Have you ever fallen asleep in a Broadway show? — Page 7

I fell asleep in a community production of "Importance Of Being Earnest." I fell asleep on my armrest.

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I cannot tell you the number of times I have looked down from the stage and seen people sleeping in the front row. I imagine I could probably see them all over the theater if only I could see this far. This is nothing new. Early in my career I was crushed to see someone sleeping through what I thought to be a brilliant execution of a monologue.

Since then I have had to accept the fact that some people pay a lot of money to sit in a theater and sleep in the dark. Perhaps they are sleep deprived or they have just had a hard week or maybe they were dragged to the show and have no interest. I do not know and I cannot afford to be distracted by them - unless of course they are snoring and then it is really distracting.

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