Enjoying Cirque du Soleil recently at the Music Hall, I witnessed a wonderful thing. Early in the show, an usher approached an audience member and told him to turn off his cell phone. There had been no sound. This request was for the distraction of light caused by users checking the time, their e-mails, whatever.
It’s about time. We have become accustomed to announcements about silencing our cell phones. What I’d like to hear are announcements recognizing that light pollution in the movies or in the theater are just as annoying to audience members.
Margaret Tretbar
Kansas City
light flashes can cause an accident to the performers in cirque du soleil
Posted by: yotango | October 30, 2011 at 01:05 PM
Oh brother -- who in the world checks their emails during a Cirque performance? Argh.
Posted by: TinaMcG | March 07, 2009 at 11:07 AM