SOMEBODY'S got this recorded right now.
I saw the show on 11/15 and I had a seat in the dead center of the orchestra. Sitting next to me was a guy with a huge camera set up on a tripod. He (and his camera) took up 4 seats - two across in our aisle and the aisle in front of us.
That's not the half of it - there were two other guys set up with the same huge cameras in the left and right orchestras as well. The rotten part of this was that the seats they were taking up had been sold to other people. Those people came in to see the show and they were told to go back and see the house manager. They were offered other seats - for other shows. (That particular performance I believe was sold out.) The people sitting behind that camera (in the row behind us) had their views blocked too.
The guy handling the camera would not say who he was working for. He just said "a client". I heard other people say it was being filmed for NY1. I don't know if this was their guessing or if it was true.
I've never seen that done before or since. (It was lousy for the people who lost their seats.)
Personally, I can't think of anyone with the power to do that other than ALW himself. I still wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't show up on a DVD - the way CATS did.
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mamie4 5/14/03