The show had a bit of fun with what happened, tweeting that “The audience really phoned it in” at Friday night’s performance, with an Instagram picture of a “low battery” icon. Not the guy who tried to plug his iPhone into the set (which is located on the actual stage, to which the entire audience is directing its attention) just before a recent performance of Hand to God.
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The attempt to recharge was, in the end, pointless: The onstage outlet was just a prop, created by Tony Award victor Beowulf Boritt, whose set is a realistic depiction of a basement of a church in Texas.
It’s 2015 and these days, people will try anything to make sure their smartphones stay charged – including jumping on stage at a Broadway play to plug the phone into an outlet for a couple minutes.
Remember the old adage “Don’t use your phone during a Broadway show?” It is suspected that he did the act on a dare, sources told the site. After eventually receiving his cellphone back from an usher, the man reportedly asked if there was anywhere else he could charge his phone. Wow.
The young man apparently got the message.
Fellow cast member Marc Kudisch also took to Twitter to let future audience members know that the electrical socket was not real, and was part of the set.
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A production spokesperson confirmed to Playbill.com that the incident occurred July 2.
