Patti did some LuPwning of her own tonight — Page 4

I saw the original, but I didn't save it!

She ended it with something about how she'll probably go to the theater again but why did this have to happen to HER?

Amazingly the one show I haven't had a problem with cell phones was Sunday in the Park with George ~ where there was NO announcement. I saw it 4 times and never had any phones go off or saw anyone using them. Amazing.

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Her original post:

"So I went to Gypsy last night with Patti Lupone (my mom waited in line after work). I was really looking forward to going, and I have some of the songs on my Ipod. So in the middle of the show, my phone started ringing, and it was down in the bottom of my bag. I grabbed it out and looked at it, and before I could even put it away, some ushers came and told me I HAD to put it away. At the break, my mom and I were looking for those ushers to explain our story, so they wouldn't think I was using my phone, but I guess they were trying to stay away from us.

The play started up again and my phone started ringing AGAIN. My mom glared at me, and I reached in the bag and pulled it out, opened it up, and the noise continued to blare. The man next to hit me on the shoulder to stop, and it finally stopped ringing. And then more ushers came down and said we had to go. They said they had some other seats in the back of the house that we could sit in. My mom started yelling at the usher, but she kept saying it was policy. SHe said something about Patty not approving of my behavior, but it was too loud to hear anything. We were both really mad, and my mom said we were leaving right away. I was kind of bored anyway, but my mom was trying to get her money back.

I sometimes go on broadwayworld to read up on some things, and i saw a topic about the incident but the guy has a lot of wrong facts. I really want to open an account and defend myself, but it might be too late. They've all kind of already taken apart the situation. I just got a brand new phone the day before, so I really didn't knwo what it could do. I mean, I'll still see shows, but it just is kind of annoying that this would happen to me. Here's the web address to the Broadwayworld..."

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Updated On: 7/3/08 at 11:57 AM

You know...her story makes her sound even worse. The original story on here made it sound like a one-time thing.

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She's an idiot (and I hope she's gotten on the board to see the comments). The FIRST time it rang was inexcusable. The 2nd time just shows her true colors. Doesn't matter how we told the story, her account just shows she didn't care, was probably texting because she was bored and got nailed.

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I have a question tho....Is this post legit? Or is this some theatre martyr who didnt have the courage to just say "bump" to keep this thread going?

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It was probably just a tap. Some people need taps.

Kelly2, where was that post?

The post was on a Wicked message board, Anakela linked to its' original location.

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Most of us agreed that she was an idiot and that pretty much confirmed it.

If she got a new phone and knew how to turn it on, there's no excuse not to turn it off before the show.

"I just got a brand new phone the day before, so I really didn't knwo what it could do."

I just had to add my YAY PATTI!! to this thread. And I wish some one in the cast did that the last time I saw Rent.

It's not acceptable in movie theatres either. At Get Smart I was sitting next to this fool who was constantly checking his phone. I told him to stop three times, and he tried to hide the fact that he was checking it, but I could still see it. TURN YOUR DAMN PHONES OFF.

Not Patti, but a similar incident...

I was at the RENT barricades during the Adam and Anthony craze and there were some girls flipping out in front of Adam. The one asked if he saw her, since she was sitting front row center, and he just gets this sarcastic tone and said, "I DID see you." The fangirl got insanely excited and was practically crying when she said "REALLLY?!" and Adam just replied with, "I saw you had your phone out during Your Eyes" and he walked away without signing her playbill. The girl had no idea he was mad, she was just excited he saw her...

~facepalm~

88cents- very curious, because cell phone girl's original post on the other board linked back here, to this specific thread, after the "Here's the web address to the Broadwayworld..." So she thinks she's your person. Hee.


...and Adam just replied with, "I saw you had your phone out during Your Eyes" and he walked away without signing her playbill.

THAT is so genius I can't even deal, love it.