Sutton Foster pulls a Patti Lupone

[showtuna]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 12:48am

Props to Sutton. Apparently at Violet this week, tsome people in the audience were yelling over a cell phone and she stopped, looked at them, and said "We'll wait" and then just looked away and waited until they shut up.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 12:50am

That's not pulling a "Lupone".

If she started screaming at them and foaming at the mouth, that would be a "LuPone".

[showtuna]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 12:51am

CORRECTION: pulls a *mild and incredibly watered down in comparison* Patti Lupone :)

Updated On: 7/12/14 at 12:51 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 12:52am

[juice23]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 1:04am

I want to know why every a-hole who leaves their cell phone on always has the same stupid default iPhone ringtone "marimba." It shouldn't surprise me I guess, since they aren't smart enough to figure out how to silence or turn it off. Changing settings is VERY hard.

Good for Sutton. I wish ushers would take care of things so the performers could do their job.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 1:10am

Not to thread jack but is Violet planning an extension?

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 3:03am

I feel deeply conflicted that every time a performer chastises an audience member for using a mobile device, I hope someone else is using theirs to record the exchange.

Updated On: 7/12/14 at 03:03 AM

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 7:28am

Yeah, that wasn't a LuPone. Really, good for her. She was pretty classy about it. What, rude people!

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 7:39am

"Not to thread jack but is Violet planning an extension?"

No. "The Real Thing" doesn't come in until October, but I don't think there is a high enough demand for tickets to extend.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 10:26am

She also has a tv show this fall.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 10:59am

Oh, I thought Sutton was a part of creating a new musical, but when her character comes on, sings one song and dies, she does everything she can to stay out of doing any chorus work, all the while being as demanding as she can possibly be and then acting unprofessionally during the run by missing entrances.

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 11:51am

Based on some other reports, it sounds like it was a fellow audience member who was noticeably taking the cell-phone user to task. It was noticeable enough to get Foster's attention, and she stopped the show to ask if something was wrong. When the audience member said that the woman was refusing to turn her phone off, that's when Foster said, "Okay, we'll wait." Definitely not a LuPone-level freakout.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 12:03pm

The above is the accurate account, based on multiple reports. This bears no resemblance to the infamous meltdown during "Rose's Turn." Odd to hear the circumstances compared.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 12:28pm

I o-preciate Sutton's response.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 1:02pm

The last word ^.

[ajh]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 1:14pm

Sounds like she was a heck of a lot nicer about it than Patti. Both responses are equally valid!

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 2:55pm

"I wish ushers would take care of things so the performers could do their job."

There's not much the ushers can do until the phone goes off, and then it's too late.

[Jane2]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 3:37pm

" I wish ushers would take care of things so the performers could do their job."

and how did the ushers not "take care of things?"

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 3:57pm

"There's not much the ushers can do until the phone goes off, and then it's too late."

As soon as the ushers heard the commotion, they should have intervened, not a performer. That's their job and I noticed when I was at Violet, they don't really do anything or even try to find cell phones ringing.

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 4:19pm

Really? When I was at Violet, the ushers were all into yelling at people who may have been taking pictures of the theater. Granted, that was before the show started.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 5:04pm

http://youtu.be/WruzPfJ9Rys

Because it's just worth listening to again.

"And each and every one of you has respect, except for that one person!" (and the guy with the audio recorder who put this on YouTube)

[gavyj]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 5:15pm

"CORRECTION: pulls a *mild and incredibly watered down in comparison* Patti Lupone :) "

Like all of Sutton's performances...

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 7/12/14 at 8:53pm

Except Sutton enunciates.

[CoreyRyan3]

Posted: 7/13/14 at 1:33am

"Like all of Sutton's performances..."

whoa, shots have been fired.

I love them both.

[walt1896]

Posted: 7/13/14 at 10:12pm

" "CORRECTION: pulls a *mild and incredibly watered down in comparison* Patti Lupone :) "

Like all of Sutton's performances... "



Yes I am sure Lupone would have made a much better Violet (She just IS that confused Southern girl!) and...

Eponine (Lupone would have made us hear the lyrics of "On My Own" as never before!)
Millie (Lupone would have tapped and sang her way into our hearts as Sutton and Ruby Keeler never could!)
Jo (Lupone was BORN to play her!)
Janet (Lupone has always been the ideal Ziegfeld girl!)
Inga (Roll in the Hay with Fräulein Lupone!)
Fiona... (Lupone simply has it all over Sutton as a comedienne!)
Reno (How dare Sutton play Lupone's role!!!!)

*Thus, my contribution to this post following this board's rules that state that any post that even mentions Sutton must also include a healthy dose of comments on her mediocre talents.