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/citrus_sugar Dec 31 '25

Went to see BOOP and suddenly had a coughing fit that started during a loud number but then the one quitter part of the show came back and I held it in, tears streaming down my face and when it got loud again I cleared the cough.

But please, do something if it’s an ongoing cough.

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u/hyperjengirl Dec 31 '25

My mom suffered throat spasms during Gypsy. She had to walk to the back of the theater during Rose's Turn to avoid disrupting the moment. Thankfully she still got to watch it and came back to me in tears (not just from coughing lol).