Patti LuPone Stole Someone’s Cell Phone In The Middle Of A Broadway

Turn off your phone during a Broadway show, or face the wrath of two-time Tony Award victor, Patti LuPone!

The renowned theater actress hit the No. 1 trending spot on Twitter on Thursday following an act of cellphone vigilantism the night before during a performance of Douglas Carter Beane’s “Shows of Days” at Lincoln Center in New York. And this past April, Madonna was barred from going backstage at Hamilton after she reportedly spent the performance texting.

Now the incident has left her wondering if she even wants to continue working in live theater.

She added: “They can not put them down”.

LuPone, who interrupted a 2009 performance of Gypsy to upbraid an audience member taking pictures, unloaded on such breaches of etiquette: “I don’t know why they buy the ticket or come to the theatre if they can’t let go of the phone”. LuPone has been in the news during the past few days because she confiscated a cell phone from a rude and obnoxious audience member who tried to ruin a play in which LuPone was starring. LuPone continued. “Now I’m putting battle gear on over my costume to marshal the audience as well as perform”. “I should be a sleight of hand artist”.

The New York Times reported the phone was returned after the show.

The problem is that making a spectacle of the assholes in the audience could backfire-it’s so satisfying to see the discourteous get their comeuppance that we’re starting to think of it as part of the entertainment. Last week, an audience member jumped on stage before a performance of “Hand to God” started to plug in his cell phone to an electrical outlet on stage.

According to several audience members, the woman had been texting throughout the show. Without breaking character, Ms. LuPone walked into the audience and took the woman’s phone.

It seems like performers and some audience members have their signals crossed when it comes to smart phone usage during events.

“Patti Lupone stole a phone that some girl was texting on”. When asked which form of theater rudeness bugs them the most, 44 percent of responders said talking while 40.5 percent said cellphones.