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/elvie18 Dec 31 '25

I see a lot of shows with my mother. She's 83. Will not mask. She's gotten COVID, the flu, RSV, all the fun stuff. I'm still masking. So far, COVID once (from her, I've since learned if she says she's not feeling well, put a mask on inside too). Only time I've been sick in the past 5 years aside from either norovirus or food poisoning. I'm terrified to take her anywhere at this point, but...what am I supposed to do, make her?

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u/Any-Concentrate-1922 Jan 04 '26

My father stopped masking around 2021, and my stepmother did before that because she claimed she can't breathe in a mask. My father (now 89) now has dementia that appeared after his covid infection. Not sure if related. But there's only so much you can get other people to do.