Protest at tonight's performance of Julius Caesar - Page 2

[JennH]

Posted: 6/17/17 at 3:08pm

givesmevoice said: "JennH said: "And funny Patti in mentioned...a friend of mine was at War Paint last night and indeed, some crazy guy went all MAGA at her at the stage door. So yeah, it already happened. Not it's going to make national headlines, but it happened."

I assume she just stared at the guy and walked away, but I'm not surprised to hear something happened. (I AM surprised that someone who I assume was not previously her fan recognized her at the stage door though!)

 

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Apparently her reponse was something like "Not in my world, sweetie!". My friend was apparently so thrown by it that he didn't hear properly, but that's what it sounded like to him lolz! 

And my guess is said "MAGA guest" only knew who she was from the recent video of her bashing him at the Tonys. Let's be real. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/17/17 at 6:28pm

Theater doing its job. 

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/17/17 at 7:06pm

That protester is lucky that's all Patti had to say.  I'd say he/she got off easy. 

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/18/17 at 3:27pm

JBroadway said: "Ok, so I completely disagree with the protesters and find their actions deplorable, and like most Trump protesters, I think they are disgraces to the human race. 

HOWEVER, I think there's something kind of fascinating and strangely fitting about this happening here. I mean, this is the free, "for the people" theatre. Eustis is clearly a proponent of this idea of theatre being a public political forum - I mean for God's sake, he literally staged the funeral scene as if the audience were disrupting the show, just like these patrons did. This incident almost harkens back to the old days of Shakespeare, when the audience shouted and responded to what was happening on the stage. I don't know, as infuriating as it is, I think there's something strangely beautiful about it. 

 

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Well put. I haven't spoken with Oskar for 20 years, but I bet he loved the protest, such as it was.

[ohjustjake]

Posted: 6/18/17 at 11:09pm

Apparently it happened again tonight... One of my friends posted this on FB:

 

Wowwww. Saw Julius Caesar tonight. Stage got stormed twice. Once right after the first scene, and again during the stabbing scene. The production itself plays a lot with the third wall and involves prop gunfire, so the crowd was on edge the whole time. The woman seated next to me was nervous, said at one point that her husband was up on that stage and she was stressed out. Turned out she was Corey Stoll's wife!!! ?????? This was seriously a night, a show and a moment I won't soon forget.