#176
Posted: 3/9/06 at 5:51pm
Hello folks. My PC became deathly ill yesterday morning. I had to wait till late today before I could get a PC doctor out here to look at it. As a result, I missed the cam yesterday. 
FYI Malki - I almost always watch the cam (except for Wed afternoons when I'm at work) but I don't usually post anything. I believe there's LOTS of fans of Greg's who watch his cam faithfully but don't go anywhere near BWW!
I thought this was interesting, so I copied it. It appeared on an old message board back in 1998. I would LOVE to have been in that audience and seen this Jbara performance! (The subject of the thread was bad audience behavior).
From: LovettsMom - view profile
Date: Fri, Sep 11 1998 12:00 am
I recall seeing a performance of FOREVER PLAID in New York City at Steve McGraw's with the cast (the second cast that had also been touring before coming to NYC and replacing the original cast) that had Gregory Jbara playing Smudge. It was a Sunday matinee and a busload of high school students had been brought in for this performance. It wasn't bad enough that they were 20 minutes late (for a sold-out performance) and the show had to be held up for close to a half hour, but once the show started they wouldn't shut up! It was terribly rude for the performers let alone annoying to the rest of the patrons.
After about a half an hour of the show had progressed, Greg Jbara actually stopped the show, stepped out of character (something I've never seen in any cast, but definitely called for) and literally read those kids the riot act. I think they got the message and were also embarassed to have been singled out and address in front of the rest of the audience. After the show resumed they behaved quite well and even gave the cast a "hooting" standing ovation for which the cast seemed to enjoy immensely. I always wondered where the supervision for this group was during the performance since the group of kids took up the entire upper level of the space and not one adult was in sight. What amazed us the most was that when the group entered they all looked so well-dressed and well bred. They were from either a prep school or a private school because they were all in school uniforms. But it all worked out in the end and they were invited by the cast to wait for them them change and they all had a chance to chat for a few minutes with them and get autographs and photos.
FYI Malki - I almost always watch the cam (except for Wed afternoons when I'm at work) but I don't usually post anything. I believe there's LOTS of fans of Greg's who watch his cam faithfully but don't go anywhere near BWW!
I thought this was interesting, so I copied it. It appeared on an old message board back in 1998. I would LOVE to have been in that audience and seen this Jbara performance! (The subject of the thread was bad audience behavior).
From: LovettsMom - view profile
Date: Fri, Sep 11 1998 12:00 am
I recall seeing a performance of FOREVER PLAID in New York City at Steve McGraw's with the cast (the second cast that had also been touring before coming to NYC and replacing the original cast) that had Gregory Jbara playing Smudge. It was a Sunday matinee and a busload of high school students had been brought in for this performance. It wasn't bad enough that they were 20 minutes late (for a sold-out performance) and the show had to be held up for close to a half hour, but once the show started they wouldn't shut up! It was terribly rude for the performers let alone annoying to the rest of the patrons.
After about a half an hour of the show had progressed, Greg Jbara actually stopped the show, stepped out of character (something I've never seen in any cast, but definitely called for) and literally read those kids the riot act. I think they got the message and were also embarassed to have been singled out and address in front of the rest of the audience. After the show resumed they behaved quite well and even gave the cast a "hooting" standing ovation for which the cast seemed to enjoy immensely. I always wondered where the supervision for this group was during the performance since the group of kids took up the entire upper level of the space and not one adult was in sight. What amazed us the most was that when the group entered they all looked so well-dressed and well bred. They were from either a prep school or a private school because they were all in school uniforms. But it all worked out in the end and they were invited by the cast to wait for them them change and they all had a chance to chat for a few minutes with them and get autographs and photos.
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