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Publication Date
8-12-2015
Keywords
Theatre; Theatre UCF; Audience distractions; Twitter; Facebook; Instagram; Screen addiction
Introduction
There’s been a lot of talk about patron use of technology in theaters, the most recent story of course being Patti LuPone’s snatching a phone out of a texting audience member’s hands in the middle of a scene during Shows for Days at the Lincoln Center Theater.
Subjects
Theaters; Social media; Smartphones; Life; Experience; Recreation; University of Central Florida;
Collection
Publisher
University of Central Florida
STARS Citation
Gibson, Heather (2015). Let theatre take you to a new world — without ringing, glowing phones. UCF Today, 2015-08-12. Retrieved from https://today.ucf.edu/let-theatre-take-you-to-a-new-world-without-ringing-glowing-phones/
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