So, this happened at Streetcar tonight...- Page 3

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 10:09pm

I'm not going to "pick on" you, but I will call you out on your trollish and obnoxious post, jv92. It's nasty, childish and uncalled for. Also untrue. On topic:

"Patti stopped the show for several minutes and went on a tirade. The two situations are completely different."

"As I recall, unless I'm thinking of a different event, LuPone broke character to chew out a man taking photos, and it went on for a bit, when the man was actually supposed to be taking photos."

"Didn't Laurence Fishburne snatch a cellphone from an audience member and stomp on it during THE LION IN WINTER? Or was that just a rumor?"

It is amusing how these rumors get blown out of proportion, ljay. Lupone did not stop the show "for several minutes" - the entire interruption of the show lasted just over two minutes, and a good 40 seconds of that was the audiences' very vocal approval, interspersed throughout. To this day I don't understand why people (who weren't there) get so high and mighty about Lupone's actions. That night's audience overwhelmingly approved.

Fishburne's seven words snarled out of the side of his mouth turned into his smashing a patron's phone. Wonder what they'll be saying Daphne did with this woman's phone in a few more years?

[kdogg36]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 10:18pm

One usher escorted a latecomer to her seat in the middle of the row when I saw PORGY AND BESS...IN THE MIDDLE OF "SUMMERTIME!"

The accommodations granted to latecomers - at the expense of those who managed to get to the theater on time - really are out of control. But I would guess that this is the fault of theater management rather than individual ushers.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 10:27pm

Exactly, kdogg36. For example: at Lincoln Center, latecomers for War Horse, are held outside (where they can watch the action on a screen) until an appropriate moment to seat them occurs. Other theaters seat latecomers at any time. It is very unfair to condemn most ushers as "insane" or "dumb" based on the actions of a few.

Trying to drag this back on topic. Years ago, in The Producers, Matthew Broderick stopped in the middle of a scene. pointed at the front row and said "You! You stop that right now!" to someone taping the show.

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 11:28pm

Classy move! That really impresses me when I hear stories of actors reacting to stuff like this.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 11:42pm

The Public's late seating policy is pretty great. Late seaters are let in at moments specifically picked by the production staff, and seated in the closest available seats. They are free to reclaim their ticketed seats at intermission (if there is one).

[ZoeTheGoat]

Posted: 5/25/12 at 5:16am

^ I agree. The Public does have a great late seating policy. Ghetto Klown had a part in the show for the late comers. It was great.