Posted: 10/3/18 at 10:03pm
There's a difference between turning your phone off and POWERING it off. Turning the phone off is usually just one push on the top button and the screen goes black, but it's still really on. Powering it off requires steadily holding the top button down for 5 -10 seconds.
Posted: 10/4/18 at 12:34am
Tom5 said: "There's a difference between turning your phone off and POWERING it off. Turning the phone off is usually just one push on the top button and the screen goes black, but it's still really on. Powering it off requires steadily holding the top button down for 5 -10 seconds."
I think most people know the difference. My phone doesn't have a button on the top. When I say I'm turning my phone off it means I turn it off as in it's not turned on at all.
Posted: 10/4/18 at 1:01am
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Posted: 10/4/18 at 4:55pm
Hamilton had text added above the usual cast list on the playbill insert asking everyone to turn off their phones due to the test, and during the preshow announcement, Euan Morton mentioned the national test and then said, "I'll wait." with a prolonged gap of 20-30 seconds before wrapping up. No phones went off during Act 1, but there was one during Act 2.
Posted: 10/4/18 at 5:07pm
This is an alert that was enacted under Obama. and is implemented through FEMA (the President will have sole discretion as to when it used). They are required to test the system every three years. Apparently, the alert behaved differently depending on the cell phone, and whether or not someone was on a call or actively using data. By law these alerts cannot be disabled. My phone was on vibrate at the time, and while my phone did vibrate and activate the screen so I could see the alert, it did not make any additional sounds.
Posted: 10/5/18 at 6:28pm
They made a specific announcement before SOR, specifically noting phones MUST be powered off and the signal would override muting, etc. I did not hear anything- the person I was with thought he heard something go off (though I usually have better hearing)- if it did, 2:18 happened to coincide with a louder moment of the show.
Posted: 10/5/18 at 9:47pm
KathyNYC2 said: "Not a peep at Waitress. Everyone was asked to shut off their phones and they obviously did. Nice job everyone. "
I was at Waitress too and I can second that not a peep was heard. It was pretty impressive to know the entire audience listened to the ushers.
