#1
Posted: 6/11/06 at 6:25pm
So yesterday at the matinee of AWAKE AND SING! we had an usher in the back of the mezz who sat in an empty row. He frequently nodded off and snored here and there until someone in my party woke him up.
So (**spoilers forthcoming**) there we were in the climax of the second (or was it the first?) act when the guy runs in and says that the grandpa had falled off the roof. There is a huge gasp from the audience, then a LOUD ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ from the usher. I violently thrust my arm backwards and hit his knee. He said "oh my God, sorry!" and ran out of the aisle back to his post.
And also a few days ago at HISTORY BOYS ushers were being real loud at the back of the theatre (I was in the very last row) opening and closing cubbards and such. Very distracting.
People are paying hundreds of dollars for tickets. It's one thing for an audience member to ruin moments in the show, but for the PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE THEATRE to do it is unforgiveable.
So (**spoilers forthcoming**) there we were in the climax of the second (or was it the first?) act when the guy runs in and says that the grandpa had falled off the roof. There is a huge gasp from the audience, then a LOUD ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ from the usher. I violently thrust my arm backwards and hit his knee. He said "oh my God, sorry!" and ran out of the aisle back to his post.
And also a few days ago at HISTORY BOYS ushers were being real loud at the back of the theatre (I was in the very last row) opening and closing cubbards and such. Very distracting.
People are paying hundreds of dollars for tickets. It's one thing for an audience member to ruin moments in the show, but for the PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE THEATRE to do it is unforgiveable.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
