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Posted: 7/3/08 at 1:48pm
Other discussions about cell phones and similar distractions interrupting shows, prompts me to ask -- what is the best pre-curtain announcement you've heard for the issue?
For Omnium Gatherum off-Broadway a few years ago, I liked the speech that went something like this: "Normally at this time we would be asking the audience to turn off their cellphones and to unwrap their candies, but since this is a particularly intelligent show and we assume the audience is also, we are not making such an announcement tonight". Nevertheless, the couple behind me spent half the play unwrapping cellophane candies. After the show, I turned and said, "I guess the opening announcement was wrong to assume about an intelligent audience?"
I also liked seeing Do I Hear a Waltz at Pasadena Playhouse when the entire announcement was made in Italian. The only words that came out clearly in English were "cell phone" and "candy wrappers" and "photographs". It all got a big laugh, but seemed to work.
For Omnium Gatherum off-Broadway a few years ago, I liked the speech that went something like this: "Normally at this time we would be asking the audience to turn off their cellphones and to unwrap their candies, but since this is a particularly intelligent show and we assume the audience is also, we are not making such an announcement tonight". Nevertheless, the couple behind me spent half the play unwrapping cellophane candies. After the show, I turned and said, "I guess the opening announcement was wrong to assume about an intelligent audience?"
I also liked seeing Do I Hear a Waltz at Pasadena Playhouse when the entire announcement was made in Italian. The only words that came out clearly in English were "cell phone" and "candy wrappers" and "photographs". It all got a big laugh, but seemed to work.
Updated On: 7/3/08 at 01:48 PM
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