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A guy climbed onto the stage during a Broadway show because he wanted to charge his phone in the set's outlet
A guy climbed onto the stage during a Broadway show because he wanted to charge his phone in the set's outlet
Caroline MossJul 12, 2015, 01:23 IST
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Before a theatrical production begins, there's usually a reminder for audience members to turn off their phones. Turns out the reminder wasn't specific enough for one guy, who hopped up onto the stage during a performance of Broadway's "Hand To God" to plug his phone into an outlet that was part of the set.
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Here's the video, which another audience member took and uploaded on July 6. You can hear people murmuring "is this real?" as the guy crawls toward the outlet during a musical number and plugs in his charger.
The video has over 600,000 views.
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Several ushers are also seen marching down the aisle to get the guy off stage and perhaps ask "WTF?" New York Magazine reports the guy asked the ushers: "Well where can I charge it?"This isn't the first time someone has stolen the Broadway spotlight during a performance, and it isn't even the most recent. On July 8, Patti LuPone allegedly grabbed a phone away from an audience member who was texting during a performance of "Shows For Days."