Mobile phones increasingly disrupting artistic performances
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Dominic Papatola
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Actor Hugh Jackman caused a stir on Broadway recently during the play, " A Steady Rain." An audience member's cell phone went off mid-show, and Jackman stopped his performance to chastise the offender. It's just the latest example of bad etiquette during arts events.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Morning Edition arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola about this issue.
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