Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To?
Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.
Today is Sunday, June 14, 2026 Closing: Becky Shaw Broadway Baby Birthdays: Campbell Brown Jere Shea George O'Dowd Eddie Mekka Donald J. Trump Gerry Burkhardt Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Cy Coleman Martha Greenhouse Sam Wanamaker Gene Barry Dorothy McGuire Pauline Moore Burl Ives June Walker Radley Flynn Cliff Edwards Benny Fields May Allison Alice Wilson Harry Leighton Maggie Mitchell Harriet Beecher Stowe Byron Webster De'Adre Aziza Janine LaManna Boy George Antony Sher Joe Grifasi Beryl Towbin Ed Ericksen June Graham Tony Kraber Gil Lamb