Seeing a show on Broadway " any show, regardless of apparent merit " there's a virtually obligatory moment at the end when the audience rises to their feet, almost as one. No, not when the curtain comes down and the lights go up, but when the actors are taking their bows. In the process, it has become a devalued currency: since pretty much every show gets one, there's no special achievement or recognition denoted by …
SOURCE: The Stage at 01:44AM on May 25, 2012