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September 19, 2004
Stage Rage
So the front row of seats at the Lucie Stern is pretty close to the stage, and even closer in this production since we've faced the front of the stage with really cool styrofoam rocks. Anyway, on Friday night there was this couple sitting dead center in the front row. Everyone else was sensibly seated at least a row behind them. Before the show started, I noticed that the man was resting his feet on the rocks. I rolled my eyes and went on with what I was doing. As the first act wore on, the man took his shoes off and moved his feet higher up on the rocks. Then his female friend did the same. At the end of the act, there is a scene where the two soldiers are lying down at center stage with their heads facing. They are about four inches from the edge of the stage. The asshole in the audience had his feet so high up they were nearly touching the stage.
At intermission, I ran down to retrieve something that had fallen off the stage, and the guy didn't even move when he saw me coming. I had to ask him to move his feet, and then I said "you know, it's very distracting to the actors to have feet in their faces." He didn't even really apologize.
Ooooh, I was so mad. This wasn't even a kid! This guy must have been 40 years old. Rrrrrr.
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