More security for broadway audiences?- Page 4
More security for broadway audiences?
Pootie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/14
#75security for audiences?
Posted: 11/13/15 at 7:43pm
SmokeyLady said: "In light of todays tragic events... I still wonder what security measures are being taken to keep us all safe when we go to a broadway theater.
" You should change the thread title to something relevant like "theater security in general."
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VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#76security for audiences?
Posted: 11/13/15 at 11:36pm
If they were going to do a proper job of checking bags they would have to open up the theatres earlier. Don't some theatres (maybe Lincoln Center) make you check large bags... or was I imagining that?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#77security for audiences?
Posted: 11/13/15 at 11:37pm
Oh my god. I CAN NOT TAKE THIS.
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#78security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:04am
Late news on CNN reported tighter security in Times Square, at bars and restaurants (I think) and Madison Square Garden.
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#79security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:18am
Mr Roxy said: "If any are taken, hopefully they will not be trumpeted on the news so those we are trying to stop are not alerted to them and take counter measures to neutralize them."
Most of the point of security measures is to deter people from trying to do something, not to lure them in in an attempt to catch them.
UnwoundFantasies
Leading Actor Joined: 10/13/11
#81security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 5:59am
I thought this thread had vanished for good. Seems like the original poster was stirring the pot.
#82security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:20pm
I never gave it much thought til last summer when I went to a concert at a small venue here (CT) and they checked my purse. I immediately thought, they never do this in NY. I go to the theatre much more often than I see concerts. Sometimes I'll wake up in the summer and decide to hop on a train and go to a matinee by myself. I wouldn't mind it one bit if people were checking bags. I'm in the minority, but I actually think it's a good idea.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#83security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:27pm
Some theatres do check...but not every patron. I usually carry a back back with me and I'd say some one peeks about a third of the time.
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#84security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:36pm
A lot of theaters check my backpack, but I always sail right through that check because it is empty... despite the front pocket containing two Honest Teas. Shhh.... 
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#85security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:39pm
The addition of Hamilton to the title adds to the hilarity, though.
#86security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:42pm
dramamama611 said: "Some theatres do check...but not every patron. I usually carry a back back with me and I'd say some one peeks about a third of the time.
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I must look nonthreatening. I need to work on being more badass. Maybe I need to cultivate my resting bitch face.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#87security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 12:51pm
When I saw the A Little Night Music revival, the Clintons were also in attendance and I was shocked that hardly any security measures were in place upon entering the theater. I don't even think they checked my bag in that case. I wish bag checks would happen more often not only as a security measure but to also prevent patrons from bringing in outside food to consume during the show.
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#88security for audiences?
Posted: 11/14/15 at 1:07pm
I usually carry a small bag with me (when I visit) that contains my camera and a few small items. Some theaters check, many don't. I have even asked "do you want to look in my bag?" They don't. I hope it wasn't because I asked. I could be a "polite nutcase".
Updated On: 11/14/15 at 01:07 PM
#89security for audiences?
Posted: 11/15/15 at 3:09am
They checked by boxer briefs last time I went to a show. HEY-O!!!!!!!!
P.S. Dey didn't even call me back. HEY-O!!!!!!!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#90security for audiences?
Posted: 11/15/15 at 3:19am
Glittergrrl said: "dramamama611 said: "Some theatres do check...but not every patron. I usually carry a back back with me and I'd say some one peeks about a third of the time.
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I must look nonthreatening. I need to work on being more badass. Maybe I need to cultivate my resting bitch face.
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By the way.....BOTH theaters I went o on Saturday looked inside my bag.
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SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#91security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 12:21pm
They need to start doing more than just glancing at bags. I know we don't want to hear it. But this is the world we live in.
#92security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 12:33pm
Can't they just make a specific show paranoid-accessible, add $100 to each ticket, and let the audience queue up two hours early to go through metal detectors? And the rest of us will be fine doing our normal thing at every other performance?
Updated On: 11/16/15 at 12:33 PM
Wildcard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#93security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 12:40pm
I would feel more comfortable too if they had more stringent security measures in theaters. I wouldn't mind the inconvenience if it means a safer environment. The Broadway scene from the movie "The Siege" always comes to mind.
#94security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 1:13pm
Felt so bad for the people watching ragtime. So devastating.
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SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#95security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 2:03pm
haterobics said: "Can't they just make a specific show paranoid-accessible, add $100 to each ticket, and let the audience queue up two hours early to go through metal detectors? And the rest of us will be fine doing our normal thing at every other performance?
"
It is all fun and games ( and bitchy sarcasm) till somebody gets hurt.
#96security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 2:20pm
I leave security matters to people with knowledge, not fear. If actors/theaters are getting threats and concerns, they will assess those threats and act on them. If you only protect yourself from the threats you can imagine, you are limited by your imagination in a way someone with darker intent is not.
To decide safety looks like that TSA clown college at airports is pure folly, as study after study has shown they are window dressing to make people THINK they are safer. Look at their record, every new security measure like everyone taking their shoes off happens AFTER someone does something to get around their system successfully.
You can't terror-proof the world, and inventing threats where they may not regularly exist isn't helpful. But if you want a broken system where you can pay more for tickets, and have to go through metal detectors to feel safer when you still aren't, that is certainly a very American response to things.
The fact that someone can do something horrible in a theater doesn't mean they can't also do it in a water park, a restaurant, a sex club, or anywhere else. And if they screen everyone going in, then how hard will it be for someone with devious intent to become an usher, a bartender, a janitor... like I said, your vision is limited by how you would act as a terrorist: "I could buy a theater ticket and walk in..." that has no relation to someone who will not be as thwarted by a metal detector, and just see that as a mere obstacle.
Which is still to say that there is no credible reason to believe this is a major issue in the first place.
Updated On: 11/16/15 at 02:20 PM
SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#97security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 2:26pm
"Which is still to say that there is no credible reason to believe this is a major issue in the first place."
I agree with you except to say that this won't be the first time a theater is targeted. And I am just not talking the concert venue in Paris. Lets not forget the theater hostages in Russia. To say it is not a credible issue is silly.
Updated On: 11/16/15 at 02:26 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#98security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 2:32pm
Originally this was just about anti-semitic violence at Fiddler, tho.
#99security for audiences?
Posted: 11/16/15 at 2:32pm
SmokeyLady said: "I agree with you except to say that this won't be the first time a theater is targeted. And I am just not talking the concert venue in Paris. Lets not forget the theater hostages in Russia."
OK, one Russian theater in 2002 and one Eagles of Death Metal show in 2015 (which was a mere part of a larger attack), means that 264,573 people attending Broadway last week would go through metal detectors? Where is the justification for that leap?
If someone good at statistics can run these numbers, where would attending a Broadway show run when it comes to risk of fatality? Below drowning in a bathtub sober? Above jaywalking without looking?
Updated On: 11/16/15 at 02:32 PMVideos