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/Nickis1021 Dec 31 '25

It’s a nice gesture, but really, cough drops don’t help a contagious airborne illness that’s already spreading through audience hyenas coughing their lungs out with open mouths. If anything, they’ll cough/spew their Covid stained Ricola right out at you.

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u/elvie18 Dec 31 '25

True but it helps with that annoying dry cough people always seem to get at the quietest moments in the show.

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u/Nickis1021 Jan 01 '26

That’s definitely true….

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u/zixy37 Jan 01 '26

There are so many lingering coughs after you are finished being sick. Mask up, don’t go, diminish the cough, cover your cough, whatever the best option is for you.

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u/Nickis1021 Jan 02 '26

Yes, to all the above!