Sara Bareilles Instagram Rant — Page 3

LuPita2 said: "More and more concerts are having phones checked at the door, including the upcoming Freestyle Love Supreme shows. They will begindoing this at Broadway shows, hopefully sooner rather than later. Then the majority of us on here will be much, much happier at the theater."

A lot of people seem to support a plan like this (or the sealed pouches), but my vote would be against it (if I had one). To be honest, having seen many dozens of Broadway productions, I've only been bothered by cellphone usage a couple of times. The problem doesn't seem large enough to me to justify even a minor additional inconvenience for those of us who already follow the rules.

As a logical corollary to these kinds of countermeasures, I'd imagine that small bags would have to be banned, or else searched at much greater length than they are at present, which would increase the level of inconvenience.

I would definitely support the use of signal-blocking devices in theaters during performances, if technological and legal hurdles could be overcome. That would solve the problem without any burden on nonviolators.

Updated On: 1/17/19 at 07:42 AM

kdogg36 said: "A lot of people seem to support a plan like this (or the sealed pouches), but my vote would be against it (if I had one). To be honest, having seen many dozens of Broadway productions, I've only been bothered by cellphone usage a couple of times. The problem doesn't seem large enough to me to justify even a minor additional inconvenience for those of us who already follow the rules."

The bags are being pushed by comics who don't want their sets recorded as they work out new material, but oddly enough, people just set their phone to record audio on their way into the venue, and then seal it inside the bag...

Add me to the long list of supporters of bootlegs. Countless now legendary cast replacements and many understudie’s performances are now archived thanks to those who took it upon themselves to bootleg. The Lincoln Center Archives generally film the original cast, though not always. Their film of the Broadway production of DREAMGIRLS was done several years into its run and when it had moved theatres and had modifications done to the show. The only archive that exists of the legendary original Broadway cast is via a bootleg video someone filmed from the balcony. This bootleg is considered one of the many Holy Grails of Broadway history as it is the only documentation of Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Loretta Devine as well as the original staging before changes were made to it, notably the complete revision of the Act 2 Las Vegas opener.

Also of note, thanks to bootlegs we now have documentation of Marin Mazzie performances in both R&H’s THE KING & I and NEXT TO NORMAL, which the Lincoln Center Archives did not film.

OlBlueEyes said: "I admit the possible problem of hurting live attendance. A lot of thought would have to be given as to how to distribute a show to a mass audience without doing serious damage to live attendance."

The obvious way is to record the OBC and then just sit on it until the show closes or long after it recoups. I mean, we certainly don't have to make sure people get to see it right away.

BrodyFosse123 said: "I support bootlegging that archives performances for historical reasons. Performances that wont be documented professionally. Heck, thanks to a bootleg we have Adam Lambert as Fiyero in WICKED as an understudy. This would never have been archived professionally. It would have just been a credit mention in his bio. Thanks to a bootleg, we CAN see his performance in WICKED."

Adam in Wicked considered a historic archive?! Err... that sounds like an oversell, heh.

haterobics said: "OlBlueEyes said: "I admit the possible problem of hurting live attendance. A lot of thought would have to be given as to how to distribute a show to a mass audience without doing serious damage to live attendance."

The obvious way is to record the OBC and then just sit on it until the show closes or long after it recoups. I mean, we certainly don't have to make sure people get to see it right away."

This seems like a good compromise. The issue would come with shows like Wicked or Hamilton, that aren’t closing anytime soon. But the argument to that would be that those huge shows tour a ton and are around for so long people have a chance to see them.

Can someone kindly tell me at what performance this happened? I was there Sunday 1/13 and didn't notice anything amiss --- only a gorgeous performance that brought the house down. Was it that night? Or the 14th? I can't quite tell. If it was the night I was there we surely didn't see it in the balcony! BTW Gavin Creel is superb in his new role!

THANKS

FranklinDickson2018 said: "Can someone kindly tell me at what performance this happened? I was there Sunday 1/13 and didn't notice anything amiss --- only a gorgeous performance that brought the house down. Was it that night? Or the 14th? I can't quite tell. If it was the night I was there we surely didn't see it in the balcony! BTW Gavin Creel is superb in his new role!

THANKS"

I think it was the night show on Sunday 1/13. I was at the matinee and didn't notice anything, and she came to the stage door. At night she tweeted that she would not be doing stage door and posted the Instagram rant right around the time the show would have ended. She also said in the rant "the show tonight."

ANY pictures or video DURING the show is 100% uncalled for. I have called people out during performances, I have put my hand in front of cameras and phones to block attempted shots. I have done this at Community, College, and Professional performances. My wife produces Children's theatre in schools and 100% forbid ANY photography or video. If she catches you she will force you to delete any footage in front of her.

And of course it's illegal. It's just as bad as texting or answering your phone. It's disrespectful to the cast, crew,orchestra, and audience

Only once has someone tried to confront me, after a show for calling them out (Les Miserables national tour last year when I snapped at someone taking out their phone while Val Jean was dying..spoiler alert). The guy try to say something to me after the show and his companion immediately told him "Shut up, he was right and you were being rude"

BTW hasn't cell phone use inside a theatre in NYC during a show been against the law since 2003? $50 fine and ejection I believe is the rule

Slowly, but sooner than later change is coming and this will be a moot conversation (or, at least,one giant argument will be put to bed).



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OlBlueEyes said: "I stopped back here about 90 minutes after I posted, found that no one had responded to what I wrote, which is often the case, and often with good reason no doubt.

People who post here are so angry all the time. It’s hard to have a rational discussion. (And now people will be angry that I said they were angry.)

I’m sure that I said nothing in favor of bootlegs. Bootlegs exist because there is a demand for the Broadway product that isn’t being met. What does the government do so often when there is illegal activity like gambling or use of marijuana? It legalizes it on its own terms and realizes a windfall of money.

I wrote that many people live a thousand miles from Manhattan and have no chance to see the shows. Several responded by saying that it was there fault if they couldn’t come up with a couple of thousand dollars and a spare weekend to hit Broadway. Is this reasonable? Aren’t there hundreds of thousands who would love to see a Broadway show but can’t make the weekend trip? The young. Kelli O’Hara, growing up on a farm in rural Oklahoma, says that she never saw live theater and experienced R&H through the films. Is 13 year old Kelli supposed to do a Manhattan weekend? The elderly. Did you see how emotional Alan Alda was hosting the South Pacific live broadcast? Many of the elderly cherish the musicals of their young years but for financial or health reasons aren’t going to make the trip.

Broadway is fine and doesn’t need to monetize its product more? I don’t think so. The non-profits are always looking for money. Roundabout, a source of high quality musicals, in two years came up with only “Holiday Inn.” Producers are always looking for “investors” willing to make a very poor investment if they think that they are going to make a profit. Couldn’t everyone use a pay raise? Stars paid as much as a TV series pays them.

I admit the possible problem of hurting live attendance. A lot of thought would have to be given as to how to distribute a show to a mass audience without doing serious damage to live attendance. As everyone agrees, the experience of live theater can’t be duplicated on a film or TV screen. Would someone who had seen a couple of shows on a small screen forsake her annual theater weekend? Some but probably not most.

Finally, I’m a big fan of The Music Man and think the film is excellent. But I can never see Barbara Cook as Marian. This is a good thing?"

Are you entitled tp see her? No.