Dave - I'd rather sit in the house for 90 minutes than have to stand on the street in line (or crammed into the Ed's lobby), as it had been done pre-COVID.
On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 5:37:55 AM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > So, if I'm reading this right, they made you sit in the house with nothing > happening for about 90 minutes? That's inexcusable. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:22:13 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote: > >> I left the Ed about 6:45 Eastern, and haven't seen the show yet, so I >> might have more to say later in the week. >> >> Most of what Dave describes below reflects my experience, though the >> process is much more efficient than in 2017. I arrived at 3:30, and once >> my plus one satisfied all the COVID requirements, we were in the Ed within >> 20 minutes and right to our seats (ground level, near the back and across >> from Joe Saylor in the band, though we still had a fair amount of time >> waiting in the theater. >> >> The staff had music piped in (mostly current hits). I can't remember who >> came first, but the floor director and the warm-up guy (Paul Mercurio, who >> was probably doing it in 2017) were next. Mercurio was leaning hard on the >> cheerleading approach to being a warm-up comic, which can easily rub >> someone the wrong way. His interactions with audience members were more >> entertaining. >> >> The band came out and the crowd really responded. They played the song >> that used to play over the end titles (chorus lyrics "I feel good, I feel >> free, I feel fine just being me.") Stephen came out during the song, did >> the Q&A thing, and then the show started around 5:30-5:40. >> > -- >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21147afc-5617-4630-b5f6-8c2a0c11a079n%40googlegroups.com.
