Theatre people are professionally comfortable with drama, which means an over-the-top opener is far more likely to land than it would anywhere else. This is our list of theatre pick up lines, ranked by reader votes — auditions, stage directions, curtain calls, understudies and the endless jokes about wanting a leading role. They work backstage, at the bar after a show, in drama school, and on anyone who can quote a musical unprompted. Deliver them with commitment. A theatre line said quietly is the one thing this audience will not forgive.