Singing along at a musical to cause such upset?

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I went to a musical yesterday with my parents & sister to celebrate my mums birthday. We had a really nice day & this was the last thing we had planned. Arrived a few mins late and got to our seats with no problems.

After about 20 mins in. A catchy song came on. It was Tina Turner. My mum sang along for a couple of times during the chorus. It was hard not too. The whole show was about her being oppressed. Which is exactly how we felt after what happens next.

The lady in front turned around. Looked at my mum & said could you please, then used her hand against her mouth to gesture my mum to zip it 🤐 very passive aggressive.

Mum looked at us as if to say. What the F**
Anyway. She said I'll have to speak to her at the interval. Meanwhile I just thought what a spoilsport?!?! If you can't sing along at a musical what's wrong with the world. It's not like she was singing at the top of her voice???

It resulted with the lady in front going to make a complaint about my mum as mum tapped her on the shoulder and said during the interval How dare you tell me how to behave. My mum ended up going to see the manager herself where the other women was acting like we were trying to victimise her for not being happy against us telling her it was a free country. They said we were aggressive and being unreasonable?!?!

She said. It said on the way in you can't sing. We said. Well we didn't see that notice as we were late. We ended up leaving as my mum was so cross. There was a slight scene. The other woman was behaving like a child in my opinion. Has the world has gone mad.

My sister and I told her that she had spoilt our mums birthday and She was clearly enjoying playing the victim. I think she was probably shocked we confronted her over it.

We left. Were we being unreasonable? Or has the world gone crazy? I'd love to hear you're thoughts.

Quite Clearly we have no etiquette. Or perhaps people are way to serious these days.
My money's on the former.

Unless it’s a singalong show, YWBU. And late too, and starting arguments... just as well you left by the sound of it. You spoiled the experience for yourself and others too.

Some people are just such killjoys. I got a similar reaction when I joined in with the "Queen of the Night" aria during Die Zauberflote at Glyndebourne.

I just don't understand it, I almost got that high F nailed.

We're going to see the Tina Turner musical in a couple of weeks and I've had an email from the ticket office stating that we can only sing during the finale.

The theatre management have obviously learned from the OP's experience.

Tell me it's not true. Why God why did your mum sing along?
The audience wanted to hear the people sing. On stage.
They go to the theatre because there's no business like show business.
All I ask of you is that the next time you go, you don't go past the point of no return and sing again.
I know that I love to boogie, but not at the theatre.
You need to have confidence in me that people go to the theatre to hear the sound of music.
Still I am sure you made 'em laugh!

Beautifully put. 🤣

LakieLady.

Loving the OP's update: AIBU? yes you really are!

NOOOOO you are all meanies and I am a superior being.

Please come back and tell us more OP!!!

Has the world has gone mad

When 2 grown women have a difference of opinion in a public space, & then feel it's reasonable to take that disagreement to the manager's office - yes.

OP - I hope you are cringing hard at the memory of it all, now.

How utterly embarrassing - but mostly because you don't seem to realise how clueless you all are.

I would be mortified if my mum did this. No way would I let her sing and ruin everyone else's experience - how selfish and rude!

I feel sorry for your Mum TBH.But I must say I think the lady who complained was in the right really.It is difficult to resist the urge to join in but not all of us have great voices sadly. Maybe just take her to a play next time !(But no talking of course!)

Did you really tell them it's a free country?

So entitled and rude. Bet you're the type of person who parks in double yellows because it's closer to where you need to be.

YABVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVU!!!!!!!

OP does your Mum also scream at the Sistine Chapel?

However I'd like to highlight that my sister was sat in the middle of me and my mum and I couldn't hear her.

And yet the woman sitting in front, who could not see your mother, could hear her. Have you thought about a hearing test?

You are deluded OP. You and your family were rude and have no manners.

You don't get out much do you ?

LakieLady

Keep going, you're so close!!

'd like to highlight that my sister was sat in the middle of me and my mum and I couldn't hear her.

But obviously the woman in front could hear, otherwise she wouldn't have reacted.

And the people next to my soul said not my sister who stayed behind while I followed my mum that they think thought the fuss was unnecessary

I think they were talking about you and your mum. They can hardly have though someone turning round and making a "Please be quiet" gesture was a fuss.

Tina Turner with no joining in Wonder if anyone was ever silent when the original performed live.
Now realise there is a parallel MN Glasgow.

The one I know doesn't even frown that much if you are 10 minutes late cos you lost track of time in the pub or couldn't find a parking space.

(Edinburgh audiences, especially in August, are even worse - they leave half way through if you can't hold your own on stage)

20 years ago when I went to the theatre weekly in London's West End it was similar to Glasgow, but that was when they still set the ticket prices in line with the wages of the proletariat and society wasn't obsessed with Z-list celebrity.

Are you lot all octogenarians at the afternoon mid week matinee?

"https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/theatre-goers-fury-after-being-told-stop-singing-during-motown-show-sunderland-empire-817722"
Was this also your mum

Bloke kept singing all the way through Kinky Boots, dont think he knew he was doing it, usher came to see him during break as people were complaining, he denied it. Dont know why his partner didnt elbow him to tell him to stop, the whole of the row in front turned to when he started doing it again in second act. He ruined Im not my fathers son

@SugarHockeyIcedTea

OP does your Mum also scream at the Sistine Chapel?

Hahahahaha you win the Internet today 😂

Maybe it was the other lady's birthday, hmm..OP?

Tina Turner with no joining in shock Wonder if anyone was ever silent when the original performed live.

It's a stage show not a concert.

No doubt she works in health and safety or something else utterly boring or has a very miserable life to feel the need to say anything at all

Not sure where to start with that one!

Those boring people who work in health and safety are the people who stop restaurants from making you ill, factories from operating machines that kill or maim people, manufacturers from producing goods that will harm you, etc etc.

For what it's worth, I have an absolutely fascinating job, but I would still object to an audience member near me singing along during a musical.

The woman paid to watch and listen to the musical. For all you know, it's something she could ill afford and had been really looking forward to. Why does wanting to get what she paid for make her miserable?