Posted: 6/11/16 at 5:06pm
I'm not sure if anyone else was at this performance but on May 22nd(Sorry for posting so late. Haven't had the chance.) at Long Day's Journey....I was sitting in front of a woman who was so disruptive I was furious that none of the ushers took action to eject her.
During the intermission I overheard an older man she was with say "Do you want to go home"
The first scene after intermission: All was calm
Then the second scene....perhaps the longest section of this play: I have never felt so trapped in an audience. The woman began uncontrollably laughing and what sounded to be artificial laughs that were making me uncomfortable. LDJIN is not a comedic play. After a couple minutes of laughing the laughs turned into moans. Loud moans. Then she proceeded to yell out things to the actors and responding to the action such "Don't go up the steps" "No" Stop it". All the while the man she was with was trying to tell her that he was going to leave and to shut the F@%K up. After this she began sobbing....loudly sobbing. After the show I ran into a friend sitting on the opposite side of the house and I asked if she heard this commotion as well, and she said yes very audibly.
I cannot tell you what happened in the second half of this play and I was outraged. If it wasn't for being a 4 hour play I would have asked for a new pair of tickets to go back on another date.
