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07-08-2015, 02:52 PM
You charge up your battery power, but it just won't increase your brain power.
A man at a Broadway show desperately needed to plug in his phone climbed onstage before a recent performance to connect his device to the nearest outlet, according to Playbill (http://playbill.com/news/article/audience-member-tries-to-use-stage-outlet-to-charge-phone-at-hand-to-god-352658). Unfortunately, that power outlet was a part of the set, and very much fake.
The incident happened at a July 2 performance of "Hand to God (http://handtogodbroadway.com/)" at the Booth Theater.
Another audience member, Chris York (https://www.facebook.com/cmyork81/posts/10153577212115827), described the debacle in a Facebook post:
(Part 2):I witnessed something tonight that I never imagined I would see in a Broadway theatre and Jessica and I were...
Posted by Chris York (https://www.facebook.com/cmyork81) onÂ*Thursday, July 2, 2015 (https://www.facebook.com/cmyork81/posts/10153577212115827)
Cast member Sarah Stiles shared her thoughts on Twitter. She was not impressed.
A guy jumped on the stage and plugged his phone into the fake outlet on our set just before we started. @HandtoGodBway (https://twitter.com/HandtoGodBway) #fullmoon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/fullmoon?src=hash) or #idiot (https://twitter.com/hashtag/idiot?src=hash) ?
â?? Sarah Stiles (@Lulubellestiles) July 3, 2015 (https://twitter.com/Lulubellestiles/status/616774336431697920)
And of course, the creative individuals responsible for promoting the show seized the moment.
The audience really phoned it in at #HandtoGodBway Thursday night: www.bit.ly/ChargePhone (https://instagram.com/p/40I340mMgG/)
A video posted by Hand to God (@handtogodbway) on Jul 6, 2015 at 5:23pm PDT
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A man at a Broadway show desperately needed to plug in his phone climbed onstage before a recent performance to connect his device to the nearest outlet, according to Playbill (http://playbill.com/news/article/audience-member-tries-to-use-stage-outlet-to-charge-phone-at-hand-to-god-352658). Unfortunately, that power outlet was a part of the set, and very much fake.
The incident happened at a July 2 performance of "Hand to God (http://handtogodbroadway.com/)" at the Booth Theater.
Another audience member, Chris York (https://www.facebook.com/cmyork81/posts/10153577212115827), described the debacle in a Facebook post:
(Part 2):I witnessed something tonight that I never imagined I would see in a Broadway theatre and Jessica and I were...
Posted by Chris York (https://www.facebook.com/cmyork81) onÂ*Thursday, July 2, 2015 (https://www.facebook.com/cmyork81/posts/10153577212115827)
Cast member Sarah Stiles shared her thoughts on Twitter. She was not impressed.
A guy jumped on the stage and plugged his phone into the fake outlet on our set just before we started. @HandtoGodBway (https://twitter.com/HandtoGodBway) #fullmoon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/fullmoon?src=hash) or #idiot (https://twitter.com/hashtag/idiot?src=hash) ?
â?? Sarah Stiles (@Lulubellestiles) July 3, 2015 (https://twitter.com/Lulubellestiles/status/616774336431697920)
And of course, the creative individuals responsible for promoting the show seized the moment.
The audience really phoned it in at #HandtoGodBway Thursday night: www.bit.ly/ChargePhone (https://instagram.com/p/40I340mMgG/)
A video posted by Hand to God (@handtogodbway) on Jul 6, 2015 at 5:23pm PDT
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