It's really annoying at a play when some audience member's cell phone goes off. Here, we see how Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig deal with that happening not once but twice in a recent performance of A Steady Rain on Broadway.
I must shamefully admit that I once had my phone go off during a show — a performance of the Follies revival a few years ago, also on Broadway. I had turned the thing off but it was in my shirt pocket and I guess when I folded my arms, I bumped it back on. Fortunately, our seats were far enough from the stage that the actors didn't hear it and get thrown. But I was so mortified that I didn't just quickly turn it off. I pulled the back of the phone off and yanked out the battery.
That was my old cell phone and for the rest of the time I had it, when I was somewhere one should not ring, I pulled out the battery. When I upgraded, I made sure to get one that was less likely to power up by accident…and when I go to a show now, I put it on "silent" and then turn it off. Just in case.
Here's what happened with Mr. Jackman and Mr. Craig. And by the way: The person whose phone went off was not the most flagrant disruptor of the rules that day. The person taking this video was.
