Joe Turner's Adding Phone Stickers? — Page 2

Any given celebrity (or also any big brand IP/music catalogue akin to MJ can be a culprit of this as well) can bring in a fanbase that aren't avid theatergoers and have no sense of theater etiquette. It's a double edged sword because at the same time you're bringing new people into the fold of theatergoing, a GREAT thing, the experience can be diminished for those that are aware of and adhere to the unspoken code of conduct when in a theater. 

Fordham2015 said: "This was my least favorite of the six Century Cycle entries I've seen, but B-grade August Wilson is better than most people's A game."

This right here is a measure of either how much the audience is truly distracting people, the failure of the production to cast the proper spell, or both.

This is decidedly NOT “b-grade August Wilson”. Fences and The Piano Lesson may be his shows that won him the Pulitzer, but this one is every bit as special (and like those it won the NY Drama Critics Circle Award)  It’s actually my personal favorite of all his plays. But putting personal preference aside it’s also a generally acknowledged masterwork. A shame it sounds like there are various reasons why this version isn’t landing and connecting.

Put it this way though: there’s a reason why Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is the only August Wilson play at this point to have received 3 Broadway productions.

 

A friend just texted me at intermission and after today's matinee. She was in the center orchestra. Had to shush two people in front of her, to no avail and then someone took a phone call during the second act. I don't know why they didn't do Yondr for this.