Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers?
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers?
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #1
Posted: 5/19/26 at 12:05pm
Just got this from Telecharge-
Upon arrival at the Barrymore Theatre, you'll be requested to cover up the camera on your phone, using removable stickers provided by the theatre staff. The use of cameras, cell phones, and other recording devices during the show is strictly prohibited by law, except when used for accessibility services.
Did something happen?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #2
Posted: 5/19/26 at 12:07pm
Probably people who don’t know how to behave when attending theatre.
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #3
Posted: 5/19/26 at 1:03pm
My first thought is if these stickers can be peeled off at any time? If so, that probably won't stop people from recording or taking pics. Sounds like they need Yondr pouches.
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #4
Posted: 5/19/26 at 1:26pm
The issue I’ve heard from quite literally every single person i know who’s seen the show, isn’t people taking photos but just people on their phones, full brightness the entire show. This theater just had “Othello”, where Yondr pouches were successfully used so that would seem to be the way to curb phone use, not those little stickers.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #5
Posted: 5/19/26 at 1:46pm
These stickers don't do anything. They're a waste and end up stuck to the seats, the floor of the theater, or the sidewalk 70% of the time. It's beyond silly.
Updated On: 5/19/26 at 01:46 PMJoe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #6
Posted: 5/19/26 at 1:49pm
WiCkEDrOcKS said: "These stickers don't do anything. They're a waste and end up stuck to the seats, the floor of the theater, or the sidewalk 70% of the time. It's beyond silly."
They really are a bandaid on a bullet hole.
Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? #7
Posted: 5/19/26 at 1:55pm
Jordan Catalano said: "The issue I’ve heard from quite literally every single person i know who’s seen the show, isn’t people taking photos but just people on their phones, full brightness the entire show. This theater just had “Othello”, where Yondr pouches were successfully used so that would seem to be the way to curb phone use, not those little stickers."
Can confirm. I went about a week or so ago and the audience was HORRIFIC. It reminded me of the first time I saw MJ. Phones were out. People were late past curtain. Lots of chatter. I ended up having a “I need the manager” moment at intermission and they had the usher stationed right by the offending party of three women who were texting and reading their phones as if they shouldn’t have bothered to come at all.
A phone also went off multiple times behind me and when it happened the third time, in the middle of Bynum’s big act I speech, I just said “TURN IT OFF. NOW”. They were gone at intermission.
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