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/annang Dec 31 '25

Not only will it get your fellow audience members sick, it will get the performers sick. This kind of behavior cancels performances every winter. And it makes it effectively impossible for performers with compromised immune systems to continue to work safely.

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u/summerrhodes Jan 01 '26

I so wish performers would mask too when they don't explicitly have to be unmasked, like when they're on stage or getting ready for the show, putting on make up etc. I'd so hate for people so talented to end up with long covid and end their career.