The Odd Crowd

I went to see The Odd Couple last night with my mom for her birthday. It was kind of interesting to observe a Broadway crowd on a Tuesday night. I looked around as I sat down and noticed a few things. First of all, no one in the first few rows were from NYC. No one. (We were in the 6th row.) This was apparent by viewing the fashion faux-paus surrounding me. There was a lovely seemingly-Croatian couple sitting next to me (I know this from my vast Croatian knowledge that goes hand-in-hand with working in RP- Mecca for Croatian immigrants in NJ.) Next to us was a lovely couple from Long Island who were yelling at eachother as we sat down. The man next to us said "Ooh, sorry. I know dis is the thea-da, but I need to curse. I know I'll get it on the train ride home." My mom and I looked at eachother with puzzled looks.
Behind us was a family- a mom, dad, and daughter trio- who had that lovely "Scraaaanton Pennslyyyyyvaaaaania" accent I abhor. They sat there discussing how the seats were too close together and how hot it was in the theater. The mom, said "Ooh honey, is Daaaayad awaaake?" (translation- "Is Dad awake?") It was amazing to me that I tried to get these tickets last summer, and had to pay through the nose to get the extreme stage-left seats I did get. My mother wept when I gave her these seats as her birthday present, and these annoying people sat and complained. I am sure these tickets were comp-ed as part of some business perk plan for some, and I doubt the people around us were even aware of the fact that the seats are sold out for the entire run of the show and have been since before previews (one of the things I learned from previously dating a guy involved in Corporate America.) The Middle-America Wives surrounding us probably responded to their husbands request to go to NY with "OOH, Honey, Broadway!!! We should eat at that Plaaaaanet Hollywood that all the stars own! That'd be faaaabulous! We should stay at the Milleeeeenium Hilton. Isn't that where Regis puts his guests up???" They probably sat at their tables at dinner before the show and told the waiter "We need this quickly. We're going to the theeeeateeer tonight." (After which Mid-American Wife would smile smarmily.)As if everyone else in a restaurant has no where to go.
My favorite by-far was a lady in the third row. I think someone was teasing her and told her to dress for the prom. She had, what I like to refer to as, "Serious Hair."
The best part was that she had one of those banana clips in her hair holding up The Twist. I couldn't stop staring at it. It reminded me of that SATC episode with the scrunchy.
In closing, going to the theater is fun. You never know what you are going to get. Unfortunately, last night I got an earful of Pennslyvanian and caught a cold. :(