Joe Manganiello calls out theater-goer for taking cell phone photos
Actor Joe Manganiello halted a Connecticut stage production of classic Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire on Wednesday (25Sep13) to admonish an audience member for taking photos throughout the performance.
The True Blood hunk is currently tackling the coveted role of Stanley Kowalski in the Mark Rucker production at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, but the show was rudely interrupted this week by a person who continually shot images on their cell phone.
Manganiello grew frustrated with the snap-happy crowd member and
called out the bad behavior online during an intermission, vowing
to have the person kicked out.
Taking to his Twitter.com blog, he wrote, "Dear person taking
pictures during our show tonight..the ushers are going to be
looking for you and you will be thrown out. You are insanely
distracting to all of the actors onstage and incredibly rude. If
you read this, please leave and don't come back. I'm happy to take
pics (sic) outside after the show... please be respectful."
However, the audience member did not get the message and continued
using their camera phone during the third act, prompting the actor
to pause the play and address the crowd directly.
According to the Yale Alumni Magazine, he remained in character and
shouted, "Can you stop with the camera? You have no idea how
distracting it is!"
A spokesperson for the theater tells Playbill.com, "Joe Manganiello
appropriately addressed the matter from the stage on behalf of the
company when the camera's clicking noise continued during the
play's third act, then proceeded with the remainder of the
performance."