Tired of cell phones going off at a performance?

I'm attending An Evening With Ellen Degeneres at Davies Hall in San Francisco on 8/16 and just received a notice from the venue re cell phone usage. A solution that is long past due IMHO. I am all for this at ALL legit venues. What is your opinion?

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A friend of mine just posted that a club he went to had these (in NYC). He loved it, thought the club was far more "human".



As to time: theaters would have to hire more ushers, methinks, to make it work.

My bigger concern would be that the people that hide their phones, would be the people most likely to be rude with it anyway!

adamgreer said: "Interesting idea, but I think it would present a myriad of problems. I don’t believe for a second their claim that it expedites the departure process. There’s no way ushers standing at the exits would be able to quickly unlock and collect the cases from departing patrons (up to something like 1800 on Broadway and many more in the large touring houses) in an efficient way. I just don’t see that working."



We have actually started using these a few months ago at certain television tapings here in La La land. They work quite well. Upon exit theres a contraption where you slide the case in and it unlocks the cases in seconds. The audience then drops the sleeves in containers. Much like 3D glasses .

DAME said: "adamgreer said: "Interesting idea, but I think it would present a myriad of problems. I don’t believe for a second their claim that it expedites the departure process. There’s no way ushers standing at the exits would be able to quickly unlock and collect the cases from departing patrons (up to something like 1800 on Broadway and many more in the large touring houses) in an efficient way. I just don’t see that working."
We have actually started using these a few months ago at certain television tapings here in La La land. They work quite well. Upon exit theres a contraption where you slide the case in and it unlocks the cases in seconds. The audience then drops the sleeves in containers. Much like 3D glasses ."

That sounds vaguely sexual...

greenifyme2 said: "We had to put our phones in these for the JCS Live rehearsal. I’m all for it, except the hundreds of invited guests across from us didn’t have to put their phones in these cases so it seemd a little unfair. I was thrilled to be there and didn’t ultimately care but you’re going to have this policy it has to be for everyone in the house or there are going to be issues."

Were those guests on-camera or off? I can't recall seeing phones in the close-up shots of the audience.

DAME said: "CarlosAlberto said: "DAME said: "adamgreer said: "Interesting idea, but I think it would present a myriad of problems. I don’t believe for a second their claim that it expedites the departure process. There’s no way ushers standing at the exits would be able to quickly unlock and collect the cases from departing patrons (up to something like 1800 on Broadway and many more in the large touring houses) in an efficient way. I just don’t see that working."
We have actually started using these a few months ago at certain television tapings here in La La land. They work quite well. Upon exit theres a contraption where you slide the case in and it unlocks the cases in seconds. The audience then drops the sleeves in containers. Much like 3D glasses ."



That sounds vaguely sexual..."

Gurrrl.. you need to get out of the house."

DAME, I second your emotion. Troll Alert!

Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "greenifyme2 said: "We had to put our phones in these for the JCS Live rehearsal. I’m all for it, except the hundreds of invited guests across from us didn’t have to put their phones in these cases so it seemd a little unfair. I was thrilled to be there and didn’t ultimately care but you’re going to have this policy it has to be for everyone in the house or there are going to be issues."

Were those guests on-camera or off? I can't recall seeing phones in the close-up shots of the audience.

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It was the rehearsal. They were on camera anyway (the seat I was in was not), and yes there were visible phones in the actual live show as they did not put any phones in these cases for the live show.

greenifyme2 said: "Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "greenifyme2 said: "We had to put our phones in these for the JCS Live rehearsal. I’m all for it, except the hundreds of invited guests across from us didn’t have to put their phones in these cases so it seemd a little unfair. I was thrilled to be there and didn’t ultimately care but you’re going to have this policy it has to be for everyone in the house or there are going to be issues."

Were those guests on-camera or off? I can't recall seeing phones in the close-up shots of the audience.

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It was the rehearsal. They were on camera anyway (the seat I was in was not), and yes there were visible phones in the actual live show as they did not put any phones in these cases for the live show.

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Thanks for clarifying.

But your phone is suppose to be turned OFF anyway - so what's your point, really - that it's ok for people to be checking their phones non stop bothering all those around them, and sometimes the actors?

dramamama611 said: "But your phone is suppose to be turned OFF anyway - so what's your point, really - that it's ok for people to be checking their phones non stop bothering all those around them, and sometimes the actors?

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Preach, dramamama611! The great "what if" keeps many people from truly enjoying their lives.

So staff will be located at the end of the show to free your phone.and I hope the line won't be too long. ....But what if I wanted to quietly leave before the end of the show because it was, you know, bad? Would I first have to track someone down? And would I feel obliged to explain to why I was leaving? Sorry,I don't want to be put through hoops just to escape from some place. Terrible idea.