tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post5929233606566121555..comments2023-07-02T05:14:05.375-04:00Comments on The Clyde Fitch Report: On the Unremitting, Unmitigated and Unbelievable Fury of Patti LuPoneLeonard Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14736316792887920991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post-30894033726825254872009-01-27T13:20:00.000-05:002009-01-27T13:20:00.000-05:00Theatre's strength as a medium, and best hope for ...Theatre's strength as a medium, and best hope for the future is in it's connection and interaction with the audience. Sraightjacketing the audience in this way dashes those hopes. <BR/><BR/>We can either get used to performing for audiences who do something other than sit silently and motionlessly, or we can say goodbye to most audiences (especially the young audiences that big theatre's are begging for) and let theatre shrivel up and die. <BR/><BR/>I recently performed in a crowded bar. We were doing a full length play that Jonathan West called "too wordy and boring" when we performed it in a theatre. There's no amplification, no music, no big visual spectacle. At first, we competed with people talking on cell phones, ordering drinks and chatting. After five minutes everyone in the place realized what we were doing, and that they'd have to shut up if everyone was going to enjoy themselves. They did. For the rest of the hour and a half long performance, there were surely people texting in the back, or quietly ordering drinks, but most of the place was rapt, and more engaged than most normal theatre audiences i've been in.Ben Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post-37411088412130316502009-01-23T19:35:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:35:00.000-05:00Having performed in smaller, intimate performance ...Having performed in smaller, intimate performance spaces, I'm a bit more annoyed by someone flashing a camera or texting during a performance. <BR/><BR/>And I'm with Lauren, having ushered at performances at performances spaces a bit more like the St. James (not Broadway, but rather large). If someone's using a digital camera, you can see that they have the camera on thanks to the preview screen. And most shows I've attended have the usherers almost jumping on the audience members after the first flash.<BR/><BR/>Audio and video recordings of a show with a cellphone, although it's illegal, is less distracting than a camera flashing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post-84198192306642079772009-01-22T18:19:00.000-05:002009-01-22T18:19:00.000-05:00I may be different than other performers, but I ha...I may be different than other performers, but I have no issues with people recording my shows, both audio, still image, and video, so long as that recording in no way affects the experience of the room for me or for my audiences.<BR/><BR/>That's nice, but unless you own the copyright to the piece, you don't have the right to give permission for its recording. <BR/><BR/>The biggest problem with the whole Patti Lupone thing is, where the heck was the front of house staff, especially since reports have this person taking more than one photo? With or without a flash, it's not permitted and the person knew that. There even was an announcement before the start of the show.....<BR/><BR/>A sharp FOH staff can spot cameras quickly and get them put away, many times before the photo is snapped. Most certainly, you're on it after the first flash. Sounds like they need some brush up training.LaurenYargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post-11327207849102483972009-01-22T10:24:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:24:00.000-05:00I'm with Patti ! From now on she should stuff her ...I'm with Patti ! From now on she should stuff her pockets with raw eggs. If a cell phone or camera goes off - egg the perpetrator from the stage ! <BR/><BR/>I bet LuPone's got one helluva an arm !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com