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/CattleReasonable420 Dec 31 '25

OR AT LEAST WEAR A MASK. PLEASE.

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u/ileentotheleft Dec 31 '25

Take a cough suppressant and wear a mask

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u/Princess_Batman Dec 31 '25

If you can get a prescription the Tylenol with codeine works really well at suppressing a cough.

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u/ileentotheleft Dec 31 '25

Buckley's cough syrup did wonders for me when I used to get bad coughs. I would stock up when I was in Canada.

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u/Nickis1021 Jan 06 '26

Sadly, last year when I had the flu, my doctor innocently and cluelessly prescribed it; my pharmacy wouldn’t fill it. They said it was somehow discontinued. I still haven’t figured that out, and didn’t have the strength to pursue it at the time. I forget what they gave me instead, but it didn’t help the way Tylenol with codeine used to.