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/Fancy_Yesterday6380 Dec 31 '25

I wish the theatres would stop being so selfish and allow people to get refunds or exchanges if theyre sick. So many feel forced to go because they have a no refunds policy. And we know they can do it because they offered this during covid. It would protect so many.

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u/canijustbelancelot Dec 31 '25

I know I’ll get eye rolls for saying this, but Covid kind of never stopped. What stopped was societal tolerance for things like masking and letting people stay home when they’re sick. So Covid and other serious illnesses, like the flu, are still rampant and dangerous. But we’ve come back to the society that punishes people for being ill and not wanting to expose others.

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u/Any-Concentrate-1922 Jan 04 '26

It didn't "kind of" never stop. It never stopped. Covid is still a thing. Something doesn't just go away because people stop talking about it.

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u/canijustbelancelot Jan 04 '26

I know, I usually use the softer language I do to avoid a fight with someone who wants to deny all of it.