Oprea

You have asked for lame. You have asked for Bad. You have asked for Old. You have asked for Jokes.

Well three out of four ain't bad.


HERSCHEL WAXMAN, a Broadway treasurer of long experience and now vice president of the Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union Local No. 751, recalls an incident that took place one day when he was the man behind the ticket grill: "We always have people complaining that they can't see or can't hear so they need the best home theater seating in the house. But one woman, she was classic. She needed two seats down front on the aisle because her husband had arthritis in his right leg. But his left shoulder pained him, too, and she didn't want him too exposed to the air conditioning. I said, 'So, you want your husband on the right aisle because of his bad right leg, on the left aisle because of his bad left shoulder, and in the middle, surrounded by people, because of the air conditioning?' She looked at me defiantly and said, 'Well, I'm paying.' "

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WHEN I was a university theatre director, my wife was once asked by one of her clients about her plans for the upcoming weekend. "I think I'll watch my husband's play," she replied. "Oh," the client said. "How many do you have?"