think the sing along performances are a great idea and I totally understand that lots of people want to sing with the performance, just don't do it at my show! I think signs indicating sing or DO NOT SING are going to be necessary. I want to see the Wicked movie for the on screen performance. And I think many audience members think singing is totally ok and will sing unless specifically told not to.
And on that note, I would really appreciate the theatre taking on that role of policing the audience because I sure don't want to do it.