CMU School of Drama


Monday, January 29, 2007

Crunch Time Irks Stars

JS Online:: "'There was this woman in the first row, eating out of a paper bag, so loudly that even people around her were trying to get her to stop,' an appalled LuPone said of the incident that happened during her Broadway run in the musical 'Sweeney Todd.'"

1 comment:

CDB said...

I really find it dissrespectful that Theaters are now allowing food/drink into the shows. Considering how much of a distraction that is for the cast and the other audience members, it breaks down the whole environment of the theatre. One other thing that I find utterly inappropriate is the use of a camera. I was ushering for Alcina on Saturday night and about 20 min. into the show, and stage hand came out to the box office and explained that there was a person in the right section of the audience that was taking pictures with a flash. I then had to go out into the house during the show and watch for a flash to go off. I was expecting the person to be near the aisle of the right of the house. I was standing there for a good 5 min. before I say a camera turn on, and then the flash go off. Unfortunately, the person was about 8 seats in to the MIDDLE section of the house. So I am trying to kneel down in the aisle and whisper across the laps of 8 people to tell a boy no older than FIFTEEN to stop taking pictures!!!!!!!! AND HIS MOTHER WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just find disturbances like food and cameras to be very dissrespectful.