“Proper theater audience etiquette refers to the expected behavior and manners that audience members should exhibit when attending a live performance. Adhering to these guidelines ensures a respectful and enjoyable experience for everyone involved, including the performers and fellow audience members.”

“The word “enough” is becoming commonplace. You did not do enough. You did not give enough to your scene partners. You did not meet the director’s expectations. You could go on and on about how you were not enough. Wracked with worry and guilt, you worry about your ability to play and depend more on the thoughts of others. You are not alone. It has a simple name that many have also felt: actor guilt.”

Facing accusations of inappropriate relationships with her teenage fans and grooming, Colleen Ballinger decided that the best course of action was to respond with a ditty on a ukulele explaining that she was actually the victim of a “toxic gossip train.”

"I’ve just left a dinner with a well-known casting director. He had asked me to join him to talk about the potential he sees in me and learn about my career goals. I thought that’s all we would talk about. I was wrong."

“St. Martin could have shown empathy. That’s what good spokespeople are supposed to do. Instead, if anything, she was defiant over the current business model that works for the rich and doesn’t work for everyone else.”

“While there are worse ways to spend 17 minutes and 40 seconds, the best I can say about her five-track exercise in self-pity is that it exists.”

“A list of references made to everyone’s favorite Halloween cult musical.”

“Would the show have worked on Broadway? The question was inescapable as I exited the Raimund and looked at the marquee shining bright, envisioning what would have happened if I was looking at it outside of the Broadhurst Theater in New York. In this writer’s opinion, I don’t think it would have.”

“Whether it is a song, a moment of silence, a circle in the water, the telling of stories, the things we do in the aftermath, alone and together, help us to make sense of the most perplexing aspect of our experience as humans.”

“The Little Mermaid is a mythical creature who can look like anything and anyone! You’re telling me it’s easier to believe that a character has a fish tale than that she’s Black?”

“He’s an artist who has lost the favor of his original industry, one based on innovation and boundary-pushing that he was a healthy beneficiary of. All he can do now is spew right-wing talking points for the niche audience that consumes media based on political affiliation.”

Some shows contain scenes with explicit violence, full-frontal nudity, and in some cases, even scenes depicting sexual acts on stage. As one can imagine, this often provokes controversy and often can spark outright negative reactions from the audience. In cases such as this, it is worth asking: Are there instances in which theatre goes “too far”? If so, what would they be?