[NEohioPAL] AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE

[Deb Magid]

My heart goes out to you, Anthony, but imagine how actors and singers  
feel, when their throats close up due to some other cast or crew  
member's less sensitive olfactory system?  And not just perfumes, but  
those who come in reeking of cigarette smoke can send a singer's  
sinuses into a major tizzy.  The offenders don't know they're being  
offensive - even when told so, they don't really believe it.

Deb

On Sep 28, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Anthony Weishar wrote:

>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for politely dealing with the aroma  
> challenged audience members? Last night (Spet.27) at the Beck  
> performance of Urinetown we hit a new sensory overload level. The  
> scent managed to get past the doors of the light booth and upstairs  
> rest rooms. Hopefully it was not an expensive cologne, because it  
> smelled like Vitalis (mens' hair product from the 60's) by the time  
> it wafted upstairs. This was the second attack in three weekends.
>
> How do we deal with someone who is affecting the performance?
> How can theaters make the audience more aware of the need for clean  
> air?
> Being a somewhat cynical geek, I'd place exhaust fans at the back  
> exits so the audience can enjoy the latest fashion scents with their  
> show.
>
> Anthony Weishar
>
> Disclaimer: I'm not an asthmatic, just a light guy.
>
>
> _______________________________________
> Connect with your colleagues! Join the Cleveland Theatre  
> Collective.  Info here: http://www.clevelandtheater.com/______________________________________
> NEohioPAL is SELF-SERVE. If you need to unsubscribe, change from  
> digest to one-at-a-time delivery or vice-versa, go on hiatus while  
> out of town, switch from mime to plain text or vice-versa, etc.  
> check out the FAQS at http://www.fredsternfeld.com.
> ______________________________________
> please consider a voluntary contribution to support Neohiopal - http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm#support
> ______________________________________
> Disclaimer: The facts and/or opinions expressed in this message are  
> solely those of the person in the 'from' or 'reply-to' header. The  
> fact that this message is posted should in no way be taken as an  
> endorsement by the administrator of this list. Subscribers should  
> perform due diligence for all goods, services and activities  
> promoted on NEohioPAL.
> _____________________________________
> NEohioPAL mailing list
> http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.neohiopal.org/pipermail/neohiopal-neohiopal.org/attachments/20080928/12c33bd1/attachment-0004.htm>