"Who do you think you are!?!" LuPone throws jerk out of the theater

alphabassettgrrl · 01-20-2009, 10:27 PM

One hopes this sort of reprimand is reserved for particularly egregious cases- people who just don't get it and have been tapped on the hand before.

Most problems can be dealt with by front-of-house crew, and should be. Medical emergencies are here; usually no need to interrupt the show. But every so often you get someone who's drunk or generally beliggerent and they cause problems.

While I can see how it would be problematic for actors to deal with problem patrons, I can also see some small place for it.

bewitched · 01-20-2009, 10:53 PM

While it is amusing to listen to someone get their comeuppance, personally, if a had I been at this performance, I would have been really pissed off...at Patti LuPone. Sure, someone taking pictures is distracting but to totally interrupt a performance, in the middle of a song, the LAST song of the show ("Rose's Turn"), ruins the whole damn thing. What, she couldn't have dealt with it for 10 more minutes?

If this person had been taking pictures the whole time, she should have sent a message to the front of the house to deal with it. TOTALLY unprofessional IMO.

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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	One hopes this sort of reprimand is reserved for particularly egregious cases- people who just don't get it and have been tapped on the hand before. Most problems can be dealt with by front-of-house crew, and should be. Medical emergencies are here; usually no need to interrupt the show. But every so often you get someone who's drunk or generally beliggerent and they cause problems. While I can see how it would be problematic for actors to deal with problem patrons, I can also see some small place for it. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	While it is amusing to listen to someone get their comeuppance, personally, if a had I been at this performance, I would have been really pissed off...at Patti LuPone. Sure, someone taking pictures is distracting but to totally interrupt a performance, in the middle of a song, the LAST song of the show ("Rose's Turn"), ruins the whole damn thing. What, she couldn't have dealt with it for 10 more minutes? If this person had been taking pictures the whole time, she should have sent a message to the front of the house to deal with it. TOTALLY unprofessional IMO. __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.
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