interruption of a salesman

[samhexum]

At the play “Death of a Salesman” at the Hudson Theatre on 44th Street, an unruly ticket buyer’s shouts and erratic behavior interrupted the performance, forcing star Wendell Pierce of “The Wire” to try to reason with the heckler from the foot of the stage.

“He patiently & heroically pleaded with her to leave peacefully despite her insistence that she should be carried out forcefully (she was eventually escorted out by police),” said Instagram user Rubinbooty.

The producers said in a statement to The Post: “We’re grateful to the entire team at the Hudson Theatre for working together to resolve the situation and resume the performance as quickly as possible.”

Others in attendance said the woman, wearing a fur coat, was acting bizarrely and disruptively throughout Act 1 of the three-hour play, bothering those around her. They added it appeared as though she and her companion were headed for the door after intermission.

Instead, she decided attention must be paid — to her.

Cops arrived soon after the woman began her rant and the audience applauded. 

“A little while later she starts screaming at the top of her lungs that she wasn’t leaving and if she couldn’t see the rest of the show neither would anyone else,” said Reddit user Toss182.

The show was stopped, the house lights were brought up and, in a video of the incident posted on Twitter, 59-year-old Pierce, who plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s classic drama, can be seen speaking to the brazen woman who was standing in the middle of the front row.

Another ticket buyer claimed the unknown audience member started demanding her money back and that Pierce suggested that the ushers give her cash to calmly end the outburst.

When that didn’t work, cops arrived on the scene to enthusiastic applause, putting an end to the one-woman-show. Once the wannabe diva was removed from the theater, the unshaken Pierce began the Act 2 scene from the top.

https://nypost.com/2022/12/28/a-rowdy-shouting-woman-stopped-broadways-death-of-a-salesman/

He was Meghan Markle's daddy on SUITS, you know!

feel free to post entitled diva jokes below

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by samhexum
just for the hell of it

[Gatlin G]

Unfortunately this is New York these days.  People do whatever they want and everyone else suffers.  The other attendees paid good money to watch a Broadway show and this is what they got.  

[+ Lucky]

8 hours ago, Andy G said:

The other attendees paid good money to watch a Broadway show and this is what they got.  

So no one was comped?

[+ WilliamM]

On 12/29/2022 at 10:58 AM, Andy G said:

Unfortunately this is New York these days.  People do whatever they want and everyone else suffers.  The other attendees paid good money to watch a Broadway show and this is what they got.  

Decades ago two members of the audience of "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway were removed from the fronit row were drunk and talking louder than Roy Middleton and Ethel Merman.

 

[+ WilliamM]

On 12/29/2022 at 1:55 AM, samhexum said:

At the play “Death of a Salesman” at the Hudson Theatre on 44th Street, an unruly ticket buyer’s shouts and erratic behavior interrupted the performance, forcing star Wendell Pierce of “The Wire” to try to reason with the heckler from the foot of the stage.

“He patiently & heroically pleaded with her to leave peacefully despite her insistence that she should be carried out forcefully (she was eventually escorted out by police),” said Instagram user Rubinbooty.

The producers said in a statement to The Post: “We’re grateful to the entire team at the Hudson Theatre for working together to resolve the situation and resume the performance as quickly as possible.”

Others in attendance said the woman, wearing a fur coat, was acting bizarrely and disruptively throughout Act 1 of the three-hour play, bothering those around her. They added it appeared as though she and her companion were headed for the door after intermission.

Instead, she decided attention must be paid — to her.

Cops arrived soon after the woman began her rant and the audience applauded. 

“A little while later she starts screaming at the top of her lungs that she wasn’t leaving and if she couldn’t see the rest of the show neither would anyone else,” said Reddit user Toss182.

The show was stopped, the house lights were brought up and, in a video of the incident posted on Twitter, 59-year-old Pierce, who plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s classic drama, can be seen speaking to the brazen woman who was standing in the middle of the front row.

Another ticket buyer claimed the unknown audience member started demanding her money back and that Pierce suggested that the ushers give her cash to calmly end the outburst.

When that didn’t work, cops arrived on the scene to enthusiastic applause, putting an end to the one-woman-show. Once the wannabe diva was removed from the theater, the unshaken Pierce began the Act 2 scene from the top.

https://nypost.com/2022/12/28/a-rowdy-shouting-woman-stopped-broadways-death-of-a-salesman/

He was Meghan Markle's daddy on SUITS, you know!

feel free to post entitled diva jokes below

 

In this case your comments about Price's wife is not funny

[musclestuduws]

She seems to have mental health issues. I hope she gets the help she needs. 

[Leyte2019]

34 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

Decades ago two members of the audience of "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway were removed from the fronit row were drunk and talking louder than Roy Middleton and Ethel Merman.

 

According to Elaine Stritch (Merman's understudy), Merman threw a drunk guy out into the street by herself. Dont know if this is the same incident.

[+ WilliamM]

1 hour ago, Leyte2019 said:

According to Elaine Stritch (Merman's understudy), Merman threw a drunk guy out into the street by herself. Dont know if this is the same incident.

Etbel talked about it on The Today Show. She told them can you hear us  up here because we can hear you. And  Elaine didn't mention Middleton.

Edited January 4, 2023 by WilliamM

[musclestuduws]

15 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Decades ago two members of the audience of "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway were removed from the fronit row were drunk and talking louder than Roy Middleton and Ethel Merman.

 

That in itself was quite a feat: how could anyone manage to talk louder than Ethel Merman!!! 😁

Also, it is believable that Merman would throw out the drunk guy by  herself. That woman was a force of nature.

 

 

[musclestuduws]

Here’s the interview where Merman tells the story. 
 

 

[+ WilliamM]

1 hour ago, musclestuduws said:

Here’s the interview where Merman tells the story. 
 

Mary was more honest than Ethel there are recorddingss of that concert available 

On 12/29/2022 at 1:55 AM, samhexum said:

At the play “Death of a Salesman” at the Hudson Theatre on 44th Street, an unruly ticket buyer’s shouts and erratic behavior interrupted the performance, forcing star Wendell Pierce of “The Wire” to try to reason with the heckler from the foot of the stage.

“He patiently & heroically pleaded with her to leave peacefully despite her insistence that she should be carried out forcefully (she was eventually escorted out by police),” said Instagram user Rubinbooty.

The producers said in a statement to The Post: “We’re grateful to the entire team at the Hudson Theatre for working together to resolve the situation and resume the performance as quickly as possible.”

Others in attendance said the woman, wearing a fur coat, was acting bizarrely and disruptively throughout Act 1 of the three-hour play, bothering those around her. They added it appeared as though she and her companion were headed for the door after intermission.

Instead, she decided attention must be paid — to her.

Cops arrived soon after the woman began her rant and the audience applauded. 

“A little while later she starts screaming at the top of her lungs that she wasn’t leaving and if she couldn’t see the rest of the show neither would anyone else,” said Reddit user Toss182.

The show was stopped, the house lights were brought up and, in a video of the incident posted on Twitter, 59-year-old Pierce, who plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s classic drama, can be seen speaking to the brazen woman who was standing in the middle of the front row.

Another ticket buyer claimed the unknown audience member started demanding her money back and that Pierce suggested that the ushers give her cash to calmly end the outburst.

When that didn’t work, cops arrived on the scene to enthusiastic applause, putting an end to the one-woman-show. Once the wannabe diva was removed from the theater, the unshaken Pierce began the Act 2 scene from the top.

https://nypost.com/2022/12/28/a-rowdy-shouting-woman-stopped-broadways-death-of-a-salesman/

He was Meghan Markle's daddy on SUITS, you know!

feel free to post entitled diva jokes below

 

In this case your comments about Price's wife is not funny

Edited January 4, 2023 by WilliamM

[samhexum]

18 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Decades ago two members of the audience of "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway were removed from the fronit row were drunk and talking louder than Roy Middleton and Ethel Merman.

 

17 hours ago, Leyte2019 said:

According to Elaine Stritch (Merman's understudy), Merman threw a drunk guy out into the street by herself. Dont know if this is the same incident.

 

16 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Etbel talked about it on The Today Show. She told them can you hear us  up here because we can hear you. And  Elaine didn't mention Middleton.

 

2 hours ago, musclestuduws said:

That in itself was quite a feat: how could anyone manage to talk louder than Ethel Merman!!! 😁

Also, it is believable that Merman would throw out the drunk guy by  herself. That woman was a force of nature.

This thread has been very enlightening to me... until now, I didn't know Merman was known for anything other than her legendary appearance on BATMAN.

 

Edited January 4, 2023 by samhexum
just for the hell of it

[+ WilliamM]

@samhexum

You live in New City and never heard of Ethel Merman unti a TV Batman show?

[samhexum]

2 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

@samhexum

You live in New City and never heard of Ethel Merman unti a TV Batman show?

In all fairness, I never knew Milton Berle was known for anything else, either.

Other than his massive cock, of course.

[Leyte2019]

1 hour ago, samhexum said:

 

 

 

This thread has been very enlightening to me... until now, I didn't know Merman was known for anything other than her legendary appearance on BATMAN.

 

Must have needed the work?

[Leyte2019]

1 hour ago, samhexum said:

In all fairness, I never knew Milton Berle was known for anything else, either.

Other than his massive cock, of course.

I just cant see going down on Uncle Miltie. But Im sure many a carefree starlet did in pursuit of that big break.

[Marc in Calif]

On 1/3/2023 at 7:31 PM, WilliamM said:

In this case your comments about Price's wife is not funny

Who's Price? And what were Sam's specific comments?

[+ WilliamM]

17 hours ago, samhexum said:

 

 

 

This thread has been very enlightening to me... until now, I didn't know Merman was known for anything other than her legendary appearance on BATMAN.

 

Ethel married Ernest Borgnine, surely you remember that

[samhexum]

12 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

Ethel married Ernest Borgnine, surely you remember that

I remember that after that great romance fizzled, he changed his name to McHale and joined the navy.

[+ WilliamM]

13 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

Who's Price? And what were Sam's specific comments

Sorry,  I meant Prince Harry's wife

[+ WilliamM]

He wrote about Prince Harriy's wife and her dad. 

[Marc in Calif]

33 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

He wrote about Prince Harriy's wife and her dad. 

He also wrote "on Suits." Doesn't that ring a bell? 

You're basing your complaint on your own reading error. 🙄

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

She should have been cuffed and dragged out by NYPD, kicking and screaming.

Until producers of Broadway shows take a no-bullshit approach to this, it's only getting worse.

Theatre is for everyone...  But if you think this is like sitting at home and talking while watching TV, you're the asshole we don't need going to see shows.  

Come.  Sit.  Stay quiet.  Stay still.  Piss at intermission.  Clap.  Leave.

[skynyc]

18 hours ago, BenjaminNicholas said:

She should have been cuffed and dragged out by NYPD, kicking and screaming.

Until producers of Broadway shows take a no-bullshit approach to this, it's only getting worse.

Theatre is for everyone...  But if you think this is like sitting at home and talking while watching TV, you're the asshole we don't need going to see shows.  

Come.  Sit.  Stay quiet.  Stay still.  Piss at intermission.  Clap.  Leave.

Turn off your phone.