Harriet Walter told the group about a patron at Mary Stuart, who was apparently slightly bewildered and hard of hearing. As the show began, he was heard to loudly exclaim, "This isn't Blithe Spirit! Where the hell is Angela Lansbury?"
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Quote of the Day
From a post at All that Chat explaining the laughter captured in Tony Cenicola's candid photo accompanying the Patricia Cohen's Forget the Ingénues; Cue the Grown-Ups in the New York Times:
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Used to work at San Diego's Old Globe Theater; during matinees (heavily patronized by the older crowd) stuff like that used to happen a LOT. Once during the murder scene in Othello a lady in her eighties shouted out, "Oh Mary! What's he gonna do?" We quoted that for years afterward.
Ha! That's great - I think I'm going to yell that out at every show I see now...hahaa
Love it. And Sibyl's story's great, too.
Roxie - Do you think Helen Mirren will be amused if you yell that at Phedre in September?
Hahaa...she will love it! (I won't be laughing when some bad ass house manager kicks me the hell out...)
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