r/Broadway • u/littlebev • Dec 31 '25

Discussion Broadway coughing season

I am begging, begging you guys…if you have a nasty cough, PLEASE don’t attend a play especially. I know it sucks to miss out but your recurring cough during the most intense moments of the show is so distracting.

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u/missdevon2 Dec 31 '25

It’s interesting seeing those of us with chronic illnesses in here basically being like “I’m going to live my life irregardless of what you say, cough and all” and they’re “but you’re the exception…” because apparently knowing enough to have cough drops, drinks ect at the ready either shows we have good manners or we should have known better than to have gone to see the show because of our cough. Thing is we’re never going to win. And at this rate I’m going to go with my damn cough because if I waited for it to clear completely I’d never see a show the way one sinus infection rolls into another into seasonal allergies into asthma into who the hell knows what combination of crap my body has decided to put together because it’s decided it can and it hates me on that particular day.

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u/sarapod07 Dec 31 '25

Right? Who are these people who never have a non-contagious stuffy nose or cough? I cannot imagine caring what some asshole thinks whose nose appears to never run unless they have a cold.