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.

I call reverse. No one would actually admit to behaving the way the OP and her mum did, surely?

A reverse is when the OP is really the woman who complained about the singing but posts as though she is the singer.

YWBVU.

You're rude op.

Theatres put on sing along nights for people like your mum.

I think this is a reverse or a joke but if it's not your mum is an embarrassment. People pay good money to see the cast singing, why would they want to listen to your mother in their ear? It's a good thing you left, at least then the audience could enjoy it in peace!

Wildly unreasonable, and aggressive and intimidating.
Complainer not unreasonable
Go to a singalonga screening if that is what you want to do

No you can’t sing in theatres - have people paid hundreds of pounds to listen to your mum fgs? I had this once in Phantom of the Opera. This demented woman “sang” all the soprano parts out of tune. Even if she’d been in tune, it’s annoying. Nutter. Someone should have asked her to leave. So no. YABU.

If you want to sing along you do it at home, or join a singing group. People pay to hear the musical not a random member of the public drowning it out.

Selfish to spoil it for others. They went for the musical not your mother.

I can I ask a question I agree this reads like a reverse, and everyone says it must be because no one is this unreasonable. But even if it is a reverse someone did do all of that bad behaviour. I always see people saying must be a reverse and never really understand, because even if it us someone has still behaved like an arse.

Surely a reverse? No one can be daft enough to think singing along is acceptable.

@Ffsseriously good point

I was going to call reverse. No-one turns up late and then uses it as an excuse for poor behaviour!!

Sorry meant to add and presumably believes they are in the right or they wouldn't behave that way, especially when it is ongoing or like this time to think before being an idiot.

The woman in front sounded quite polite

Sorry but if you hadnt been late (which I hate if in an audience as it does disturb you) you would of heard them announce about not singing along till the very last song. Musical tickets are not cheap and people have often been looking forward to it for a long time so want to enjoy the experience of hearing the professional on stage not the lady behind enjoying her birthday treat.

Might I suggest you learn a few manners before you go out in public again go to the theatre again, OP.

Blatant reverse

No. If I go to a musical I’m paying to hear the professional singers, not some random woman behind me singing.

You were in the wrong. Can’t stand people like you.

YABU. would it be ok during a theater production to recite the actors lines loudly? would it be ok to sing along an opera? or classical music? no, so its also not ok during a musical

If you'd been behind me, I would have turned round and asked your mum to stop singing too.
I paid money to hear the professionals, not some person warbling away right behind me.
Very unreasonable behaviour and very bad theatre etiquette.

I'm on an MT forum and this poor behaviour is common. But I called reverse because the OP also mentioned being late which would have been water over a ducks back to such an unreasonable person.

Even if it isn't a reverse, OP will have to come back and say it was, or own up to being A Massive Twat

Or, we can all sing along to the well known song of you're all so rude, it's a nest of vipers, I won't come to MN again...

OP. Come back and admit this is a reverse.

This better be a reverse. People singing at musicals are awful. Awful awful.

Yup has to be a reverse. If, on the tiny off-chance that this is not, OP you behaved appallingly and sound rough as a badgers bottom.