Good Afternoon!
Hmm... I just read this over on PlaybillArts.com, and I have to say that I was no where near Cleveland or Detroit this past weekend.
Performances at Cleveland Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Are Literal ShowstoppersAlthough, I was at the Thomas Allen recital in DC, when after a set of Britten folksong arrangements some members of the audience started to boo, and Mr. Allen and his accompanist proceeded to leave the stage. Thankfully, after the brou-haha had died down, and the few boo-ers left the auditorium, Mr. Allen came back out and continued his recital.
Oh... And one of my earliest PBS memories, was Andre Watts' "Live from Lincoln Center" broadcast when a string broke during the first of Gershwin's Preludes for Piano. He left the stage, and it wasn't until the piano technician came on stage did the commentator know what was going on.
Oh... And I was also in the audience for Lily Tomlin's "Search for Signs..." when she inexplicably left the stage for a few minutes in the middle of a segment. She exited stage right, then re-entered from stage left. A friend of mine who had worked a couple of times at the Kennedy Center commented, "Ah, the backstage bathroom is stage left."
-However, we never really did find out the real reason.
Oh... And then there was that performance of
Tosca at the Washington Opera where Placido Domingo was rushed to the hospital shortly after his first entrance. Apparently, some kind of ear thingy. However, since the GW Hospital was just a few blocks away, they did not cancel the show, they just added an extra 45-minutes intermission.
But, again, I was no where near Cleveland or Detroit this past weekend.