Glenn Close stops Broadway performance to call out fan taking

Press Trust of India  |  New York 

Glenn Close stopped the matinee performance of the Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard" as the veteran actress was disturbed during her performance when one of the audience members kept clicking her photographs.

The 70-year-old actress, who has returned to the role of the famous fictional fading silent movie star 23 years after first playing it on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical, scolded the viewer, reported PageSix.



"I'm sorry. Stop the show. Someone there is taking photos. You must know how distracting and disrespectful that is. Now, we can have a show or we can have a photo shoot," Close said.

The interruption had come almost halfway through Act I, during Desmond's ballad "With One Look".

Soon, Close started the number again, telling the conductor, "Let's take it from the top of the song.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Glenn Close stops Broadway performance to call out fan taking

Glenn Close stopped the matinee performance of the Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard" as the veteran actress was disturbed during her performance when one of the audience members kept clicking her photographs. The 70-year-old actress, who has returned to the role of the famous fictional fading silent movie star 23 years after first playing it on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical, scolded the viewer, reported PageSix. "I'm sorry. Stop the show. Someone there is taking photos. You must know how distracting and disrespectful that is. Now, we can have a show or we can have a photo shoot," Close said. The interruption had come almost halfway through Act I, during Desmond's ballad "With One Look". Soon, Close started the number again, telling the conductor, "Let's take it from the top of the song. Glenn Close stopped the matinee performance of the Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard" as the veteran actress was disturbed during her performance when one of the audience members kept clicking her photographs.

The 70-year-old actress, who has returned to the role of the famous fictional fading silent movie star 23 years after first playing it on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical, scolded the viewer, reported PageSix.

"I'm sorry. Stop the show. Someone there is taking photos. You must know how distracting and disrespectful that is. Now, we can have a show or we can have a photo shoot," Close said.

The interruption had come almost halfway through Act I, during Desmond's ballad "With One Look".

Soon, Close started the number again, telling the conductor, "Let's take it from the top of the song.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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