‘Ain’t Too Proud’ preview features flying vomit, broken seat

It was a wild night at Tuesday’s “Ain’t Too Proud” preview.

The critics were in the house for the new The Temptations musical, so the producers and creators were on edge. They almost fainted when Washington Post critic Peter Marks took his aisle seat and it collapsed. The house crew rushed to repair it before curtain.

Marks tweeted: “The saying ‘Please take your seat’ acquired new meaning at the Imperial Theatre … Mine fell apart.”

There was another commotion during the first act, when Michael David, the Tony-winning producer of “Jersey Boys,” jumped out of his seat and ran up the aisle, followed by his wife and some of their friends.

It turned out that an ailing theatergoer in the first row of the mezzanine vomited all over them.

A Tony voter watching the scene unfold said, “If only the culprit had turned to the right, he would have hit a good deal of the New York Drama Critics Circle.”

The ushers moved in and covered the seats with plastic wrapping. The wardrobe department also snapped into gear, outfitting David and his party with “Ain’t Too Proud” merchandise. When they returned to their seats they were wearing “My girl, my girl, my girl” T-shirts.

Fun fact: Which Broadway show has induced the most vomiting? The record-holder, I’m told, is “Rock of Ages,” which played the Helen Hayes in 2011.

Theatergoers arrived drunk and got drunker during the show. The house reports regularly noted instances of “vomiting by audience members due to alcohol consumption.”

Good to know the Hayes has since been refurbished.

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