Cell Phone Nightmare: Laura Benanti Stops the Show
I don't post here often, but I was also at yesterday's matinee - wayyy in the back in the rear mezz - and even from there I heard the phone ring twice before Laura stopped. My first thought was "this is a really weird time for the phone to ring on stage," but by the second ring I realized it was someone's phone in the audience, so I was definitely already "out of the moment" by the time she acknowledged it. Perhaps in a "louder" moment the show could have moved on without stopping, but in thi...