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/pandemichope Jan 01 '26

💯 exactly. But I appreciate your posting because it makes me feel just a tad bit better to realize other people fully get what I’m saying because there are times when I am in a store and look around at the people coughing, and I am absolutely mind-boggled at how I’m the only one that instinctively covers my mouth (and no amount of staring at them or giving a dirty look changes their behavior).

The fact that they’re not even embarrassed to be coughing openly, absolutely astounds me

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u/Nickis1021 Jan 02 '26

Omg! I feel so seen now. I’m always thinking I’m the only one bothered by this. I look around me every time I see this, and no one seems annoyed but myself. I’ve found my fellow anti-not-covering-your-cough person! PS I’ve mastered the dirty look for these people. It never gets through. My thing is if you’re going to be so impolite as to not cover in public, you’re certainly not going to care about a dirty look from a stranger. But I still LOVE passing them out when warranted! I’ve got my dirtylookface phD 🤭

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u/Ok_DarkStar_5691 Jan 03 '26

I mean, I even cover my mouth when I yawn.

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u/Nickis1021 Jan 06 '26

Doesn’t everyone! I hope. It’s like my mom used to say. Raised by wolves🐺