Metropolitan Diary: Bad Breath on Broadway During the intermission for a recent Broadway play, I overheard one woman say to the other: "You know how an announcement of some sort is made before a play for people to turn off their cellphones? They should also tell people who have had onions or garlic as part of their meal before coming to the theater to pop a breath mint in his or her mouth, and Altoids should be available for sale in the concession stand in the lobby. There is a woman next to me who is reeking. I can surely empathize, having experienced that situation myself more than once!