# If live events don't re-open, what was your last theater experience? What was 1st cancellation?
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**Created:** [May 9, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446 "2020-05-09T00:05:36Z")
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### Author:  [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/1 "2020-05-09T00:05:36Z")
I’ll start
Last Movie in movie theater was “The Hunt”, Blumhouse movie about rich liberals hunting the deplorables.
Last live music experience - “School of Rock”, tweens/teens playing some classic rock. Like Rock & Roll Camp for the young folks. Only went because the advertising made it seem like it was going to be a “Smiths” concert. There were a total of three Smiths song, so show was fun but not what I had hoped.
Sturgill Simpson was 1st cancellation - we saw him a couple years ago and was very looking forward to seeing him again.
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### Author:  [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/2 "2020-05-09T00:11:16Z")
Last movie I saw in theaters was “First Cow” with a director Q&A afterwards on March 7.
I managed to catch the Broadway revival of \*\*Company \*\*on March 4th, it’s 3rd preview performance before Broadway shut down on the 12th.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/3 "2020-05-09T00:20:23Z")
Chicago Symphony Orchestra in early March. I had a feeling they’d start to cancel life shows so I took my friend who had never been.
Don’t tell him I had a buy one get one free ticket offer!
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/4 "2020-05-09T00:30:09Z")
The last theater experience I’ve had was seeing a live show of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast at The Portsmouth Music Hall on March 13th. I went to bed with the music hall’s webpage open and by the time I woke up the next morning they had cancelled all events for the remainder of March and all of April.
I haven’t had anything cancelled yet but plans to see movies have of course fallen through since given how are understandably being delayed. And I kind of figure that my best friend and I will not be seeing Carbon Leaf preform like we do most Decembers…
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### Author:  [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/5 "2020-05-09T01:12:10Z")
I can’t remember the last film I saw in a theater.
My friend treated me to a concert last summer at Jones Beach of the Live&Bush tour. If that had to be my last concert, it was a good choice.
I didn’t have any specific cancellations, but I had my heart set on seeing the new Nolan movie Tenet for my birthday mid July. Even if theaters reopen by then, it’s possible the premiere date has already been rescheduled.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/6 "2020-05-09T01:18:58Z")
I’m kind of annoyed. I planned on seeing Onward when it was released but I decided to skip the opening weekend because I figured the theater would be filled with young kids. I decided I would wait a couple of weeks before seeing it so the crowds would thin out.
I did not anticipate how much thinning out there would be in the next two weeks.
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### Author:  [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/7 "2020-05-09T02:39:19Z")
Last live music event was seeing Kit Anderson at a bar in Monrovia early this year. Last major concert of the kind we’re unlikely to get to enjoy for God knows how long might have been Willie Nelson at the Hollywood Bowl.
My folks and I have season tickets to the small stage at South Coast Repertory, where we see mostly new plays by little-known playwrights. We’ve already missed two of those and have to decide soon what we’re doing about next year. My husband and I had tickets for Hamilton this summer; we were taking my MIL for her birthday, and we were going to see James Taylor with my folks.
It’s a petty thing to whine about but dammit I wanted to go to those things!
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### Author:  [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/8 "2020-05-09T03:23:18Z")
The last movie I saw in a theater was “The Rise of Skywalker.” Ugh.
My last live theater experience was “Hamilton.”
My last concert was Chicago.
The first cancellation was Gabriel Iglesias.
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### Author:  [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/9 "2020-05-09T03:25:40Z")
Nevermind.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/10 "2020-05-09T03:44:31Z")
We saw _The Invisible Man_ in a movie theater back in March. There were only a couple of other people in the hall.
Last live play was on Broadway eight years ago. I think it was called _Memphis_.
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### Author:  [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/11 "2020-05-09T04:32:00Z")
Last movie in a theater was (I think) “The Rise of Skywalker.” Last concert was the US Marine Band in Long Beach, California. First and only live show cancellation for which we actually had tickets was Mnozil Brass at the Irvine Barclay Theater in late March.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/12 "2020-05-09T04:52:31Z")
I tried to see the Academy Award nominees in a theater around the time of the awards. I think the last one I saw was probably _1917_, but in any case whatever it was was probably in February. I also saw _Parasite_ (which I had to follow with Spanish subtitles) and _Jojo Rabbit._ I also saw _The Rise of Skywalker._ Come to think of it, that might have been the last.
The last Broadway show I saw was _Wicked_ with my brother in late 2018.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/13 "2020-05-09T05:07:33Z")
Last movie in the theater was _Rise of Skywalker_ for me as well.
Last concert I’m pretty sure was Cake and Ben Folds when they were touring together last September.
Last play, the revival of _West Side Story_ on Broadway, when I was visiting New York last Christmas.
Last stand up comedy, Lewis Black last October.
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### Author:  [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/14 "2020-05-09T05:13:52Z")
Last movie in the theater: Parasite (my area is somewhat of a backwater and didn’t get it until after the Oscars).
First cancellation: None, because I don’t do anything that needs a reservation, but I would have liked to see _The Invisible Man_ (just never got around to it before venues started shuttering).
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/15 "2020-05-09T05:45:50Z")
Drive-By Truckers. Drive-By Truckers.
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### Author:  [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/16 "2020-05-09T10:46:48Z")
I don’t think I had been a live theatre since seeing Phantom in London last March. We had tickets for Come From Away in Toronto during March Break this year that was cancelled about 3 days prior.
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/17 "2020-05-09T21:06:45Z")
I think the last concert I saw was John Prine with my two sisters, one of whom died last year.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/18 "2020-05-09T23:14:44Z")
I saw the touring company of Fiddler on the Roof in early March. I didn’t have any tickets purchased for the rest of the spring. But I hope to see the theater in the Fall if possible.
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/19 "2020-05-09T23:28:30Z")
Last live show: _The Servant of Two Masters_ at the University of Alabama.
Last movie: Hmm, I think _Little Women_?
First cancellation: Brave Spirits Theatre’s _Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2_, which I was supposed to see in DC over Easter weekend. SO bummed about this, both because a friend of mine was the director and because 2H4 is the one Shakespeare play I have _never_ seen on stage. I was so close to completing the canon!
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/20 "2020-05-09T23:48:53Z")
Last live event - louis ck concert
Last movie in theaters - Doctor Sleep (excellent film)
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