Groundhog Day the Musical - Old Vic

It wasn't essential that I was there, it was only a summer office party, I work remotely so I hardly ever actually see anyone in the office so that was the main reason I should have gone. More a reminder that I exist and am not just a zombie who uses their computers when they aren't at work.

Back to Groundhog Day though, I was sitting next to someone who obviously didn't enjoy himself at all. When that happens does it affect your enjoyment? It did mine. He laughed maybe once or twice and I know you don't have to clap but he rarely did. Also his phone was more interesting than the show at the start of the second half. When you sit next to someone who really isn't enjoying a performance do you feel you can't laugh as much and enjoy it less? Is that just me? I think he also glared at the woman he was with when she started to stand at the end so she sat back down (I didn't stand (and not because of him), I'm not a fan of standing ovations so unless forced up by others because I can't see I tend to stay sitting). 

Yes! The second time I went I was sat next to a couple who were clearly not paying any attention to the show and instead almost bickering, it really ruined my enjoyment of it. 

Last night a few people were really fidgety next to me but not too annoying.

He was sitting sitting there bored by it so you'd have been able to ignore him. Please don't ever worry about not laughing or clapping at a show. In general I'm very very reserved and rarely laugh out loud, more likely to just smile (I don't think I laughed much at Spamalot either). I do think it's just me though because if I go to a show with someone I know and they don't seem to be enjoying themselves I find it hard to enjoy it because I worry too much about having dragged them to something they don't like and the money they've wasted. Maybe that's my problem, I want the people around me to be enjoying it as much as I am even though I happily accept people have different likes and dislikes.

Edit: Since that's no longer about Groundhog Day, back to the show. I really enjoyed being able to spot things I'd not seen before like "Rita" and "Larry" as town folk at the beginning to bulk up the population. I also noticed the various looks of the Hot Dog seller, was he three different people or just two?

Gosh. All of those costume changes night after night after night.

I'll bet it feels like groundhog . . . 

Oh.

I noticed Rita in the opening too, Larry appears throughout as general ensemble quite a bit i think? I'm sure he's in the tap number.

I only spotted two different hotdog sellers but I'm not sure there isn't 3 of them!

Yes I agree Larry turns up in multiple places, definitely in the tap number wearing a hat of some kind as a disguise.
I'm not completely sure about the hot dog sellers though, I'll agree with you though that there are definitely two.

Has anyone else tried counting the number of times we see the 2nd of Feb? I tried the first time I went and think I got to about 16 or 17 by the interval. However that was counting all the doctors as one day, it could easily have been each one on different day. I had to give up after the interval though, it was too hard when we got into the montage. I assumed each person and body was a day but unless I was going to spend my whole time counting I wasn't going to see the show. (I do have a bit of a numbers thing though and often have to count the number of people on stage so I wouldn't be surprised if I was the only one).

No, not quite. The programme mentions that Danny Rubin has said it's about 100 years. I actually mean how many times do we see a version of the day. As in how many times does the alarm clock beep (if only it was as easy as counting beeps). 

Seriously?? Who is counting how many days he's been caught up in this constant loop when (and I can't emphasise this enough) you're distracted by Andy Karl's smashing arms and his serious underpants action?

The only question I kept asking myself during the show was, "would the t-shirt come off?". Sadly, not to be a question with a happy answer.

It's very easy to be distracted and count on your fingers at the same time! Also like I said I have a thing with counting.

I tried this with the film once but the seems to reflect it takes very many days that we don't see.

I kinda tried to count the days on my first visit, but the each count as a day and, f*ck it, life is too short (unless, of course, it's the same day and you wake up the same age, etc etc).

The Broadway transfer has been postponed as no theatre or dates are confirmed uet

Lets hope the album comes soon!