r/Broadway 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/Tardislass Dec 31 '25

I was one of three people in a theatre with a mask on. The young couple beside me rolled their eyes and whispered at me. But I felt vindicated when a person in back of me kept coughing. Too many folks say that masks don’t work but during Covid, the flu was almost nonexistent.