Theatre producer to repeat Broadway phone ban at London run of play
Key takeaways
- A curtain call for Liberation at the James Earl Jones theatre on Broadway, with the director, Whitney White, and the writer, Bess Wohl, first and second left.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York, audiences had to do something unusual.
- They were asked to put their phones away – not in their pockets, but in specially designed pouches, which they could only open at the intermission or after the show.
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A curtain call for Liberation at the James Earl Jones theatre on Broadway, with the director, Whitney White, and the writer, Bess Wohl, first and second left. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images View image in fullscreen. A curtain call for Liberation at the James Earl Jones theatre on Broadway, with the director, Whitney White, and the writer, Bess Wohl, first and second left. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Theatre Theatre producer to repeat Broadway phone ban at London run of playNew York audiences were asked to put their phones in sealed pouches for duration of performance of Liberation
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York, audiences had to do something unusual.
They were asked to put their phones away – not in their pockets, but in specially designed pouches, which they could only open at the intermission or after the show.