# If live events don't re-open, what was your last theater experience? What was 1st cancellation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/41 "2020-05-12T14:47:03Z")
Last movie :_1917_ Last live show: _Blind Boys of Alabama_ First cancellations (both shows have been postponed really): \*The National \*and _Patti Smith_ ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/42 "2020-05-12T15:27:15Z")
Last Movie: “Parasite” after the Oscars, so maybe early Feb. Last Concert: Van Morrison with a kick-ass opening set by Mavis Staples 1st Cancellation: Paley Fest with the cast of “Schitt’s Creek” (SOOO bummed) Next cancellation (postponed indefinitely): James Taylor and Jackson Browne (likely) next cancellation: Steely Dan and Steve Winwood ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/43 "2020-05-12T15:53:10Z")
Last Movie: It’s a Beautiful Day Last Concert: John Prine (last tour) Last Theater: Winnie Ruth Judd read through (In development) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/44 "2020-05-12T16:36:15Z")
I don’t actually remember what my last movie was. There were a few I wanted to see but didn’t. I saw Bert Kreischer at the Beacon Theater in NYC about a week before everything shut down. I was due to see Post Modern Jukebox about a month later. Got word about a week ago that it has been rescheduled to October. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/45 "2020-05-12T17:17:37Z")
Last movie theater viewing: The Rise of Skywalker, in early January Last live theater performance: A show by a local theater group, which a friend of mine directed, in November Last live music performance: Electric Light Orchestra, last July First cancellation: another local theater performance, which would have starred a friend of mine, in late March ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/46 "2020-05-12T19:44:44Z")
Last live theater performance: The Two Gentlemen of Verona performed by Purdue Theatre in February 2019. Concert postponed: Gordon Lightfoot in Nashville, Indiana, March 26. Currently rescheduled for July 24. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/47 "2020-05-12T20:01:52Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > 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. That’s a coincidence. Gabriel Iglesias was the last show I went to before the cancellations started. The show was on 3/5/20. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/48 "2020-05-12T21:00:18Z")
The last live music performance I saw was last summer, Steve Earle and the Dukes in Joliet, Il. on their Guy Clark tribute tour. If that’s the last live show I ever see, it was a good one. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446/49 "2020-05-13T00:46:53Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > Last local stage production: _Waitress_ in Lincoln > Last live theater spectacles: _Love_ and _One_ (we were in Las Vegas the last week of February) > Last Broadway show: David Byrne’s _American Utopia_ > Last in-theater movie: _1917_ > First cancelled show: _Dear Even Hansen_ (Touring) This feels like an honorable mention: Last outdoor concert: Willie Nelson and Allison Krauss, less than a week before Willie hung up his touring hat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-live-events-dont-re-open-what-was-your-last-theater-experience-what-was-1st-cancellation/853446.md?page=2)