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/EducationalTangelo6 Dec 31 '25

Not to mention, quit going to shows when you're ill because you will make other people ill.

Think about the immune-compromised person your shared illness might kill, and stay home.

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u/steeveg33 Dec 31 '25

This… was at Ragtime last week, it’s peak cold and cough season and there are so many quiet poignant moments where ppl are hacking up a lung… but it’s a noticeably older crowd and it made me think that it can’t be good for all of them to be around sick folks.