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Published: 09 December, 2011, 19:02
Tweeting a performance is becoming the latest craze in AmericaTAGS: Show, Theater, USA, Performance A mobile phone ringing in the middle of Verdi’s Otello will outrage actors and annoy your neighbors. Several theaters in America, however, have allowed culture lovers to use their twitters during live performances.
Ohio’s Dayton Opera, the Lyric Opera in Kansas and the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam are among the forward-looking companies that have even allocated special “tweet seats” designed for those who are desperate to tweet.
The recent trend has proved so popular that according to the Los Angeles Times, tweet seats may soon be coming right the way to Broadway.
Most performances in Russian theaters start with strict or humorous announcements urging audience members to switch off their phones. However, many ignore such requests and continue tapping at their mobile devices, disturbing non-tweeting theater goers with cellphone glare and repetitive sounds.
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